forest restoration

Saurav Malhotra, founder & designer of Rural Futures Frameworks of Balipara Foundation, shares his journey of restoring forests and increasing farmers' income via opting agroforestry techniques. Having experienced the verses of life from various places like South India, the UK, and then Germany, Saurav returned/came back to his roots, North-East India, to revive the dying forests and the local economy. With a team of about 200 village youth Saurav has successfully implemented the rural areas model in Assam and plans to expand it further to the other seven sisters and the world. To know how he did this magic and continues to do so, listen to the podcast now and add to your 'Dhandho Ni Soch'.

Congressman Jared Huffman has spent his entire federal legislative career on an idea: a holistic approach to address the needs of federal lands within his congressional district, combining new Wilderness and Wild and Scenic River designations with prescriptions for active forest restoration and more. After six years of drafting and stakeholder engagement, Congressman Huffman released his bill in 2018. Of course, with Trump and a McConnell-led Senate, the bill never made it past the floor of the House. But, as the old saying goes, elections have consequences. The 2021 General Election and the Georgia Senate runoff have fundamentally improved the odds that Rep. Huffman's bill will pass this year. Among other things, Rep. Huffman's former Senate co-sponsor, is now our Vice-President.

Ryan Henson of the California Wilderness Coalition joins Gang Green to talk about the details of the bill, some of his favorite new wilderness areas, and breaks down the prospects of the bill's passage in the 177th Congress.

Check out the bill and more at https://mountainsandrivers.org/

Foresters often encounter stand trees that have been “degraded” by past land use practices, whether that is destructive cutting, over-grazing, invasive species, insects and disease, or other impactful disturbances.  How do foresters begin to manage these stands in a way that restores productivity and function?  What are some the silviculture techniques to consider in these highly variable forests with mostly low-quality growing stock?  And how do you motivate a landowner to make these long-term investments in the health of their forest?  Today we talk with Tom Hill, a Wisconsin DNR forester who has worked on both public and private forest lands in southern Wisconsin for more than two decades, to find out some approaches he has tried to put these stands on a better track. 

We need more positive examples of successful restoration projects that inspire and catalyze positive action.

In this podcast, you will learn about outstanding people and projects. How they have contributed in their unique way to the restoration of healthy landscapes.
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