Shyam Sunder Jyani

Shyam Sunder Jyani
Born1979 (age 46–47)
Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India
OccupationsAssociate Professor, Environmentalist
Known forFamilial Forestry movement
AwardsUNCCD Land for Life Award (2021)
Websitefamilialforestry.org

Shyam Sunder Jyani (born 1979) is an Indian environmentalist and academic, and the founder of the Familial Forestry movement, a grassroots initiative aimed at ecological restoration and combating desertification. He is presently an associate professor of sociology at Government Dungar College, Bikaner and is known for mobilizing millions of people in large-scale afforestation campaigns across Rajasthan.

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