1. ICFRE Work on Eco-Restoration of degraded hills in Aravalli Ranges A naked and exposed hill in Baranandra Kho Forest Block in Banswara in lower Aravalli Ranges selected for restoration work in May 2005

2. LAYING OUT OF PLOTS AND RAINWATER HARWESING DEVICES

3. Rainwater harvesting devices.Top: contour trench (left) and box trench (right. Bottom: gradonie (left) and V-ditch (right). DIFFERENT RAINWATER HARVESTING DEVICES

4. PITS EXCAVATION AND PLANATATION

5. Plantation activities Plot after plantation

6. Plantation activity in clockwise i.e., pitting (top left), scraping of surface soil to put it into pit, plantation of seedlings and a micro-water harvesting around planted seedling AFFORESTATION UNDER RESOURCE CONSERVATION

7. Preparation of run-off measuring device for collection of 1/20th part of water flowing from a plot RUN-OFF MEASURING DEVICE

8. Run-off collection in the tank and accumulated silt load in front of run-off measuring device (left) Stirring of water for homogeneity and collection of water sample in September 2006 for laboratory analysis for soil content, water and nutrient quality of run-off water (right) RUN-OFF COLLECTION AND WATER SAMPLING FOR ANALYSIS

9. Sub-surface flow of water increases water level in down slope areas Up position Down position Mid position INFILTRATION AND SUBSURAFCE FLOW OF STORED WATER IN RWH DEVICES

10. Water supply to the seedlings can be ensured by planting seedlings downside of a RWH structure WATER SUPPLY FROM STORAGE TO ROOT ZONE OF PLANTS

11. SEQUENTIAL GROWTH AND AREA DEVELOPEMENT June 2006 June 2007 July 2008 July 2009

12. PLANT GROWTH AND VEGETATION DEVELOPEMENT Area in October 2010

13. IMPROVEMENT IN REGENERATION OF GRASSES Heteropogon contortus : increased in area each year

14. IMPROVEMENT IN REGENERATION OF GRASSES Themeda quadrivalvis : a high altitude grass dominated in higher slopes

15. Apluda mutica : a high altitude grass dominating throughout the area IMPROVEMENT IN REGENERATION OF GRASSES

16. REGENERATED TREE SPECIES AFTER TREATMENT Acacia ferruginea (left) and Acacia leucophloea (right) regenerated under restoration process and perform better in V-ditch plots than the other plots

17. Interactions with the forest officials and Director, AFRI, Dr. R.L. Srivastava during field visit of PCCF, Rajasthan, Sh Abhijeet Ghose VISIT OF EXPERIMENTAL AREA BY DIGNITORIES

18. Inspection of Run-off measuring device by PCCF, Rajasthan, Sh Abhijeet Ghose VISIT OF EXPERIMENTAL AREA BY DIGNITORIES

19. A group photograph of community members, Forest and AFRI officials at site

20. Increased Water supply as a result of Rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures. Domestic animal use to drink the water available in the area up to February ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: WATER AVAILABILITY

21. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: FODDER AVAILABILITY Villagers use to collect fodder from the area from November to June each year

22. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: FUEL WOOD AVAILABILITY Villagers use to collect about 20-24 tones of fuel wood from regenerating P. juliflora and Lantana camara bushes

23. IMPLEMENTED BY Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur State Forest Department, Rajasthan Under joint programme