Planting and restoring forests

SDG 15.3 · UPES report on SDG 15: Life on Land

SDG 15.3Planting and restoring forests

UPES students and staff plant trees with the Forest Department, NGOs, schools and villagers across the Doon Valley.

10,000trees in the 2025 Reviving Doon Valley campaign
  • Reviving Doon Valley. UPES joined this regional reforestation drive, which grew in 2025 into a campaign to plant 10,000 trees across the Dehradun valley with partners including Flora Saviors and FICCI FLO. On 28 July 2025 Srijan interns helped plant in the Jhajhra Range, where saplings are geo-tagged and cared for over several years.
  • Tree planting by interns. Srijan Social Internship students have organised series of tree-planting events to promote sustainable urban development.
NSS UPES volunteers walk through a forest during their community camp
NSS volunteers in the hills during their community camp.
A forest trail lined with tall trees visited by NSS UPES volunteers
Forests around Dehradun, where UPES volunteers plant and care for trees.

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