The restoration of the Tropical Try Evergreen Forest in Auroville now covers some 2000 acres. In 1968 when the township was founded it was a barren land. A variety of restoration methods have been app...

The vision behind Auroville’s afforestation efforts is to recreate the indigenous forest known as the 'Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest'.  A forest in which a large percentage of its species have medi...

Tropical dry evergreen forests  (TDEF) are found in tropical regions with seasonal rainfall, resulting in several months of severe drought. Such conditions have provided the selective pressures...

There is and there has been much experimentation in developing environmentally friendly building techniques, recycling wastewater, using solar power but afforestation and farming seems to be critical ...

The Shakti Nursery in Auroville is  engaged in the conservation and propagation of the Tropical Dry Evergeen Forest (TDEF). The nursery is part of a wider project that  aims re-creating the indige...