Why India’s Thar Desert is turning green | THE WEEK EXCLUSIVE | Climate change | Documentary Film

The Great Indian Thar is undergoing a remarkable transformation—it is turning green. Over the past two decades, the desert has experienced an astonishing 38 percent increase in greening. Even more striking is the region's dramatic 64 percent rise in precipitation between 2001 and 2023, despite its traditionally low rainfall. However, it's not just climate change-induced rainfall that has contributed to this greening; human intervention, including groundwater pumping and irrigation through canals, has also played a crucial role.

THE WEEK travels to the Thar to witness the impact of these changes on the ecosystem.

Producers: Vishnudas K.S. & P. Akash
Original reporting & Voice-Over: Shubhangi Shah
Editor: Ujwal P.P.
Camera: Vishnudas K.S.
Production Coordinator: Sanjay Ahlawat

Music & Stock Visuals: Envato Elements & Pixabay

Special Thanks:
ICAR-National Research Centre on Camel
Border Security Force (BSF)
Sumit Dookia, associate professor, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Sumer Singh, Activist
Anshul Ojha, head of the Desert Resource Centre, Urmul Seemant Samiti, Bikaner
Rawat Tribhuvan Singh, member of the erstwhile royal family of Barmer
Vimal Mishra, Professor, IIT Gandhinagar
Dr Partap Singh Kataria, Dungar College, Bikaner
Parth Jagani, a Jaisalmer resident, who works in the space of ecology, especially on Godawan in the region
Dr Anil Puniya, director of the ICAR–National Research Centre on Camel, Bikaner

(Thar desert, Greening of Thar desert, Climate change, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jaisalmer, Rann of Kutch)

[NOTE: The individual shown in the footage at 11:22 is Mr. Parth Jagani, a Jaisalmer native who works on ecology in the region.]

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