Vijayapura district
District in northern Karnataka, India.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| How a District in India Came Together to Plant 15 Million Trees - The New York Times | Karan Deep Singh | subject | An arid district that planted 15 million trees in a decade. |
How a District in India Came Together to Plant 15 Million Trees — Karan Deep Singh (2025)
Source: Readwise highlight
Over the last decade, Vijayapura has planted and sustained more than 15 million trees, transforming the region from arid to green.
- Role: subject
- In the article: In 2016 the district had 0.17 percent forest cover. A public-private partnership with 14 nurseries and incentives for farmers planted more than 15 million trees, and recharged water tanks irrigate them. The administration credits the trees with cooling the area by at least 0.6 °C between 2017 and 2023, and other states, including Maharashtra, send officials to learn from it.
- Why it matters: The district is the article’s proof of concept for Karnataka’s drought and heat programme.