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Jadav "Molai" Payeng (born 31 October 1959) is an environmental activist and forestry worker from Majuli, popularly known as the Forest Man of India. [3] [4] Over the course of several decades, he has planted and tended trees on a sandbar of the river Brahmaputra turning it into a forest reserve.
Nov 22, 2018 · When Jadav Payeng saw his homeland turned into a natural wasteland, he took action and single-handedly created a lush forest. It’s taken nearly 40 years, but that forest today spans over 1,300 acres.
Jun 20, 2023 · Jadav Payeng, known as the Forest Man of India, spent 30 years of his life planting trees to save his island, creating a forest and restoring wildlife in it.
Dec 26, 2017 · Jadav Payeng, "The Forest Man of India," has planted tens of thousands of trees over the course of nearly 40 years. He has made bloom a once desiccated island that...
Apr 7, 2021 · With only 50 bamboo seeds, 25 saplings and a deep, enduring passion for the environment, Jadav Payeng began his 40-year mission to transform the fallow land of Majuli Assam into a thriving 550-acre biome.
Oct 4, 2022 · This is something that Jadav Payeng, a native of Majuli in Assam saw in front of his own eyes as a teenager. Majuli is an island in the Brahmaputra River and was home to the indigenous Mishing tribe. It is also the world’s largest inhabited river island.
A visionary act of reforestation. At the age of 16, Jadav “Molai” City’s Payeng encountered a distressing scene on Mājuli, the world’s largest river island in India’s Brahmaputra river. Hundreds of snakes had succumbed to a severe drought. Even in his youth, Payeng felt compelled to take action.
Mar 21, 2019 · Meet Jadav Payeng, India's Forest Man, who created 550 hectares of forest single-handedly. On the International Day of Forests, here’s a love story between Jadav Payeng and the forest he...
Dec 2, 2020 · Jadav Payeng, known as ‘The Forest Man of India’, takes us through his journey of grit that saw a desert turning into a forest. His story has inspired a trilingual film starring Rana...
How people honor Payeng for his environmental activism and for planting one tree every day, the forest was named "Molai" after him. Jadav's story also inspired a children's book, Jadav and the Tree Place, that tells his story of how he made a forest that is now home to wild animals.
