Another story of a true hero: a man who has planted a forest

8/1/2016

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Geography Story: Another story of a true hero: a man who has planted a forest

Jadav Payeng became a well-known person not only in his home state of Assam, India, but also worldwide. A husband and father of three children, he is now often referred to as Forest Man.

The Mājuli island used to be the largest river island on the planet, but numerous natural disasters took toll on it. Terrible floods and earthquakes caused severe bank erosion, which can become the reason for the extinction of the island in future years. Fortunately, this land found its own super hero, who decided to help his home island by his own forces.

Jadav "Molai" Payeng started planting trees at the age of 16. To date he, now aged 53, has planted a huge forest, which is bigger than NYC's Central Park. Transforming a vast wasteland into a beautiful oasis, he gave home to numerous animal species, such as Bengal tigers, Indian rhinoceros, deer, birds, and rabbits. Elephants also visit this wonderful forest reserve annually.

Watch this powerful video to find out more about Molai and his amazing career:

This story is very inspiring, isn't it? Have you ever heard about Molai before? What do you think of his life-work? Share your opinion with us in the comments below!

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33 Comments

bina sarmah

Mr. Payeng is from my home state of Assam. I am proud of him and his work.

DrBella M Villanueva

Very commendable. There is still hope for our world.

Tom O'Keeffe

An ordinary man with an extraordinary view of the world and the future of this beautiful world 🌎

deborahpmercer

This should most certainly be more widely known.

Pervin Kapoor

Amazing work

Eileen Dunn

Great story,Amazing, insightful.man.

Vicki Boicelli

A forest is life and as this man did we should cherish the forest.

Ian Swindale

There is an TV advert here in South Africa for some financial institution which features this remarkable man

Deena Grady

Very savvy. Too bad there are not more who see and understand what bad thing destruction of forests is. Replanting and conservation will ensure survival of the earth our home.