Jadav Payeng

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 lies in the Brahamputra river, which runs through his home state of Assam.

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A Lifetime Of Planting Trees On A Remote River Island: Meet India's Forest Man

4:05pm December 26, 2017

by Julie McCarthy

A humble farmer from a marginalized tribal community takes on a solo mission to reforest an island in Assam, India.

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