Planting Goodwill By Transforming A Wasteland
In 1979, concern about increasing soil erosion compelled Jadav Payeng to plant trees in a barren wasteland, while he was still a teenager. He continued planting trees in the years that followed without realizing his actions would eventually lead to a forest larger than New York’s Central Park. From seed to tree Jadav’s work came into prominence when a journalist ventured onto Majuli island in eastern India and shot a documentary on the forest man, which now has an estimated 2.8 million views. Jadav’s home, Majuli, is the world’s largest river island and was extremely susceptible to soil erosion. Scientists […]
