Meet the man from India, Jadav "Molai" Payeng, who planted a tree every day in the same area for 37 years. Over time he turned a deserted section of the sandbar island into a forest larger than Central Park.
The ecosystem he created is phenomenal, and an example of the legacy one individual with few resources can leave to future generations. Today it contains 115 elephants, a number of rhinos and a handful of deer and tigers. The clip below is almost 1 minute long (an annoying commercial is injected at 58 seconds). Jump to the longer commercial free clip below for a more complete story on the forest.
- Mark
UPDATE: I edited and added the longer second clip to this post because it's informative, and because the annoying commercial super imposed at 58 seconds in the first clip is a distraction from the larger message.
The ecosystem he created is phenomenal, and an example of the legacy one individual with few resources can leave to future generations. Today it contains 115 elephants, a number of rhinos and a handful of deer and tigers. The clip below is almost 1 minute long (an annoying commercial is injected at 58 seconds). Jump to the longer commercial free clip below for a more complete story on the forest.
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- Mark
UPDATE: I edited and added the longer second clip to this post because it's informative, and because the annoying commercial super imposed at 58 seconds in the first clip is a distraction from the larger message.
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