Jadav Payeng ( assam. যাদৱ পায়েং , nicknamed “ Molai ”) is a Mixing [1] [2] and a forester from the Indian city of Jorhat [3] [4] . For several decades, he planted trees on the banks of the Brahmaputra River and took care of them, turning the barren plot into a forest, which was named [5] . The forest covers about 550 hectares [6] .
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| Date of Birth | 1963 |
| Place of Birth | Assam , India |
| Citizenship |  India |
| Occupation | environmental activist |
| Spouse | Binita Payeng |
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In 2015, he was awarded the fourth highest civilian award of India, Padma Sri [7] .
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Career
In 1979, after the flood, a sixteen-year-old Payeng found reptiles on the banks of the river that died because of the absence of trees [8] . He began planting trees in 1980, when the forest department of the Golagkhat region launched a project to plant 200 hectares of forest on the deserted island of Aruna-Chapori, located five kilometers from the village of Kokilamukh in the Jorhat district . Molai took part in this project all the years, and at the end he stayed there, looking after the forest and planting trees.
Bengal tigers , Indian rhinos , more than a hundred deer and rabbits, as well as many monkeys and birds, including vultures, live in the Molaya forest [6] . A herd of elephants of one hundred individuals annually spends about six months in the forest, during the existence of the forest elephants gave birth to more than ten cubs there [9] . Poachers tried to hunt rhinos living in the forest, but Molai reported them to the authorities, and the foresters destroyed the traps set by the poachers [9] .
There are several tens of thousands of trees growing in the forest, including cuckoo , bombard , , , fire tree , bamboo and bamboo , which covers more than 300 hectares [9] .
Jadawa’s efforts became known to the authorities in 2008, when the forest department sent specialists to search for a herd of elephants for 115 heads, which hid in the area after they had damaged Aruna-Chapori [ clarify ] , located one and a half kilometers from the forest. Having found the forest, the employees of the forest department began to visit it regularly [9] .
His next task, Molai, sees the planting of a forest on another sandy side of the Brahmaputra [10] [11] .
Personal life
Jadav belongs to the Mishing tribe and lives in a hut in the forest with his wife Binita and three children [6] . He keeps cattle on his plot and sells the milk received from him, this is the only source of his income [6] . In an interview, he said that tigers had killed about a hundred of his cows and buffaloes, but Jadav blames people for destroying forests, which is why animals are forced to look for other food [10] .
Recognition
In honor of Jadav Payenga, the University of Environmental Sciences ( English School of Environmental Sciences ) on April 22, 2012, a reception was held at Jawaharlal Nehru University [12] . The rector of Jawaharlal University, Nehru, called Molai the “forest man of India” [13] .
Jadav and his forest became the heroes of the Foresting Life documentary filmed by [14] [15] , as well as the film Forest Man [16] , which collected 8327 dollars on the Kickstarter website [17] .
Links
- FORESTING LIFE {2013} (English) . Humanity Watchdog Foundation. The date of circulation is May 22, 2014. Archived May 9, 2014.
- Arijit Sen. Assam: Green Warrior Jadab Payeng plants trees at an isolated sand bar (Eng.) . CNN-IBN (12 April 2013). The appeal date is May 22, 2014.
- Man creates forest single-handedly on Brahmaputra sand bar (Eng.) . The Times of India (25 March 2012). The appeal date is May 22, 2014.
- Man creates forest on Brahmaputra sand bar (English) . Zeenews India (25 March 2012). The appeal date is May 22, 2014.
- Ajith Kumar. One of the Greatest Achievements of the Human Race (English) . The appeal date is May 22, 2014.
Notes
- ↑ Shailendra Yashwant. The Strange Obsession Of Jadav Payeng (Eng.) . Sanctuary Asia. The appeal date is May 22, 2014.
- ↑ Dhrubaj Yoti Gogoi, Debajit Borah, RNS Yadav. Jadav Molai Payeng - The 'Forest Man of India', Current Science, February 25, 2014 (PDF). Current Science (February 25, 2014). The appeal date is May 22, 2014.
- ↑ Manimugdha S Sharma . The Times Of India , The Times Of India (April 1, 2012). The appeal date is May 22, 2014.
- Rom Strombo - This is the Guy's A One-Man Forest-Planting Machine , CBC News (April 9, 2012). The appeal date is May 22, 2014.
- ↑ Jadav "Molai" Payeng Neopr (Not available link) (June 29, 2012). The date of circulation is May 22, 2014. Archived January 25, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Mosbergen, Dominique . Indian Man, Jadav "Molai" Payeng, Single-Handedly Plants A 1,360 Acre Forest In Assam , huffingtonpost.com (April 3, 2012). The appeal date is March 6, 2013.
- ↑ Padma Awards 2015 (English) . Press Information Bureau (25 January 2015). The appeal date is January 31, 2015.
- Red Jedav Payeng Single-handedly Converts a Sandbar into a Prosperous 1,360-acre Forest . Success Stories . The appeal date is February 11, 2014.
- 2 1 2 3 4 Man creates forest single-handedly on Brahmaputra sand bar . The Asian Age . The appeal date is March 6, 2013.
- 2 1 2 One of the Greatest Achievements of the Human Race - Jadav Payeng Unc . Ajith Kumar. CC (August 3, 2012). The appeal date is December 31, 2012.
- ↑ Real Eco Heroes | ecotourismsocietyofnortheast (inaccessible link) . Ecotourismsociety.in. The appeal date is December 31, 2012. Archived August 18, 2012.
- ↑ Dr. Arun Kr. Deka. Green Crusader . The Assam Tribune.
- ↑ Manimugdha S Sharma Apr 24, 2012, 04.38AM IST . JNU honors 'forest man' on Earth Day - Times Of India , Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (April 24, 2012). The appeal date is December 31, 2012.
- ↑ Foresting life . Humanity Watchdog. The appeal date is April 29, 2014. Archived May 9, 2014.
- ↑ Foresting life 2013 (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Forest Man 2013 (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Forest Man post production (14 February 2013). The appeal date is April 29, 2014.