Jadav Payeng

Jadav Payeng

Jadav "Molai" Payeng (* 1963 in Assam ) is an Indian forester and environmental activist from Jorhat.

He gained worldwide media attention after it became known that for decades he had planted trees on a sandbank of the Brahmaputra river every day , and that over the years the barren landscape became a forest reserve. The forest, which has an area of ​​550 hectares (1360 acres ) and is named after him, is located near the village of Kokilamukh near Jorhat, in Assam, India.

Act

In 1979, the then 16-year-old Payeng met with dried snakes on a sandbar and then decided at that point 20 Bamboo - seedlings to plant.

He continued the work in the same year after the forestry department of the local Golaghat district planned a plan for the afforestation of a 200 hectare area five kilometers away from the village of Kokilamukh. As one of several foresters, Molai implemented the five-year plan. But after the official reforestation was over, he decided on his own to enlarge the area by planting more trees and to maintain the area. A fauna has established itself there with Bengal tigers , Indian rhinos , monkeys , over a hundred deer and rabbits as well as various species of birds such as vultures . With flame flowers , legumes , Asian kapok trees , myrobalans , queen flowers , and bamboos , the latter of which cover an area of ​​300 hectares, the flora is just as diverse. A herd of 100 elephants is also in the area every six months.

biography

Jadav Payeng is one of the local tribes in Assam. Together with his wife and three children, he runs a farm in the forest he has planted, on which he keeps cattle . In an interview he said that he had lost around 100 of his cows and buffaloes to the tigers in the forest, for which he believes the increasing urbanization and deforestation are responsible.

Jadav Payeng in the media

Jadav Payeng's illustration of the children's book Jadav and the Tree-Place

The responsible authorities became aware of his efforts in 2008 after the forestry department entered the area to search for a herd of elephants that had previously ravaged a village.

Surprised by the size and density of the forest, the forest has been regularly visited by officials since then. In 2013, Jadav Payeng alerted local officials after poachers combed the forest. Several documentaries deal with his person and his work, including "The Molai Forest" by Jitu Kalita from 2012.

"Foresting life" by the Indian film producer Aarti Shrivastava and the Kickstarter documentary "Forest Man" by William Douglas McMaster also deal with himself. The latter documentary, which was shown at several festivals, was named best documentary at the 2014 Cannes International Film Festival .

Jadav Payeng's life was also the subject of a children's book: Jadav and the Tree-Place.

Award

Jawaharlal Nehru University honored him on April 22, 2012 for his services and successes for nature . In a press conference with the Ramon Magsaysay Prize winner Rajendra Singh and the Vice Chancellor of the university, he illustrated the procedure when reforestation is beginning. In October 2013 he was also honored by the Indian Institute of Forestry. In 2015 he was awarded the Padma Shri .

See also

• Afforestation

Web links

Commons : Jadav Payeng  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Facebook page Jadav Payengs
• Arijit Sen: Assam: Green warrior Jadab Payeng plants trees at isolated sand bar , CNN-IBN. April 12th, 2013. 
• " Man creates forest on Brahmaputra sand bar "
• "One of the Greatest Achievements of the Human Race"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Strange Obsession of Jadav Payeng .
2. ↑ Jadav Payeng Molai - the 'Forest Man of India', Current Science, 25 February 2014 . Retrieved March 21, 2014.
3. ^ The man who made a forest - The Times of India . In: The Times of India . 
4. ↑ Strombo - This Guy's A One-Man Forest Planting Machine . In: CBC News . 
5. ↑ Jadav "Molai" Payeng . greenjacketmoments.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 3, 2012. 
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Dominique Mosbergen: Indian Man, Jadav "Molai" Payeng, single-Handedly Plants A 1,360 acre Forest in Assam , huffingtonpost.com. April 3, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2013. 
7. ↑ ^{a b c} 30-year journey from tribal boy to Forest Man . The Times of India. August 3, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
8. ^ Incredible story of Persistence and Devotion: Jadav Payeng Single-handedly Converts a Sandbar into a Prosperous 1,360-acre Forest . Success Stories . Retrieved February 11, 2014.
9. ↑ ^{a b c d} Man creates forest single-handedly on Brahmaputra sand bar . The Asian Age . Retrieved March 6, 2013.
10. ^ One of the Greatest Achievements of the Human Race - Jadav Payeng . Ajith Kumar. CC. August 3, 2012. Accessed December 31, 2012.
11. ↑ ^{a b} 'Jadav and the Tree-Place' by Vinayak Varma on StoryWeaver . Retrieved March 14, 2016.
12. ↑ Foresting life . Humanity watchdog. Archived from the original on May 9, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
13. ^ Forest Man post production . February 14, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
14. ↑ Payeng movie gets Cannes award . In: The Telegraph, Calcutta, India , May 26, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014. 
15. ↑ The American Pavilion 2014 Finalists Emerging Filmmaker Showcase: . Retrieved July 17, 2014.
16. ↑ Mixtape . Retrieved March 14, 2016.
17. ↑ Download, print, read 800 children's stories for free . Retrieved March 14, 2016.
18. ↑ Story Weaver . Retrieved March 14, 2016.
19. ↑ Story Weaver . Retrieved March 14, 2016.
20. ↑ Story Weaver . Retrieved March 14, 2016.
21. ↑ Dr. Arun Kr.Deka: Green Crusader . The Assam Tribune.
22. ↑ Manimugdha S Sharma: JNU honors 'forest man' on Earth Day - Times of India , Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. April 24, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012. 
23. ↑ Padma Bhushan for Jahnu Barua, Padma Shri for Dr LN Bora, Jadav Payeng .