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'Tree Father' plants for a greener future

Swami Prem Parivartan, affectionately known as " Peepal Baba," has turned a childhood passion into one of India's largest grassroots environmental movements by planting and preserving an estimated 26 ...
Allowing forests to regenerate on their own has been championed as a strategy for reducing planet-heating carbon in the atmosphere while also boosting biodiversity, the benefits ecosystems offer and ...
Planting trees is an essential part of environmental conservation in India, but success depends heavily on timing. The best time to plant trees in India varies slightly by region, but understanding ...
A few months ago, the Indian government erected metal gates to encircle 100 hectares of forest in Pidikia, a village in the east Indian state of Odisha. Soon after, armed guards appeared to ...
On a remote stretch of sand in Assam’s Brahmaputra River, this person spent decades doing something that seemed almost invisible at first. Day after day, Jadav “Molai” Payeng planted trees on land ...
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At 60, he has turned a childhood fascination with trees into one of India's largest grassroots planting movements. NOIDA, India: With Delhi's choking haze hanging overhead, Peepal Baba presses a young ...