Indian Man Single-Handedly Plants a 1,360 Acre Forest
This is the kind of compassion towards non-humans that has existed in the far background of humanity for millennia, but rarely gets noticed. If only even 10% of people had this kind of ethical system, the world would be so much better than it is now. If everyone thought this way, the earth would be a true paradise.
Jadav "Molai" Payeng started planted trees on a sand bar more than 3 decades ago after witnessing the upsetting sight of snakes dying from lack of tree cover and plant growth on that hot sand bar.
The article states:
"It all started way back in 1979 when floods washed a large number of snakes ashore on the sandbar. One day, after the waters had receded, Payeng , only 16 then, found the place dotted with the dead reptiles. That was the turning point of his life.
'The snakes died in the heat, without any tree cover. I sat down and wept over their lifeless forms. It was carnage . I alerted the forest department and asked them if they could grow trees there. They said nothing would grow there. Instead, they asked me to try growing bamboo. It was painful, but I did it. There was nobody to help me. Nobody was interested,' says Payeng, now 47."
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