AÑO
2015
CATEGORÍA
Comunidad
OBJETIVOS
Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
PAL. CLAVE
Molai forest, forestry , Jadav "Molai" Payeng
PAÍS
India
CRÉDITOS
Jadav "Molai" Payeng
LINK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molai_forest
Molai forest (India)
Molai forest is a forest in Kokilamukh, Jorhat district, Assam, India.
Molai forest is named after Jadav "Molai" Payeng Indian environmental activist and forestry worker. The forest was single-handedly planted by Payeng in a timespan of 30 years and encompasses an area of about 1,360 acres / 550 hectares. Payeng planted and tended trees on a sandbar of the river Brahmaputra turning it into a forest reserve.