‘Forest Man of India’ Jadav Payeng is all set to undertake a new mission in Mexico.
Jadav Payeng has signed an agreement with Fundacion Azteca, an NGO which aims to plant 7 million trees in Mexico.
Jadav Payeng from Assam will also play a leading role at environment summits to be organised by the NGO and share his rich experience with the youths of Mexico.
Payeng will be in Mexico to share his rich knowledge for three months every year from September.
“It’s a project involving eight lakh hectare of land by the government of the country. I need to involve one lakh student per day to initiate the massive plantation drive. I have signed an understanding for this. The country has provided me visa for 10 years. I shall be in Mexico for three months every year. September, October and November are the ideal months in Mexico to plant tree. The world is my home and the young generation my strength. I need to change the world green for the young and the developed nations are realizing this fast,” Jadav Payeng was quoted as saying by News 18.
On December 7, 2020, an agreement to help the Mexican non-profit organisation to grow more trees was signed during the Ciudad de las Ideas (CDI) at Puebla City with former Mexican Senator Ninfa Salinas Sada of Grupo Salinas, in the presence of CDI founder and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Social Change and the Free Flow of Knowledge Dr. Andrés Roemer and naturalist Rituraj Phukan.
On December 7, the Embassy of Mexico in India in a tweet stated, “Mexico honoured to host extraordinary environmental activist from India, Jade Payeng- 40 million trees – with own hands. An alliance with @FundacionAzteca will lead to advance new tree planting in Mexico #ForestManOfIndia Deciduous tree Seedling.”
🇲🇽 honoured to host extraordinary environmental activist from 🇮🇳, Jade Payeng, in @cddelasideas. He planted entire forest-40 million trees- with own hands. An alliance with @FundacionAzteca will lead to advance new tree planting in 🇲🇽 #ForestManOfIndia 🌳🌱 🇲🇽 🇮🇳 @RoemerAndres pic.twitter.com/Fa2MZoAjyT
— Embassy of Mexico in India 🇲🇽 (@EmbaMexInd) December 7, 2020
Padma Shri Jadav Payeng, hailed as the “Forest Man of India” for converting thousand acres of barren sand bar into a forest and biodiversity hotspot in Assam.
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