Pankaj Tripathi appeals for tree plantation on 'Daan Utsav'

6 days, 10 hours ago

Rashtrapati Nilayam to host 15-day flower and horticulture festival from Dec. 29

Hyderabad: Rashtrapati Nilayam at Bolarum in Secunderabad will host a 15-day flower and horticulture festival ‘Udyan Utsav’ from December 29 The Udyan Utsav, organised in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management Hyderabad and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, aims to celebrate nature, promote environmental conservation and sustainability through people’s …

Rashtrapati Nilayam Udyan Utsav 29 Hyderabad

How Kodavas celebrate Puthari, a harvest festival, in Bengaluru

The Hindu

The Kodava community will celebrate Puthari, the harvest festival that holds cultural and spiritual significance for the community, on Saturday, December 14. Puthari, which means “new rice” in Kodava language, is a thanksgiving festival that celebrates the rice harvest, symbolising abundance and prosperity. At the Kodava Samaja in Vasanth Nagar, members gather every year to symbolically harvest paddy grown on …

Festival Community Bengaluru Harvest Rice Traditional Kodagu

1 week, 4 days ago

Travel: Experience Araku’s serene landscapes, tribal culture, and farm life this winter season

The Hindu

Serene landscapes, lush coffee plantations and a peek into tribal culture: this winter Araku offers experiences that blend adventure, Nature and culture. A walk through the woods Hidden within the emerald folds of Anantagiri’s coffee plantations, a wooden bridge invites visitors into Nature’s embrace. Aptly named Aranya, the 120-meter-long wooden bridge near Sunkarametta built by the Andhra Pradesh Forest Development …

Nature Life Tribal Farm Offers Visitors Winter Araku Season Serene

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Virtusa Foundation Conducts Miyawaki Plantation Drive to Combat Climate Change at Indian Universities

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Virtusa Foundation, the CSR arm of Virtusa Corporation, has launched a large-scale Miyawaki plantation Drive at Gitam University and Guru Nanak University, planting over 11,500 native saplings. This initiative promotes biodiversity, combats climate change, and fosters sustainable urban ecosystems, further strengthening Virtusa’s leadership in corporate environmental responsibility. This plantation reflects Virtusa’s dedication to integrating sustainable practices into its core …

Sustainability Environmental Plantation Miyawaki Virtusa Foundation Virtusa

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Documenting India’s iconic trees: from a giant sequoia in Jammu to a 600-year-old champaka tree in Karnataka

The Hindu

Somewhere between 359 and 385 million years ago, our world witnessed the birth of the first tree: Archaeopteris. My childhood memories of climbing trees, playing games with flowers and seeds, and writing fantasy stories inspired by my favourite tree giants drew me to urban ecology as an adult. The oldest individual tree is an alerce in Chile’s Alerce Costero National …

India Trees Jammu Old Tree This Book Iconic

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Protecting Native Handicrafts: K. Pawan Kalyan's Call to Action

Deccan Chronicle

Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan urges local communities and stakeholders to protect and promote native handicrafts in Andhra Pradesh. He emphasizes the importance of raw material availability for artisans involved in making Bobbili Veena and wooden toys at Etikoppaka and Kondapalli. The state government has prepared a comprehensive action plan to plant Ankudu Karra, Tella Poniki and Jackfruit trees …

Environment Law Culture Handicrafts Vijayawada

3 months, 1 week ago

Goa Raj Bhavan celebrates PM Modi’s birthday with tree conservation initiative

The Hindu

On the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 74th birthday, Raj Bhavan, Goa, launched several initiatives, including Prachin Vriksha Ayurvedic Chikitsa, Vriksha Poshana Yoga, and Vriksha Pooja, special projects to preserve centuries-old trees through Ayurvedic treatments. These efforts focus on conserving ancient trees on the 90-acre Raj Bhavan estate, which is home to a rich biodiversity of flora, including trees …

Trees Modi Tree Raj Bhavan Pillai

3 months, 1 week ago

Housing society in Hinjewadi adopts eco-friendly Ganesh festival celebration

Hindustan Times

The Park Connect Society in Hinjewadi area, which is completely dependent on water tankers since the last two years, has undertaken ‘save water’ initiative this Ganesh festival through which the society members plan to save 20,000 litres of water daily. The display includes two faux trees with models of air conditioners, highlighting how the installation of ACs can lead to …

Society Park Connect Society

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Artists bring the cultural history of trees to Mumbai

The Hindu

A glitch, once a simple digital error, has become a visual language in contemporary art — a metaphor for disruption or imperfection. The canvases at Mumbai’s Nature Morte have brought paintings titled, Arboretum - Ebb and Flow, oil on canvas, by Delhi-based artists Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra, together known as Thukral and Tagra. It is funny that this realisation …

Mumbai Japan Cultural History Trees Artists Thukral Tagra

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Volunteers asked to register to participate in one crore palm seed planting drive across Tamil Nadu

The Hindu

Salem District Collector R. Brindha Devi, on Sunday, asked students, environmentalists, non-government organisations, and other volunteers to register their names to participate in a drive to plant one crore palm seedlings. The drive, to be launched on September 8 at Mettur in Salem district, will be jointly organised by the Department of Environment and Climate Change, the Green Needa Environment …

Tamil Nadu Tamil District Drive Collector Crore Palm Palm Tree

3 months, 3 weeks ago

One Crore Saplings as AP’s Target This Year, Says CM Naidu

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu along with deputy CM Pawan Kalyan and Union Minister Pemmasani Chandrasekhar planted sets of saplings in the Eco Park at Mangalagiri on Friday, marking the Vana Mahotsavam programme. Naidu said, “Under Vanamahotsavam-2024, all of you should take responsibility to ensure 50 per cent green cover for the state, with the slogan of ‘Let's strive for …

Green Trees Plant Naidu Pawan Kalyan Saplings

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Vana Mahotsavam 2024: plantation drives launched across Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu

The Andhra Pradesh government initiated the ‘Vana Mahotsavam 2024’ programme across the State on Friday, calling on the general public to plant saplings in large numbers, to increase the green cover in the State, protect forests, and ensure a sustainable environment for future generations. As part of the programme, the Forest Department of Kurnool district launched a special drive, ‘Plant …

Green Forest State District Plant Programme Cover

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh: Pawan Calls for Mass Tree Plantation Drive

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan called on every citizen to actively participate in the ‘Vana Mahotsavam’ programme initiated by the Andhra Pradesh government across the state on Friday in Vijayawada. The Deputy Chief Minister urged people to take this as a social responsibility and plant saplings in large numbers across state. Underlining the importance of planting indigenous saplings, …

Pawan Tree Plantation

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Louise Fowler-Smith – “Environmentalism is above all other isms”

Hindustan Times

Was your interest in sacred trees a childhood love or did you discover it recently? When she witnessed the veneration of trees in Tamil Nadu, she made some enquiries and learnt that sacred trees and rituals associated with them exist in many parts of India. I was completely struck by the beauty of these sites, and ended up spending a …

Art India Environmental Work Trees Tree Sacred

4 months, 1 week ago

A collaboration to make Mumbai green this Independence Day

The Hindu

This Independence Day, the worlds of food and Nature will collaborate to bring down Mumbai’s increasingly warm temperatures in a bid to invite more butterflies and birds to Mahalaxmi that lies at the heart of the city. To make this happen, The Bombay Canteen as part of its 10th annual Independence Day Daawat has collaborated with Nature:re, an RPG Foundation …

Nature Independence Day Mumbai Plants Park Radha

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Tree project instills eco-consciousness in children

China Daily

Five-year-old Shi Jiangyu waters a sapling with his mother during a tree-planting task in Alshaa Left Banner, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in May. The little boy is one of the 27 children age 3 to 14 who recently took part in a tree planting activity in Alshaa Left Banner of Alshaa League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Yang Youlin, former coordinator …

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5 months ago

Accolades for ‘green guardian’ from Srirangapatna

The Hindu

In a world often clamouring for attention and acclaim, this anonymous planter stands as a symbol of humility and commitment to a cause that often gets lip service. Ever since he witnessed a devastating man-made fire that consumed a vast swathe of forests in 2012, Mr. Ramesh took it upon himself to plant, grow, and conserve trees. Though Mr. Ramesh …

Srirangapatna Mr Ramesh Green Guardian

5 months ago

The issue with India’s tree planting schemes

The Hindu

The exploitation of forest resources due to uncontrolled and unsustainable practices has degraded forest landscapes. This is one reason to consider a mass-scale drive of tree planting as a silver bullet to tackle the challenges of climate change globally, by governmental and non-governmental organisations including individuals. Fancy drives, catchy slogans In recent years there has been a spurt in tree …

India Forest Million Tree Planting Forests Tree Planting

5 months, 1 week ago

Ludhiana based NGO organised plantation drive

Hindustan Times

A city based NGO organised the earth hour plantation drive from 8 am to 9 am on Sunday. Volunteers of Sambhav Foundation during the tree plantation drive in Ludhiana to mark 10th anniversary of earth hour in Ludhiana on Sunday. Attendees, including Kritika Goyal, assistant commissioner, Ludhiana; Jasdev Sekhon, assistant commissioner, municipal corporation Ludhiana; Neeraj Jain, zonal commissioner, municipal corporation …

Ludhiana Drive Ngo Plantation Drive Sambhav Foundation

5 months, 1 week ago

‘Heritage Tree Garden’ to come up in Prayagraj

Hindustan Times

As part of its efforts to preserve the rich cultural heritage of Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi government is going to set up a Heritage Tree Garden in Prayagraj. The heritage tree garden in Prayagraj will be part of 11 such gardens being set up across UP in different districts to raise awareness about the identified heritage trees among the state’s …

Heritage Trees Prayagraj Tree Garden Heritage Tree Garden Heritage Trees

5 months, 3 weeks ago

GB Nagar forest dept plants over 500 saplings at Surajpur Wetland as part of ‘Van Mahotsav’

Hindustan Times

The Gautam Budh Nagar forest department on Wednesday celebrated ‘Van Mahotsav’, a pan-India plantation drive held in the first week of July every year, and planted more than 500 saplings of various species at the Surajpur wetland in Greater Noida. To mark the festival, around 150 people, including CISF personnel, ITBP personnel, school children, senior IFS officers, chief conservator of …

Forest Surajpur Wetland 500 Saplings

6 months ago

MP: Plant a tree, get a ‘selfie with me’, offers MP’s woman mantri for environment protection

Deccan Chronicle

Bhopal: A woman member in the Mohan Yadav ministry on Monday took an innovative initiative to protect the environment by offering people an individual selfie with her if they plant a tree. Minister of state for welfare of OBC and minorities Krishna Gaur unveiled her plan for increasing green cover in the state by encouraging people to plant trees with …

Tree Plant Selfie

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Builder of forests

The Hindu

Jadav lived in a small village on the banks of a mighty river. Jadav was reminded of the words an agriculturist scientist he had met had told him, “Plant trees and they will take care of us.” He decided that it was wise advice and it would do them all good to follow it. Instead, they laughed at him and …

Rain Land Trees Plant River Plant Trees Forests Jadav

7 months, 1 week ago

Pune forest dept to develop garden on 5-acre plot

Hindustan Times

The forest department will develop a garden on five acres of land near Van Bhavan next to Nakshatra Garden. N R Praveen, chief conservator of forest, in a press conference on Thursday, said, “The department will plant indigenous trees with the help of volunteers. People will be able to track the plantation with their name tag and can visit the …

Pune Forest Garden

8 months ago

World Earth Day 2024: 1.30 crore planted trees turn arid city into green paradise in Karnataka

The Hindu

The ‘Koti Vruksha Abhiyana’, a massive plantation drive under Minister M. B. Patil, Ministry of Large and Medium Industries and Infrastructure has successfully planted 1.30 crore trees in Vijayapura, Karnataka, in collaboration with the local forest departments and NGOs since its inception in 2015. During FY2021-22, the Koti Vruksha Abhiyan succeeded in achieving its ambitious goal of planting one crore …

Plantation District Drive Saplings Trees Turn

8 months ago

Cure eludes prolonged illness of Konaseema’s ‘eldest son’

The Hindu

All political parties, including the ruling YSRCP, have diagnosed the prolonged illness of the ‘eldest son of Konaseema’—the sacred coconut tree. However, none of them succeeded in finding a permanent cure for the illness that is plaguing the coconut tree and the farmers of the Godavari Delta in Andhra Pradesh. In the same campaign, TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu …

Farmers Coconut Pradesh Delta Andhra Konaseema

8 months ago

How can small-scale farmers benefit from trees on farms?

The Hindu

Agriculture in India has historically been a diversified land-use practice, integrating crops, trees, and livestock. Then again, Chitra’s experience demonstrates agroforestry’s potential and presents a case for creating an enabling environment to enhance trees on farms. A recurrent water problem The five-year ‘Trees Outside of Forests India’ initiative is one such attempt to assess comprehensive ways to stimulate a change …

Environment India Tamil Nadu Water Farmers Right Trees

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Konda Reddi tribe’s indigenous knowledge of Indian laurel tree proves resourceful

The Hindu

The indigenous knowledge of the Konda Reddi tribe, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group inhabiting the Papikonda hill range in the Godavari region, has proven resourceful. On Saturday, the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department authorities cut the bark of an Indian laurel tree found in the Papikonda National Park in the Rampa Agency of the Alluri Sitharama Raju district to learn that …

Indian Hindu Forest Tree Laurel Konda Reddi

10 months ago

Travel: Forest bathing in an enchanting Finnish fell

Live Mint

The air is chilly and a mild breeze that sweeps through occasionally carries tingling whiffs of the forest—pine cones, dried leaves, foliage crushed underfoot. Green is the predominant colour but there are plenty of shades ranging from pale yellow to mild orange, while gigantic pine trees rise up like sentinels all around, forming a beautiful pattern against the blue sky, …

Finland Pine Trees Enchanting Finnish

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Yiwu gains recognition for one ancient tree park

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2024-02-06 The ginkgo tree at the Ginkgo Cultural Park in Hongfeng village, Dachen town, Yiwu. The Zhejiang Forestry Bureau recently announced the second batch of ancient tree cultural parks in the province, including the Ginkgo Cultural Park in Hongfeng village, Dachen town, Yiwu. The Ginkgo Cultural Park offers a leisure space, enhanced surrounding facilities and interactive experiences like …

Cultural Ancient Tree Park Yiwu Ginkgo

11 months, 1 week ago

In Uganda, refugees’ need for wood ravaged the forest. Now, they work to restore it

Associated Press

NAKIVALE, Uganda — Enock Twagirayesu was seeking sanctuary when he and his family fled violence in Burundi, and they found it in Uganda, the small East African nation that has absorbed thousands of refugees from unsettled neighbors. Enock Twagirayesu, team leader of Nakivale Green Environment Association, and Cleous Bwambale, of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, tours trees planted by …

Refugees United Nations Settlement Refugee Trees Forest Uganda

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Review: Green Pearls of India by V Sundararaju

Hindustan Times

If ever a book needed translation into Hindi and other Indian languages and should be read and discussed on rural community radio, it is Green Pearls of India by V Sundararaju, which describes 27 trees considered sacred in India. The trees he details are wood apple, jackfruit, neem, red silk-cotton, flame of the forest, Alexandrian laurel, coconut palm, banyan, Indian …

India Tamil Nadu Indian Trees Lord Lord Shiva Tree

1 year, 1 month ago

The janjatiya way to nation-building

Hindustan Times

India, a mosaic of diverse cultures and traditions, takes pride in commemorating the valour and sacrifices of its courageous warriors who fought for its Independence. In a powerful gesture, he has designated the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda as “Janjatiya Gaurav Divas”, a day dedicated to acknowledging and honouring the janjatiya community nationwide. From the Pahadia movement spearheaded by …

India Rights British Forest Act Communities Birsa Munda

1 year, 1 month ago

Celebrating forests, documenting hope

The Hindu

We encounter fungi in various forms every day, but ever wondered how life on earth would be without fungi? Gupta was demonstrating his exhibit on the mycelial network displayed as part of the ‘Forests of Life’ festival held at Azim Premji University. Documenting forests “We set up the festival in such a way that it is for the young by …

Festival Community Forest Fungi Lakshmi Gupta Forests

1 year, 1 month ago

Kenya declares surprise public holiday to plant 15 billion trees

Hindustan Times

The Kenyan government announced Monday a surprise public holiday on Nov. 13 for a nationwide tree planting day, part of its ambitious plan to plant 15 billion trees by 2032 Climate change is worsening droughts in the Horn of Africa Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki made the announcement via a gazette notice posted on the social network X, formerly known as …

Climate Change Change Climate Kenya Kenyan Plant Trees 15 Billion Trees

1 year, 1 month ago

Kenya declares surprise public holiday for national campaign to plant 15 billion trees

LA Times

A jacaranda tree in bloom in Nairobi on Oct. 26, 2023. The Kenyan government has announced a surprise public holiday on Nov. 13 for a nationwide tree planting day, part of its ambitious plan to plant 15 billion trees by 2032. Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki made the announcement Monday via a gazette notice posted on the social network X, formerly …

Climate Change Climate Trees Tree Plant 15 Billion Trees Kenya Declares

1 year, 2 months ago

Why a tree a day can keep the doctor away

The Independent

There are few news stories that unite a nation. The benefits of being in nature – and in particular around trees – have been known for a long time, and in 2019 the Woodland Trust suggested “forest bathing“ should be on the list of “social subscriptions” offered by GPs to increase patient wellbeing, along with volunteering and gardening. “Forest bathing …

Nature Trees Forest Tree Bathing Spending Time Forest Bathing

1 year, 2 months ago

There’s no such thing as ‘just a tree’ – here are some that make me go ‘wow’

The Independent

Yes, it is ‘only’ a tree, as one of my Twitter followers commented on my reaction to the felling of the Hadrian’s Wall sycamore. Whenever I do, someone will almost always send me a photo of the Hadrian’s Wall sycamore, suggesting I make it my tree of the day. I still harbour a dream that one day there will be …

Trees Tree

1 year, 4 months ago

Heart of the Gorkhaland agitation Review of Fruits of the Barren Tree by Lekhnath Chhetri translation Anurag Basnet

The Hindu

Journalist Lekhnath Chhetri’s new novel Fruits of the Barren Tree is set in Relling, a village near Darjeeling. The slice-of-life feel of the opening chapters, the languid descriptions of emerald fields and silvery rivulets, the laborious but steady rhythms of village life, the comfort of daily rituals and festivals, the intoxication of a fresh harvest, all of it serves as …

Chhetri Basnet Lekhnath Chhetri Lives Jhuppay

1 year, 6 months ago

Just Like That | Witnessing Nature's Beauty in Delhi

Hindustan Times

Every year, the United Nations celebrates June 5 as the World Environment Day to encourage worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. In late winter or early spring, the majestic Semal or silk cotton tree blooms all over the city, its branches so laden with large red, orange or yellow flowers that sometimes the branches cannot be seen. As …

Nature Flowers Delhi Trees Tree Its Branches

1 year, 6 months ago

A forest food festival in Tripura celebrates unique dishes

Live Mint

Tripura’s cultural diversity is reflected in the food habits of its people. A forest food festival in Tripura on 10 June offered visitors a chance to try the state’s unique dishes. The recipe also calls for berma, a dried and fermented fish, as the main ingredient along with fresh vegetables like beans, potatoes, chillies, and jackfruit seeds. K.S Sethi, who …

Festival Pti Tripura Forest Foods Rice Dish

1 year, 6 months ago

Anti-desertification efforts to drive environmental security

China Daily

A resident plants Scots pine saplings in the Mu Us Desert in Shenmu city, Shanxi province. JIANG QIMING/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Innovative participation Anti-desertification measures allow communities to enjoy better living conditions and more sustainable socioeconomic growth, which encourages greater participation from people in affected areas. Liang Zheng, head of the sustainable public welfare department at Ant Group, said that more …

Forest Ant Million Yuan

1 year, 6 months ago

DMK plants tree saplings to mark 100th birth anniversary of Kalaignar Karunanidhi

New Indian Express

THOOTHUKUDI: Thoothukudi corporation has planned to plant 1,000 tree saplings at a corporation-owned park in Rahmath Nagar to mark the birth centenary celebrations of the late DMK leader Kalaignar Karunanidhi. The DMK cadre, headed by Social welfare and women empowerment minister Geetha Jeevan, paid floral tributes to the statue of Kalaignar Karunanidhi marking his 100th birth anniversary at the north …

Tree Dmk Tree Saplings Kalaignar Karunanidhi

1 year, 6 months ago

New forest laws and ‘development’ push: A prelude to a ‘land grab’ in India’s north-east?

The Hindu

Published : Jun 02, 2023 16:16 IST - 10 MINS READ The eviction in March of tribal people living in the foothills of Manipur from their traditional forest lands on the grounds that these are “reserve forests” and the conflagration that soon ensued may have more to it than meets the eye. Several factors point to this, including the introduction …

India Development Constitution Oil Land Tribal Communities Tribal

1 year, 6 months ago

8 L.A. trees to love that aren’t jacarandas

LA Times

The blooming of jacarandas often signals the start of pre-summer, the most hopeful time of year. Although jacaranda flowers are beautiful to humans, says Evan Meyer, executive director of the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants, they are not native plants and therefore “not beautiful to the wildlife of Los Angeles.” Meyer recommends redefining tree love by …

Flowers Trees Forest Western Los Los Angeles Told

1 year, 7 months ago

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors

China Daily

Ethnic groups enjoy a good harvest in their tea plantations nestled on the Erlong Mountain in Pu'er city, Yunnan province. At a garden located halfway up Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er city, Yunnan province — an area that boasts the biggest ancient tea tree plantations in China — Su Guowen grabs a handful of drying tea from …

Tree Dai Tea Plantations Blang Mountain Area Tea Trees

1 year, 7 months ago

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors

China Daily

Ethnic groups enjoy a good harvest in their tea plantations nestled on the Erlong Mountain in Pu'er city, Yunnan province. At a garden located halfway up Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er city, Yunnan province — an area that boasts the biggest ancient tea tree plantations in China — Su Guowen grabs a handful of drying tea from …

Tea Ethnic Groups Tree Dai Blang Tea Trees

1 year, 7 months ago

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors

China Daily

Ethnic groups enjoy a good harvest in their tea plantations nestled on the Erlong Mountain in Pu'er city, Yunnan province. At a garden located halfway up Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er city, Yunnan province — an area that boasts the biggest ancient tea tree plantations in China — Su Guowen grabs a handful of drying tea from …

Tea Tree Dai Tea Trees Blang Ethnic

1 year, 7 months ago

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors

China Daily

Ethnic groups enjoy a good harvest in their tea plantations nestled on the Erlong Mountain in Pu'er city, Yunnan province. At a garden located halfway up Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er city, Yunnan province — an area that boasts the biggest ancient tea tree plantations in China — Su Guowen grabs a handful of drying tea from …

Tree Dai Tea Plantations Blang Mountain Area Tea Trees

1 year, 7 months ago

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors

China Daily

Morning sunlight paints a golden hue on the vast expanse of tea plantations in Meitan county, Zunyi city, Guizhou province. We believe each has its own spirit, so we should treat them like humans," says Nan, 61, at his tea house in Mangjing village. We are in need of educated young people who can help us to better protect our …

Tea Young Person Nan

Pankaj Tripathi appeals for tree plantation on 'Daan Utsav'

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