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Builder of forests
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 …

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Tissue culture lab for generating threatened Delhi trees in works
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tissue culture lab for generating threatened Delhi trees in works

Hindustan Times  

In a bid to generate saplings of threatened or rare native Delhi trees, the city’s forest and wildlife department is setting up a tissue culture laboratory at the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. If successfully established, this will be the first plant tissue culture laboratory under the Delhi forest department, though such projects have been carried out across the country, including …

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Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates 'world's biggest' Santa Claus with onions, sand
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates 'world's biggest' Santa Claus with onions, sand

Hindustan Times  

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture of Santa Claus using onions at Puri's Blue Flag beach with the message 'Gift A Plant, Green The Earth' on the eve of Christmas. Odisha's sand artist also mentioned the need of the hour to plant more trees, thus the reason behind using onion in his sculpture. This time we have created …

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Kenya declares surprise public holiday to plant 15 billion trees
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 …

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Feds award $1 billion to plant trees, combat extreme heat, including $100 million for California
1 year, 3 months ago

Feds award $1 billion to plant trees, combat extreme heat, including $100 million for California

LA Times  

An urban forestry specialist with North East Trees loads up a truck with trees the group plans to deliver to Watts residents. The Golden State will receive about $103 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, which will go toward 43 grant recipients across Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and other California communities for tree …

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Greenwashing corporations exposed: Over 90% of companies claim to plant trees, regrow coral or restore other ecosystems but DON'T publish reports on ANY results
1 year, 3 months ago

Greenwashing corporations exposed: Over 90% of companies claim to plant trees, regrow coral or restore other ecosystems but DON'T publish reports on ANY results

Daily Mail  

Others, including Nestlé and Microsoft, were more transparent on 'green' efforts Firms including Ford, IBM and Costco report funding 'ecosystem restoration' initiatives - but fail to report results or money spent to shareholders or the public Hundreds of large multinational corporations are 'talking the talk' on environmental stewardship, promising to help restore ecosystems pillaged in the pursuit of profit. A …

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Malegaon court punishes a road accident convict with order to offer namaz, plant trees
1 year, 9 months ago

Malegaon court punishes a road accident convict with order to offer namaz, plant trees

Op India  

On 27th February 2023, a court in Malegaon in the Nashik district of Maharashtra ordered a convict of a road accident dispute to offer namaz five times a day and plant trees. It is notable that the crime he committed was punishable by imprisonment, still, the court has ordered him to plant trees and offer namaz instead of putting him …

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Offer Namaz And Plant Two Trees: Malegaon Court Directs Muslim Man In Road Accident Brawl Case
1 year, 9 months ago

Offer Namaz And Plant Two Trees: Malegaon Court Directs Muslim Man In Road Accident Brawl Case

Live Law  

Earlier this week, a Magistrate in Malegaon, Maharashtra ordered a Muslim man to offer five times namaaz for 21 days and plant two trees in a road-accident brawl case for voluntarily causing hurt. Magistrate Tejwant Singh Sandhu passed the order on February 27 and observed that Section 3 of the Probation of Offenders Act could be applied in the present …

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The forgotten hedges of Lutyens’ Delhi
2 years, 6 months ago

The forgotten hedges of Lutyens’ Delhi

The Hindu  

June 10, 2022 01:20 pm | Updated June 13, 2022 03:13 pm IST If you drive down Teen Murti Marg in late January or early February, you might notice with some surprise the bright new foliage of a small tree called khirk. Another hedge plant is putranjia, which can grow into a tall, handsome tree, but is valued for its …

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Pankaj Tripathi appeals for tree plantation on 'Daan Utsav'
3 years, 2 months ago

Pankaj Tripathi appeals for tree plantation on 'Daan Utsav'

India TV News  

Actor Pankaj Tripathi is encouraging people to grow trees by endorsing 'Daan Utsav', a mission of planting more trees by Grow-Trees.com. Talking about the initiative Pankaj Tripathi said, "Nature is not just a beautiful backdrop to click a selfie, a resource, a tool, an Instagrammable picture. Organisations like Grow-Trees.com help us to understand and respect ecosystems and I hope millions …

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What are the 7 most important native plants in L.A.? We asked an expert
3 years, 7 months ago

What are the 7 most important native plants in L.A.? We asked an expert

LA Times  

California has more types of native plants than any other state in the U.S., a third of which are found nowhere else on Earth. They are the foundation of our ecosystem, they support our native animal species like the monarch butterfly, and they are part of California’s rich Indigenous peoples history. Indigenous cultural and plant educator Nicholas Hummingbird is on …

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Earth Day 2021: Google Doodle Encourages Us to Plant the Seed to a Brighter Future
3 years, 8 months ago

Earth Day 2021: Google Doodle Encourages Us to Plant the Seed to a Brighter Future

News 18  

Google Doodle on Thursday marked World Earth Day, which is celebrated every year on April 22. This year’s annual Earth Day Doodle highlights how everyone can plant the seed to a brighter future—one sapling at a time. Today’s video Doodle shows a variety of trees being planted within natural habitats, one of the many ways we can do our part …

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Saudi Arabia ‘to plant 10 billion trees’ in bid to tackle climate change
3 years, 8 months ago

Saudi Arabia ‘to plant 10 billion trees’ in bid to tackle climate change

The Independent  

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Editorial: California’s monarch butterflies could disappear, unless we act now
3 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: California’s monarch butterflies could disappear, unless we act now

LA Times  

It wasn’t so long ago that orange clouds of monarch butterflies would descend upon the California coast every winter. Habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change have whittled down the monarch butterfly population nationwide, but monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains have been especially hard hit. The Fish and Wildlife Service’s scientists have estimated that there is a 96% to …

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Residents Pledge to Plant More Trees on Earth Day
6 years, 8 months ago

Residents Pledge to Plant More Trees on Earth Day

Hindustan Times  

Residents and organisations observed World Earth Day on Sunday, promising to boost greenery in their immediate surroundings and shun plastic. Tree Man Deepak Gaur led a drive called ‘Pledge Tree’ to gift trees and make people plant them in an event held at Artemis hospital. Members of several residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) attended the event.

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