Now, 'Forest Man' Jadav Payeng to plant trees in Mexico

GUWAHATI: Padmashree Awardee and ‘Forest Man of India’ Jadav Payeng has signed an agreement with a Mexican NGO Fundacion Azteca on December 7 for collaborative work on the environment during the Ciudad de las Ideas (CDI) at Puebla City in Mexico. Fundacion Azteca is a Mexican non-profit organization that promotes social responsibility, specifically towards the environment.

The agreement 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, Andrés Roemer, and environmental activist from Assam, Rituraj Phukan.

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Embassy of Mexico in India in its 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.”

Payeng from Majuli in Upper Assam, had single-handedly transformed a barren sandbar of the Brahmaputra into a 550 hectare forest by planting trees. He was honoured with the Padma Shri in the year 2015.

Founded in 1997 and owned by Grupo Salinas, Fundacion Azteca promotes social responsibility.

“Padmashree Jadav Payeng was the last speaker among a galaxy of inspirational change makers from around the world. His simple message to prioritise nature within the educational system was much appreciated,” a Facebook post of Rituraj Phukan, who had accompanied Payeng at the festival, said.

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