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'''Molai forest''' is a forest on [[Majuli]] | '''Molai forest''' is a forest on [[Majuli]] district in the [[Brahmaputra]] River near Kokilamukh, [[Assam]], [[India]]. It is named after [[Jadav Payeng]], Indian environmental activist and forestry worker. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
[[File:JadavPayeng.jpg|thumb|upright|Jadav Molai Payeng, the man who planted the Molai Forest]] | [[File:JadavPayeng.jpg|thumb|upright|Jadav Molai Payeng, the man who planted the Molai Forest]] | ||
Molai forest is named after [[Jadav Payeng]], Indian [[Environmental movement|environmental]] activist and forestry worker. After an initial [[Jadav Payeng#Career|200 hectare planting]] by the social forestry division of [[Golaghat district]] was abandoned in 1983,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.mongabay.com/2014/11/one-man-plants-forest-larger-than-central-park/|title=One man plants forest larger than Central Park|last=Joshi|first=Apoorva|date=13 November 2014|work=Mongabay News|access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref> the forest was single-handedly attended by Payeng for 30 years and now encompasses an area of about 1,360 acres / 550 [[hectares]].<ref name="huffingtonpost2012">{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/03/indian-man-jadav-molai-pa_n_1399930.html?src=sp&comm_ref=false | title=Indian Man, Jadav "Molai" Payeng, Single-Handedly Plants A 1,360 Acre Forest In Assam | publisher=[[The Huffington Post]] | accessdate=1 April 2014 | date=4 March 2012}}</ref> Payeng planted and tended trees on a [[sandbar]] of [[Majuli]] island in the [[Brahmaputra]] River, eventually becoming a forest reserve. | Molai forest is named after [[Jadav Payeng]], Indian [[Environmental movement|environmental]] activist and forestry worker. After an initial [[Jadav Payeng#Career|200 hectare (500 acre) planting]] by the social forestry division of [[Golaghat district]] was abandoned in 1983,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.mongabay.com/2014/11/one-man-plants-forest-larger-than-central-park/|title=One man plants forest larger than Central Park|last=Joshi|first=Apoorva|date=13 November 2014|work=Mongabay News|access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref> the forest was single-handedly attended by Payeng for 30 years and now encompasses an area of about 1,360 acres / 550 [[hectares]].<ref name="huffingtonpost2012">{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/03/indian-man-jadav-molai-pa_n_1399930.html?src=sp&comm_ref=false | title=Indian Man, Jadav "Molai" Payeng, Single-Handedly Plants A 1,360 Acre Forest In Assam | publisher=[[The Huffington Post]] | accessdate=1 April 2014 | date=4 March 2012}}</ref> Payeng planted and tended trees on a [[sandbar]] of [[Majuli]] island in the [[Brahmaputra]] River, eventually becoming a forest reserve. | ||
Molai forest now houses [[Bengal tiger]]s, [[Indian rhinoceros]], over 100 [[deer]] and [[rabbit]]s besides [[monkey]]s and several varieties of birds, including a large number of [[vulture]]s.<ref name="huffingtonpost2012"/> There are several thousand trees, including valcol, arjun (''[[Terminalia arjuna]]''), Pride of India (''[[Lagerstroemia speciosa]]''), royal poinciana (''[[Delonix regia]]''), silk trees (''[[Albizia]] procera''), moj (''[[Archidendron bigeminum]]'') and cotton trees (''[[Bombax ceiba]]''). Bamboo covers an area of over 300 hectares.<ref name="asianagearchive">{{cite web | url=http://archive.asianage.com/india/man-creates-forest-single-handedly-brahmaputra-sand-bar-972 | title=Man creates forest single-handedly on Brahmaputra sand bar | publisher=[[The Asian Age]] | accessdate=1 April 2014 | date=25 March 2012}}</ref> | Molai forest now houses [[Bengal tiger]]s, [[Indian rhinoceros]], over 100 [[deer]] and [[rabbit]]s besides [[monkey]]s and several varieties of birds, including a large number of [[vulture]]s.<ref name="huffingtonpost2012"/> There are several thousand trees, including valcol, arjun (''[[Terminalia arjuna]]''), Pride of India (''[[Lagerstroemia speciosa]]''), royal poinciana (''[[Delonix regia]]''), silk trees (''[[Albizia]] procera''), moj (''[[Archidendron bigeminum]]'') and cotton trees (''[[Bombax ceiba]]''). Bamboo covers an area of over 300 hectares (700 acres).<ref name="asianagearchive">{{cite web | url=http://archive.asianage.com/india/man-creates-forest-single-handedly-brahmaputra-sand-bar-972 | title=Man creates forest single-handedly on Brahmaputra sand bar | publisher=[[The Asian Age]] | accessdate=1 April 2014 | date=25 March 2012}}</ref> | ||
A herd of around 100 [[elephant]]s regularly visits the forest every year and generally stays for around six months. They have given birth to 10 calves in the forest.<ref name="asianagearchive" /> | A herd of around 100 [[elephant]]s regularly visits the forest every year and generally stays for around six months. They have given birth to 10 calves in the forest.<ref name="asianagearchive" /> | ||