Habitats of India: A Manmade Habitat

byKatie Bagli

This article is the last of the series on habitats. Indeed, our planet is privileged to have the most amazing habitats that serve as homes to millions of creatures. To end the series, I thought it would be a good idea to write about a thriving forest created by a single individual. It took him 30 years, and he planted around 40 million trees. Of course, it required a lot of grit, determination and love for what he was doing.

Asian Elephants This individual is Jadhav Molai Payeng who belongs to the indigenous Mising tribe of Assam in Jorhat and his forest is called Molai Forest. Moreover, I had the privilege of meeting him recently during my visit to Assam and interacting with him. For his sweat and toil that bore fr