Palakkad native M. Shyamkumars’ work extends beyond Kerala, with trees planted in Puducherry, Kavaratti, Kochi and Thrissur
The initiative was organised by the district administration with the coordination of SPMCIL under Corporate Social Responsibility
A Chinese woman who has planted trees in the deserts of Inner Mongolia for decades has contacted an American man who donated US$5,000 to her and invited him to visit a forest that came into being because of his funding. Yin Yuzhen, 60, was awarded as a National Model Worker by China’s State Council in 2000 for her long-term anti-desertification efforts. Hailing from a poor family in northwestern Shaanxi province, Yin married a man who lives in Maowusu Desert in Inner Mongolia in the 1980s. The...