In this video, M. R. Hari introduces a family of committed foresters – natural, trained and trainee silviculturists – who have a unique achievement to their credit. They have created the first forest in the district of Alappuzha. The great-grandmother talks about her passion for trees and the endless bounty of Nature, while her Environmental engineer-daughter talks about how we can reduce our carbon footprint by adopting a carbon-neutral lifestyle. Such a combination of folk wisdom and hi-tech knowledge has contributed hugely to the healthy and dense growth of the forest in the Kollakal Thapovanam plot at Pullukulangara.
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