AdvertisementA Lifetime Of Planting Trees On A Remote River Island: Meet India's Forest ManDecember 26, 2017Julie McCarthyfacebookEmailJadav Payeng, "The Forest Man of India," has planted tens of thousands of trees over the course of nearly 40 years. He has made bloom a once desiccated island that lies in the Brahamputra river, which runs through his home state of Assam. (NPR)