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Reforestation Techniques for Degraded Lands
A comprehensive guide to restoring forests on degraded and deforested lands, from site assessment to long-term management.
July 20, 2025
Rainwater Harvesting Basics
Learn the fundamentals of collecting and storing rainwater for irrigation, household use, and groundwater recharge.
June 15, 2025
Green Heroes
View allIndividuals who dedicated their lives to restoring our planet.
Abdul Kareem
The One-Man Forest of Kerala
India · 1950–present
Indian conservationist who single-handedly grew a 32-acre forest on barren laterite land in Kerala over more than 30 years.
Chico Mendes
Defender of the Amazon Rainforest
Brazil · 1944–1988
Brazilian rubber tapper and union leader who organized nonviolent resistance to protect the Amazon rainforest from deforestation.
Felix Finkbeiner
Youth Climate Activist and Founder of Plant-for-the-Planet
Germany · 1997–present
German activist who started Plant-for-the-Planet at age 9, building a youth movement that has planted billions of trees worldwide.
Jadav Payeng
The Forest Man of India
India · 1959–present
Indian environmental activist who single-handedly planted a 1,360-acre forest on a barren sandbar in Assam over four decades.
John D. Liu
Filmmaker and Ecosystem Restoration Advocate
United States · 1953–present
American-Chinese filmmaker who documented the Loess Plateau restoration and founded Ecosystem Restoration Camps worldwide.
Marina Silva
Champion of the Amazon and Brazilian Environmental Leader
Brazil · 1958–present
Brazilian environmentalist and politician from Acre who fought alongside Chico Mendes and became Minister of the Environment.
Richard St. Barbe Baker
Pioneer of Global Reforestation
United Kingdom · 1889–1982
British forester who founded Men of the Trees in 1922, one of the world's first international conservation organizations.
Sebastiao Salgado
Photographer Turned Reforester
Brazil · 1944–present
Brazilian photographer who, with his wife Lelia, reforested over 1,500 acres of degraded Atlantic Forest at Instituto Terra.
Vandana Shiva
Seed Sovereignty Champion and Environmental Scholar
India · 1952–present
Indian physicist and activist who founded the Navdanya seed bank network to protect biodiversity and farmers' rights.
Wangari Maathai
Nobel Laureate & Founder of the Green Belt Movement
Kenya · 1940–2011
Kenyan environmentalist who founded the Green Belt Movement and planted over 51 million trees across Africa.
Willie Smits
Orangutan Rescuer and Rainforest Restorer
Indonesia · 1957–present
Dutch-Indonesian scientist who restored degraded Borneo rainforest through the Samboja Lestari project to save orangutans.
Yacouba Sawadogo
The Man Who Stopped the Desert
Burkina Faso · 1946–present
Burkinabe farmer who revived ancient Zai planting techniques to reclaim Sahel desert and restore forests in Burkina Faso.