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Tree planting is my life 

Junglee say that his life's passion is to plant tree. He always liked tree since childhood and the depleting forest cover worried him. He look up the take to grow a forest on a barren land at an altitude of 4500 feet in uttarakhand hill .

JUNGLEE SPEEK'S ABOUT SUCCESSION  ON BARREN LAND

• Junglee modal is exampel of  primary succession on the barren land. 
• He has good knowledge of eccoloogy and balance of ecosystem . 

Junglee speeks about mixed forest

Junglee has experience with working with mountain communities on environmental conservation. He has practical understanding of the reasons why ancient traditions of conservation have been declining in recent times. 

“People had a deep feeling for the forests and when I asked them the reason for this [they said] that they got their vegetables from the forest as well as grass, fuel etc. There were few forest fires, but if there was one then everybody went in a group to put it out. Today it is just the opposite, if there is a fire today then people are indifferent as nothing which belongs to them is burning, it is the Forest Department’s. It is a matter of great concern, this growing indifference of the people.”

This is an enormous loss and surely adds to the problems of climate change, when considering that these forests are the natural mechanism, which would normally be making the mountain snows. They would also be normally feeding the waters into the underground aquifers and absorbing carbons. The stability of Earth’s fresh water system depends upon maintaining the integrity of watersheds. These, in turn depend upon the health of the high altitude indigenous mountain forests. To sustain these important mechanisms, Earth’s mountain regions need to be reforested fast. To effectively do this, it is vital that remaining forests are protected and sustained and that action is taken to restore as much as is possible of the natural biodiversity promptly.

MIXED FOREST JAGAT SINGH JUNGLEE

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Jangli, developed the novel idea of mix- foresting about 30 years ago. When he retired from BSF in 1980, his father challenged him to revive two hectares of land that had lain barren because of lack of water.

Since then, he has been planting trees which also improves the livelihood conditions of the women of the village. Today, the forest not only meets fuel and fodder requirements but they also help in satiating water requirements of the villagers.

When asked that how he get the name of Jangli, he said, "Jangli is the award given to me by my well-wishers in a small function held at a local school in 1994." Jangli's work was first recognised when R S Tolia, IAS, highlighted his efforts in bio- diversity and environmental conservation.

Jangli was also felicitated by the Uttaranchal governor SS Barnala in 2002. However, he thought it better to gift the entire amount given by the governor to an unemployed youth of his village.

A question about him was also asked in a popular game show - 'Kaun Banega Crorepati'. When this reporter asked Jangli about the message which he want to convey to the readers, "Practice mixed-forestry in your area to