The United Nations General Assembly declared 21st March as the World Forest Day Or International Day of Forests in 2012. It was to commemorate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests among the public.
World Forest Day is to encourage every one of us to undertake local, national, and international steps to organize events to spread awareness about our forest and environment.
Schools can organize virtual activities or competitions tomorrow or in the coming week involving forests and trees, such as painting, poem, or songwriting, adopt some park or trees, brainstorming sessions to reduce the use of paper, quiz on trees and plants, etc.
Just for knowledge sharing :- Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.
If possible, tree planting campaigns can also be organized, but please keep COVID Guidelines in consideration. To know more about World Forest Day or International Day of Forests, please click here.
Do you know about ‘The Tree Mother’ or ‘Vriksha Mathe’?
Saalumarada Thimmakka of Karnataka is a living legend. At 107 years she was awarded the Padma Shri (2019) by Honorable President Ram Nath Kovind. The best part was after receiving the award, Vriksha Mathe reached out and blessed the President, which was acknowledged by the Honorable Guests.
Not having children, The Tree Mother started planting trees. She is known for planting and tending to 385 banyan trees between Hulikal and Kudur in Karnataka. She is also known for planting nearly 8,000 other trees.
We would request you to watch Padma Shri Award Ceremony:-
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