Man-made forest at Lakhipur College in Goalpara district is based on the model of Japanese ecologist Akira Miyawaki
Man-made forest at Lakhipur College in Goalpara district is based on the model of Japanese ecologist Akira Miyawaki
A college in western Assam’s Goalpara district has become the first college in the state to sport a micro forest in association with the Assam Science Society.
The man-made forest at Lakhipur College, about 165 km west of Guwahati, is based on a concept by Japanese botanist and ecologist Akira Miyawaki.
Inaugurating the micro forest in the college campus on Sunday, Principal Mirza Mannaf said that his team would leave no stone unturned to sustain the society’s project of restoring the environment by using the available spaces in educational institutions.
Noorul Islam, secretary of the Lakhipur branch of the Science Society, said, “We are hopeful that Lakhipur College will become the launchpad for the micro forest campaign with the right strategies like planting indigenous trees and medicinal plants.”
An expert in zoonotic diseases and a researcher on medicinal plants, he outlined environmental factors in the transmission of diseases between humans and animals.
Bijuli Chakraborty, a biology teacher and a member of the Assam Science Society, discussed in detail the various aspects of planting saplings in educational institutions.