Environmental activist #JadavPayeng, popularly known as the "#forest man of India",
has said that #children across the globe should be taught to plant trees by #schools and to love mother earth, reported news agency PTI.
The Padmashri awardee, who hails from #Assam, rued that young minds are not taught to love and respect mother earth at schools.
"The school curriculum across the world should teach the children to plant trees. Children should get practical knowledge of plantation as it will prove helpful to turn the earth green.
While the new National Education Policy of India has included this aspect,
it will take some time to trickle down before it is practised," he told PTI on the sidelines of the C-20 meeting in Nagpur.
