SHILLONG, India (AP) Tambor Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland naming plants, trees, flowers, even stones as if he were paying older family members a visit. The community leader and entrepreneur was a little boy when his uncle brought him here and said these words: “This forest is your mother.” […]
Mawphlang is one of more than 125 sacred forests in Meghalaya, India. Today, climate change, pollution and deforestation threaten these spaces, but groups including Christians, environmentalists and Indigenous groups are coming together to try and protect them.
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