While we talk about climate change and deforestation, saving the Aarey forests and the importance of planting trees, there are people who have been trying to make the environment healthy, for years. And the fruits - or the trees - of their efforts are visible everywhere.

While we are just waking up to the importance of planting more trees and not cutting any more, Ranaram Bishnoi from Jodhpur has been planting trees for the past 50 years.

Tweeting about him IFS Parveen Kaswan wrote, ‘Meet Ranaram Bishnoi from #Jodhpur, at the age of 75 he is on a mission to plant trees around the village. He is doing it from last 50 years and has planted 27,000 trees till now. He not only plant them but also provide water and take care of them. All on his own'.

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Apparently he is known as 'ahhu' (tree-man) by the people in his area.

He reportedly walks 3 km to reach the dune, where he takes care of trees, from his house. Till now he has planted a wide variety of trees including, Neem, Rohida, Fig, Khejri, Kankeri, Babool and Bougainvillea.

It is actually people like him who are making a difference and who have been actively taking steps to tackle deforestation and save our planet.