Couple Has Been Buying Land Near a Tiger Reserve and Letting Forest Grow Back so Big Cats Can Roam — Waking Times – February 21, 2020

Jade Small, The Mind Unleashed
Waking Times

Some twenty years ago, photographer Aditya Singh resigned from his job in civil services in Delhi and moved to the city of Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan with his wife and artist Poonam so they could be closer to nature. It was there that they started a tourist resort to earn a living.

Over the years, the couple bought about 35 acres bordering the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve on one side. Farmers were selling their land because of predators, including tigers, in the area. →

Read more & video: “Photographer buys land and lets it grow wild, attracts tigers and other animals” (4:06) via — Waking Times

Peru Vows to Plant One Million Trees Around Machu Picchu to Preserve Iconic Incan Citadel — Waking Times – January 15, 2020

Elias Marat, The Mind Unleashed
Waking Times

The treasured archaeological region of Machu Picchu, home to the iconic citadel of South America’s great Incan civilization, is soon going to receive major protection in the form of one million new trees.

Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra pledged last week that the celebrated UNESCO World Heritage site, which spans 86,000 acres (35,000 hectares) in the Andes Mountains, will be the focus of a new reforestation campaign that would see at least one million trees planted in the area. →

Read more & videos: “Peru to plant one million trees around Machu Picchu” (0:33) & “Machu Picchu 101 | National Geographic” (3:34) via — Waking Times