With an aim to develop country's first private wildlife corridor between Kanha and Pench Tiger Reserve, telecom major Vodafone and Grow-Trees.com will plant 3 lakh saplings in three years under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative.
The company and Grow-Trees.com, the exclusive Indian planting partner for United Nation's Environment Programme's Billion Tree Campaign, on Wednesday launched their joint initiative to create India's first private wildlife corridor.
While talking to media persons here, Vodafone India's External Affairs Director, Rohit Adya said, "The corridor is being developed between Kanha-Pench Wildlife Reserve by planting 3,00,000 trees over a period of three years. The trees will be planted over 100 hectares of forest land between the two reserves."
Adya further said that Vodafone India is committed to supporting sustainable initiatives that benefit all - the organisation, the community and the environment. With this unique project, we will be able to offset 33 million kg of carbon footprint generated by our offices every year for 3-years. In addition, we will be able to support livelihood opportunities, enable reforestation and create a corridor between Kanha and Pench to facilitate habitat connectivity in tiger breeding areas.
Elaborating on the significance of this initiative, Ashish Chandra, Business Head - MP&CG, Vodafone India, said, "Madhya Pradesh is endowed with rich and diverse forest resources. With 9 national parks and 25 wildlife sanctuaries, almost 25% of the state is covered with forests.