On World Environment Day, conservation efforts in Nagaland state hailed as a model for protecting nature.
![Conservationists say the Khonoma model can be replicated in the rest of India [Amarjyoti Borah/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20146564227891580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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Lauded for growing an entire forest over thirty years, Jadav Payeng shows the way forward to afforestation.
![Payeng's many trees are a lush forest home to wild elephants, tigers, rhinos and deer [Amarjyoti Borah]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/201411764029892734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Warm weather makes it possible to grow bountiful fruits and vegetables in the higher altitudes of Leh in the Himalayas.
![Scientists say eruption of fruits and vegetables 11,000 feet high is due to global warming [OP Chaurasia/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/201311249433239734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Konoklota Women Urban Cooperative Bank in India’s Assam state helps women become financially secure and empowers them.
![The bank has over 28,000 account holders, mostly illiterate customers [Amarjoyti Borah/ Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013924155052706734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)