These fruit and timber trees including jackfruit, mango, black plum, neem, and betel nut among others have been planted in various locations, including Tala upazila in Satkhira. Some of the trees are growing on yards, some along village roads, while others are thriving beside ponds, closely intertwined with other plants.
Ayesha said she finds joy in seeing the trees grow alongside her son. She said they did not plant the tress thinking of their child to earn the title of a ‘carbon-nutral child’. However, this recognition has encouraged them to plant even more tress.
Ayaan’s father, Imran Rabbi, is pursuing a postgraduate degree in Climate Change and Development at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). He is also the founding president of the environmental organisation ‘Greenman’.