At Mt Popa, a dormant volcano and well-known as oasis in Anyar (central Myanmar), further trees are planted for birds, according to Yenathar Dingar Brothers parahita group.
The philanthropic group grows shade trees at Mt Popa since 2019 and this year’s planting project prioritizes trees which birds like, and despite being small quantity, trees were planted in a systematic plan. Of trees, muntingia calabura which re-grows itself after birds pooped is included.
“We just planted 250 perennials yesterday. This time, trees such as gangaw, sakawar, nyaung-che-daunt and mungtingia calabura (matakut in Myanmar) are included, aiming to provide food for birds in particular. Sakawar is symbol of Popa. It is raining here non-stop. Trees that we planted this time are not much big, just medium-sized,” said the group’s founder Ko Dingar.
Now, birds become scarce at Mt Popa and sounds of birds can no longer be heard like before.
“Birds like fruits of matakut very much. The bird population becomes scarce at Mt Popa and we don’t hear sound of them much like before” he said.
So far, Yenathar Dingar Brothers grew more than 30000 shade trees and built lakes, zayat (shelter for travellers) and roadside drinking water pots (ye chan sin) in Anyar. – Thit Taw/ZS
