Two personalities who have contributed to control deforestation in our country are: Saalumara Thimmakka from Karnataka and Moirangthem Loiya from Manipur. 

1. Saalumara Thimmakka :

• Saalumara Thimmakka is the best example of peoples’ participation in reforestation. 
• She is an Indian environmentalist from Karnataka. She has taken up work of planting and tending to 385 banyan trees along a 4 km stretch of highway between Hulikal and Kudur. Other 800 trees are also planted by her. 
• She is honoured with the National Citizens Award of India and Padma Shri in 2019.

2. Moirangthem Loiya :

• Moirangthem Loiya is from Manipur who has restored Punshilok forest. For last 17 years he is planting trees after leaving his job.
• He brought the lost glory back for the 300 acres forest land. He planted a variety of trees like, bamboo, oak Ficus, teak, jackfruit and Magnolia. 
• This forest now has over 250 varieties of plants including 25 varieties of bamboo along with many animals making the forest rich in biodiversity.