Dr Satyanarayana Parvataneni playing his part in the National Tree Planting Initiative. With a last name that literally translates to ‘mountain peak’, it is no wonder that Dr Satyanarayana Parvataneni has planted 162 hectares (400 acres) of forests which is just over 300,000 seedlings in Portland, with plans to plant another 40 hectares (100 acres) by next year. A medical doctor by profession, Parvataneni migrated to Jamaica in the late 70s and fell in love with the ‘land of wood and water’ and wanted to do his part to keep it that way. An environmentalist by nature, Dr P, as he is affectionately called by the Forestry Department team, uses solar energy for both his home and office, does his backyard gardening and recycles and reuses as much as possible to produce little to no waste.