Hi Ms. Purnima, The communication here makes me feel like reaching an oasis in the desert. The point is where do we start? I wish more people get involved in educating the importance of our Biodiversity. Regards Yazdy.
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 10:09 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Quoting Yazdy Palia <[email protected]>: > > Sir, > Once again I endorse your views completly and wholly. We have been > disturbing the animal world for our benifit only - not realising that > time will come when we will begin to understand that money alone > cannot help us to survive in this world. > Trees are vanishing along with so many medicinal plants because of > timber merchants and short-sighted policy of our govt. Animals are > getting extinct because we want to grab their domain for human > population explosion. We need to protect our biodiversity and remember > that if one strand of the food-chain is broken - we are in for trouble. > > Regards, > > Purnima > > > > > > > > >> >> Dear Mr. Sibdas Ghosh, >> Parakeets have always been eating up our crops since centuries. At the >> same time, nobody speaks about the insect eating birds that have been >> playing such an important role in protecting our crops from insects. >> Again, the parakeets have taken to our crops because man has disturbed >> their food chain to such an extent that they are forced to change >> their eating habits. What we could do is educate people about the >> importance of birds and animals in protecting plants and trees. >> For example, I had made a little study of birds that prey on serious >> pests of Robusta coffee and published an article in the magazine >> Indian Coffee. The result was that a lot of people who were using >> pesticides in controling these pests got to know that if an atmosphere >> was created for birds like the speckled Peculet and birds like the >> tailor bird, the population of these pests could be kept under >> control. >> I live at the edge of a forest in Wyanad in Kerala. My coffee holding >> skirts the wyanad wild life sanctuary. We have animals coming into our >> holding and come quite close to our home. On many a morning I can see >> deers from my bathroom in the morning. On many an occasion we hear >> their alarm call. Our neighbours lay traps and on many an occasion, I >> go out and free the animals that are trapped. We have wild elephants >> coming into our holding almost every night during the jackfuit season. >> Man has encroached upon their migration corridors. Corridors that they >> have been using since centuries. Monoculture has destroyed their food >> chain. These forests were full of fruits, bamboos and plenty of other >> trees that was part of their food chain. If we only allow nature to >> play its part, we could have the forests back on track and come close >> to what it was before man's intervention. >> You are right about the predators. Man has decimated their numbers and >> the population of deers are shooting up. Leopards come close to our >> home now and then. Man in order to protect their cattle or goats, go >> to the extent of poisoning them. The result is that the population of >> deers and even monkeys go up. >> I am convinced Mr. Sidbas that if man leaves nature alone, most of >> these imbalances would be corrected. >> >> regards >> Yazdy. >> >> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:56 PM, sibdas <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> It is a very interesting situation, we should discuss the matter with >>> open mind. Once Salim Ali declared that Parkeets are real menace, as >>> they destroy our crop cosiderably, sending wide spread protest. When >>> we have a natural population ,we can leave the matter to the Nature. >>> But our to-day's world is not that natural. In Sundarbans, the deer >>> population was under control as long as tiger population was normal. >>> But now with the dwindling population of the predators, deers may turn >>> to be menace. It has happened in many protected areas. In this >>> situation some thing needs to be done. Salim Ali was no less bird >>> lover than any one else. In some pockets of S. India, the elephant >>> population has grown so fast, due to protection, that the new >>> generation of the animals are no more so well developed due to >>> scarcity of fodder as their earlier generation. As we have already >>> altered the nature to such an extent, we have to think over what to do >>> to keep our endangered wild life population healthy. >>> >>> On May 23, 9:32 pm, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi Friends, >>>> Dears removing bark, Elephants knocking down trees in the forest have >>>> been happening since the centuries. It can not be termed a menace. >>>> As long as man does not interfere in nature, nature will take care of >>>> it. It can not be compared to the decimation of thousands of acres >>>> that man has committed. It can not be compared with the damage that >>>> the forest department has committed by introducing thousands of acres >>>> of teak plantation. The animals have been deprived of their natural >>>> food. It has forced the macaques from leaving the forests and seeking >>>> food in plantations and orchards. >>>> The girdling done by settlers near forests is many times more than the >>>> girdling done by deers. Politicians open up plots for settlers who are >>>> given 3 to 5 cents of land near forests commit much greater harm than >>>> the poor deers. These settlers forage for firewood in the forests and >>>> when there are no dry twigs or branches girdle small trees and when >>>> they dry up cut them down for firewood. >>>> No my friends, deers do not do a fraction of the damage done to >>>> nature by man. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Yazdy. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 7:37 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> > We saw this tree - guggala dhoopa - Boswellia serrata Var.glabra >>>> > (BURSERACEAE) with its bark removed/eaten(?) up. Locals over here say the >>>> > the sambar deer (Cervus unicolor) with its long horn rubs the >>>> bark of this >>>> > tree and eventually removes it (ring barking or girdlin) completly. The >>>> > tree with its bark stripped would die soon. We saw two such trees without >>>> > its bark. >>>> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringbarking >>>> > The bark of this tree is considered to be sweet, cooling and tonic. >>>> >>>> > Local Name (Kannada) : guggala dhoopa >>>> > Hindi Salai >>>> > Scientific Boswellia serrata Var.glabra (BURSERACEAE). >>>> > Bolpe reseved forest, Kukke, Western ghats >>>> > Photo date: 25 Mar 2009 >>>> >>>> > References:- >>>> > From wikipedia >>>> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringbarking >>>> > the process of completely removing a strip of bark (consisting >>>> of Secondary >>>> > Phloem tissue, cork cambium, and cork) around a tree's outer >>>> circumference, >>>> > causing its death. >>>> > Girdling occurs by deliberate human action (forestry and vandalism), >>>> > accidentally (as in the case of new saplings tethered to a supporting >>>> > stake), or by the feeding actions of >>>> > some herbivores (who feed on bark at their height). It is most >>>> commonly used >>>> > as a deliberate method of thinning forests and by farmers to yield larger >>>> > fruits. >>>> >>>> >http://www.liveindia..com/herbs/7.html >>>> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boswellia_serrata >>>> >http://envis.frlht.org/trade_search.php?txtpart=RESIN&lst_part=RESIN&;... >>>> >>>> > ________________________________ >>>> > Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! >>>> India Travel >>>> > Click here! >- Hide quoted text - >>>> >>>> - Show quoted text - >>> > >>> >> >> > >> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
