TWO GOOD POINTS< PANKAJ >>> AGREE>>> SEEDS ARE NOT ALLOWED ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS fro many reasons..two most important to my mind is : Possible disease carrier... and Stealing of Intellectual property rights of tribal knowledge if it happens to be a documented herb or tree...
CAUTION... I had said that when that french kid was asking for seeds from India.. but nobody supported me or my argument in those threads... ... at that point I decided why should I be the ONLY policeman of this group...let everybody's conscious decide what's good for the country and its folk's intellectual property rights... BUT PONGAMIA if healthy ... would be welcome... so we can grow healthy ones in Bengal... YET your caution about street trees is valid that they may not be healthy... better to get such saplings from certified .. BECAUSE all the pongamias I have seen in Bengal. and Gujarat have some sort of very ugly looking round brown spots on the upper surface of leaves ???/ what causes them? DO YOU KNOW? Usha di Pongamia ...my grand dad used to say was the toothache tree... when your toothaches make a "datun " from its twig and chew on it for a while ,let saliva with the juices of the twig work on your gums and teeth... . and brush your teeth with it... BUT those ugly spots... phew..yuk.. don't feel like putting that twig in the mouth...!!!! Such ethnobotanical use has been documented...by Vaidya... and my documentation is in my notes... many villagers in Gujarat at least do this, I have documented in Jamnagar.. and I even followed two of the villagers for three weeks... and arranged to have them check by a local dental NGO ... On Dec 16, 12:41 pm, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > No officially we cant send seeds or any plant or animal samples > outside India without prior permissions. > Secondly, its good to collect seeds from Avenue trees, but please > remember that MANY OF THE AVENUE TREES PRESENT IN INDIA ARE NOT > NATIVE. Please try not to sow those seeds in the wild. > Pankaj > > On Dec 16, 2:29 pm, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sundaram ji: wow !!! > > can we do that in this country? > > > what denomination stamp do we need to put on the self-addressed > > envelope envelope? > > > thanks > > usha di > > ========= > > > On Dec 15, 11:21 am, "M. Sundararaman" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > dear All, > > > I have the hobby of picking Seeds of Avenue Trees like > > > Pongamia/Thespesia Populnea ,Badam etc.,.as they have not come to the > > > Market for sale., In case any body wants to implement Dr Balkar Singh > > > Suggestion,he/she may post a self addressed stamped envelope for > > > transmission.Contact me at 0-9445551360.SEEDS FOR FREE > > > > M. Sundararaman Tel# 044--24461660;, BLOCK3, Flat #S-3, SINDHUR SEA > > > PRINCESS > > > > 9 Coastal Road ., BESANT NAGAR; CHENNAI 600090 > > > > Until the last tree is cut; > > > > Until the last river is dry; > > > > Until the last fish is caught; > > > > Until the last animal is killed; > > > > Man willnot realise that he cannot eat money > > > > Founder Trustee of NIZHAL,anNGO ofChennai > > > > SeedEXNORA Senator > > > > Founder of "FRIENDS OF NATURE"--an NGO dedicated to TREE-PLANTING in > > > Rural India Pl contact > > > > 044- 24421545 Shri R,Subramanian > > > > From: Balkar Singh <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:35:51 > > > To: Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > > > Cc: efloraindia <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [efloraindia:99382] Fwd: [punetreewatch] Pune Tree Fest > > > 2012 [1 Attachment] > > > Great Idea Pankaj Ji. This type of Practices should also be there in > > > > India Also. If all citizen of India plant a tree once in a month we > > > > will have about140000000000 trees planted in a year. Even 1 tree per > > > > year will make a great difference > > > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Mo ko kahan dhoondhe re bande, main to tere paas mae > > > > > Na main mandir, na main masjid, na kaab-e-kailash me!!! > > > > > by Kabir Das > > > > > > > > > > Arthat: 'Mo' can be God or it can even be the awareness and the > > > energy > > > > > of enlightenment inside you. Not really in the above context mam, but > > > > > what I wanted to say is, we should try to look inside ourselves > > > first. > > > > > We can plant trees and saplings but its of no use unless we > > > understand > > > > > why we are doing it. I feel there is no harm in sharing ideas inside > > > > > the doors. Even I have seen people going out for tree plantation, in > > > > > plastic bags and even sometimes they put the plastic bags along with > > > > > the tree saplings :)). I dont think hugging the trees help trees > > > > > either :P.... The best way to help trees may sound unethical to all, > > > > > but yes,. the best way is to relieve near the tree roots :P > > > > > > > > > > There is a very interesting procedure here at our garden. Our farm > > > has > > > > > its own funding for all its (around 250+) staffs, facilities and all > > > > > the projects running here. But there are processes to acquire the > > > > > funding. I just wanted to share one interesting part. When we are > > > > > travelling outside HK (using flight) then we need to apply on a > > > > > formatted application form. It takes not more than 1 day to get > > > > > approval. There is a very interesting clause on the application form. > > > > > It says (dont remember the exact word but still) "you are travelling > > > > > by plane and so becoming a part of releasing harmful gases in upper > > > > > atmosphere. hence you should be planting ................. number of > > > > > trees/saplings in next one year from the date of your outward > > > > > journey". This "fill in the blanks" is filled by the HR department > > > > > before approving depending on the distance and time of your flight. I > > > > > personally never have heard this kind of thing happening anywhere > > > else > > > > > in the world. And I AM LOVING IT :)!!! I think this should be applied > > > > > to all the people in India in government offices. > > > > > > > > > > Have a nice day!!!! > > > > > > > > > > Pankaj > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 15, 5:35 am, Ushadi micromini > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > >> ok there's one girl hugging one tree...usha di > > > > >> === > > > > >> > > > > >> On Dec 14, 7:12 pm, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > Wonderful programme. All the best. > > > > >> > > > > >> > On Dec 13, 7:37 pm, Rajesh Sachdev > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > >> > > From: Tasneem <[email protected]> > > > > >> > > Date: 13 December 2011 17:31 > > > > >> > > Subject: [punetreewatch] Pune Tree Fest 2012 [1 > > > Attachment] > > > > >> > > To: [email protected], gkvpune > > > <[email protected]>, > > > > >> > > [email protected] > > > > >> > > Cc: indra dhanushya > > > <[email protected]>, Ketaki < > > > > >> > > [email protected]>, Dimple Rai > > > <[email protected]>, Ujwala > > > > >> > > Samarth <[email protected]>, Partha Biswas > > > <[email protected]>, > > > > >> > > devika mundkur <[email protected]> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > [Attachment(s) <#13437504ff80f875_TopText> > > > from Tasneem included below] > > > > >> > > > > >> > > Dear all,**** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > Please see mail and attachment. This is a tentative > > > schedule for the second > > > > >> > > Pune tree fest. The first one was held in September > > > 2010. It is wonderful > > > > >> > > to see that we have managed to have it the second time > > > around, and this > > > > >> > > would be thanks to the active coordination of the PMC > > > (Mangesh Dighe and > > > > >> > > Zurmure) and Ketaki Ghate. This time we have newer > > > partners and some newer > > > > >> > > ideas.**** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > Some of you had expressed interest in organising > > > certain activities, and > > > > >> > > some of these activities already mentioned in the > > > schedule can also be > > > > >> > > replicated in your area and neighbourhood. **** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > The contact people have also been provided for each of > > > these activities. > > > > >> > > It would be great if you ensure participation in > > > these activities, or if > > > > >> > > you feel have your own celebrations in your areas and > > > localities. **** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > *I personally would like to take on some online > > > activities but I need some > > > > >> > > more people to help with this. Specially the tech > > > savvy, and the youth > > > > >> > > savvy **J**. So if anyone (many-one) would be ready to > > > volunteer that would > > > > >> > > be great.* > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > The photos below are a small glimpse of the wonderful > > > celebrations we had > > > > >> > > in 2010 (opening ceremony, exhibitions, public > > > hearing, plays, name the > > > > >> > > tree, schools participating, college enthusiasm > > > and you can see the > > > > >> > > creations by the Symbiosis student volunteers, poetry, > > > music and the drum > > > > >> > > circle, sculpting workshop etc). Some of you were > > > there but most of you > > > > >> > > missed it. So hopefully this time we have given enough > > > notice for all of > > > > >> > > you to mark your calendars.**** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > [image: IMG_0024.jpg][image: IMG_0038.jpg][image: > > > IMG_0050.jpg][image: > > > > >> > > IMG_0057.jpg][image: IMG_0062.jpg][image: > > > IMG_0080.jpg][image: > > > > >> > > IMG_0131.jpg][image: > > > > >> > > IMG_0143.jpg][image: IMG_0146.jpg][image: > > > IMG_0150.jpg][image: > > > > >> > > IMG_0177.jpg][image: > > > > >> > > IMG_0181.jpg][image: IMG_0202.jpg][image: > > > IMG_0205.jpg][image: > > > > >> > > IMG_0211.jpg][image: > > > > >> > > IMG_0259.jpg][image: IMG_0260.jpg][image: > > > IMG_0262.jpg][image: > > > > >> > > IMG_0264.jpg][image: > > > > >> > > IMG_0265.jpg][image: IMG_0275.jpg][image: > > > IMG_0288.jpg]**** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > Looking forward to your participation and your > > > expression of love for trees > > > > >> > > and nature.**** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > Regards**** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > Tasneem**** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ** ** > > ... > > read more »
