Oh, thats saddening.... You know here in HK we are not allowed to take anything from wild, no leaf samples or seeds forget about taking whole plant. There are strict rules. But there are some farmers or locals, who just need to pray on the graves of their ancestors. They burn the weeds around instead of cutting and then they leave it. The fires if gets bad can wipe off the whole flora and fauna ont eh slope. It happens very often. But in countries like India where we do have rules, we dont follow it. Sometimes i am bound to think what rights should be given to locals. Locals should first be made aware of the bad affects of this jhoom cultivation. But then I think, what other modes of livelihood do they have. We sitting in offices not depend on forest products directly because we can afford to buy things from market. But what about those, who dont even have money to wear proper clothes. Most of the netas sitting in office usually dont care much, Its just vote bank politics. In jharkhand, more than lakhs of forests were wiped off, just to put a railway line through the forests. When the then minister for Environment and Forests in state, Mr Jamuna Lal was asked, he said "KUCH PANE KE LIYE KUCH TO KHONA PADEGA NA". They widened the roads and planted trees on the avenue and after 2-3 years they wanted to widen it more, so they cut the trees they planted. The issue is though-provoking. Pankaj
On Jan 9, 10:36 am, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I don't know whether my post is suitable for this title or not but the > intention behind this post is to spread awareness among eFlora members. I > am sure Dr. Pankaj is going to be the most disheartened person to see this > post. The picture was taken at Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal > Pradesh in which you can find some burnt orchids... ..a result of the > 'Slash and Burn' Cultivation Practice (Jhum-Cultivation). > > Despite intensive government efforts to control Jhum cultivation throughout > the states of NE India, it is still prevalent in a vast area of the region. > As a result, we are losing a number of rare, endemic and wild plant species > day by day. I understand the socio-cultural and livelihood implications of > the local inhabitants but.....how we can bring back those precious plants > which are already burnt? I personally feel this practice as an unfortunate > one. > > Do we need to review the policies? What do u feel? > > Comments awaited! > > Regards, > Ritesh. > > IMG_1047 copy_a.jpg > 558KViewDownload
