Thanks Riteshh ji for highlighting an important environmental issue. A Flora picture of the Year need not be the most beautiful picture. It is the issue and the commitment that counts.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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
