An eye-opening picture, Ritesh ji. Regards. Dinesh
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > >
