Thanks a lot Ritesh Ji for the very important and conservation dependent display of a very very special group of plant. I do believe that flora picture should not be a special flower or great image. Your post is unique and very very important in terms of creating debate in the group on conservation and sustainable use of resources. I would like to thank you specially for this effort. I am sure we all should try to address these issues in the respective field areas of each one which is a key challenge in the era of forest degradation and deforestation due to unsustainable harvesting and unplanned developmental activities.
Regards Prasad On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:14 AM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Tanay Ji, Pankaj, Gurucharan sir, Dinesh sir, Garg sir, Balkar > sir, Sandhya ma'm, Aarti ma'm and Usha di, > > Very happy to hear from you all. > > I am happy because I conveyed my message correctly to the group. > Thanks a lot for your likings and thought provoking comments. > > @Pankaj: Sad to know about the railway track incidence. I also heard > about one such incidence in Arunachal where in the name of plantation > a big area of the natural forest was cleared. Thankfully, govt. has > declared a big part of Arunachal as 'protected' which has curbed the > destruction at considerable extent. But...sadly they are not yet able > to find out a good solution for Jhum-Cultivation. > > @Sandhya ma'm: Thanks for your words ma'm! Though never been to Kerala > but had a very good image in my mind. Sad to know that such practices > are prevalent there too. > > @Usha di: Thanks for sharing your thoughts di! Corruption is not only > political but also in each individual. But what I feel (in Arunachal > at least), Slash and Burn cultivation is not a result of mental > corruption.......rather mostly because of unawareness. Local > communities are very very innocent and true at heart. Infact they > don't have any other means to earn their livelihood. > > Unfortunately, despite of contiiiiinuous efforts.....scientific > communities have not come up with a befitting alternate till date. > > Anyway...Accept finite disappointments but never lose infinite > hope....as Martin Luthar says.. > > Regards, > Ritesh. -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
