Yes, Its an eye opening picture. Thanks Ritesh ji for sharing this. But as Pankaj ji had mentioned, its a matter of livelihood and survival and for Locals, thats what matters. Regards Prashant
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:08 PM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >
