The delay of flights due to huge dense smokes in higher altitudes of Europe (near Chile) is common issue on news channels. And one day or the other we see our ministers planting trees for the sake of nature (don’t know, may be its nature of publicity or sympathy gain). Whatever the cause may be, if that really benefits the eternal beauty, then we are always with it.
But usually what we find is the planted trees either die or taken a served food for cattles (of course there are exceptions). Yet, the steps striving towards a good cause, shall be ours.
In my town, the use of non-biodegradable plastics have been completely banned, eventually. Yes, I would call it eventually because that was declared many years ago but enforced a month ago. And am really happy with this development (although its causing inconvenience to me in carrying fast foods).
India for the first time this year served as global host of the United Nations' World Environment Day June 5, marking the occasion with a week-long series of events across the country - walkathons, tree-planting and a green marketplace, films and art, and a seminar honoring the role of women in environmental protection.
The events all had a forest theme in keeping with this International Year of Forests.
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An environment seminar for World Environment day, from left:UN Resident Co-ordinator for India Patrice Couer Bizot, Environmentand Forests Minister Shri Jairam Ramesh,Achim Stein, UNEP executive director |
India's Environment and Forests Minister Shri Jairam Ramesh chaired a one day seminar on "Nature and Livelihood: Women's Perspective" in New Delhi. He said, "Conservation of forests is crucial for sustainable development and green economy of the country," and added that women are "crucial" for forest conservation.
Minister Ramesh announced the establishment of the Gaura Devi Award to recognize the initiatives of Gaura Devi, a village woman who started the treehugger, or Chipko, movement in 1974 by gathering several dozen women to hug the trees in her village to protect them from being felled.
The Gaura Devi Award will carry a citation and cash prize of Rs 2 lakhs (US$4,470).
In Dubai, about 150 ghaf trees were planted in Mushrif Park Sunday to mark World Environment Day 2011 by Dubai Municipality, in cooperation with the Environmental Centre for Arab Towns and Panasonic Middle East.
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Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh flags off the World Environment DayWalkathon in New Delhi, June 5, 2011 |
Models presented garments recycled from old clothes during a fashion show for World Environment Day in Seoul, South Korea on June 1.
Elsewhere around the world BirdLife International launched a new section of its website to highlight the organization's new initiative, BirdLife's Forests of Hope. The program aims to prevent deforestation or promote restoration of natural forest at up to 20 sites covering at least five million hectares of tropical forest by 2015.
So, the developments should go well with the causes that forced humans to come into action. Now, I wish you, the readers, be a little bit conscious about your land.
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