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Concerns Raised over Forest Conservation at St Agnes College Seminar

  •   Fri, Aug 05 2011 03:02:18 PM

Concerns Raised over Forest Conservation at St Agnes College Seminar

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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS/VD)
 
Mangalore, Aug 5: Almost two-thirds of the living species on earth depend on forest resources. With tribal medicines made from plants becoming popular across the globe, over a hundred species of plants are getting extinct each day. Over 1030 million square kilometers of forest has already been deforested in the world, said Prof K R Chandrashekar, chairman, department of Applied Botany, Mangalore University.

He was delivering the keynote address at a regional seminar on the theme ‘Trees- Caretakers of the Planet’ held at St Agnes College here on Friday August 6.

The seminar was organized by the department of botany and nature club of the college.

Prof Chandrashekar further said that the United Nations general assembly had declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests to raise awareness on sustainable management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests and stressed on the need to educated people to think on implementation of preservation of forests.

He added that the concept of conservation is not a new one, but has been in existence for centuries now, however, it was never effectively implemented. Laws practiced on force will help the forest conservation to greater extent, he opined.
 
Technologically rich countries eyeing on biologically rich ones for exploitation of resources is a very dangerous sign, he said.
 
Dr Sr M Prem D’Souza, principal St Agnes College (Autonomous) Mangalore in her presidential address shed light on the spiritual nature of trees and said that they inspire life through their serenity and power of subsistence.
 
The first session was on the theme 'Mangroves – Protection and Management' by Dr Mahesh Kumar, assistant director, CRZ. The second session 'Trees of the Western Ghats' was conducted by Dinesh Nayak, advisor, Green Belt, MSEZ. The third session 'Herbs and Herbal Preparations' was by Sr Agnesia B S, social work co-ordinator, Shubhada.

Dr Noeline J Pinto, convenor of the programme and Sr Maria Kripa were present on the occasion.
  

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  • Roshan, Mlore\Singapore

    Sat, Aug 06 2011

    Rightly said - Mr. Joe Britto, Nakre/Bangalore.


    @ nagesh nayak, bangalore - there should be limit on everything we do (like Mining) and not take everything for granted. It is the responsibility of every individual to support each and every good cause.

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  • Joe Britto, Nakre/Bangalore

    Fri, Aug 05 2011

    Indeed Trees are the caretakers of our precious Planet . We must encourage forest cover Agro forestry and bio mass protection .

    We must also understand that the drastic climate change taking place everywhere is mainly because of the loss of green cover and disappearance of Mangroves . Man is solely responsibility for protecting the Forests and preserving nature and conserving biodiversity at any cost . But utter disregard to nature and wanton destruction of Forest to encourage mining, accommodate SEZ or for setting up industries or housing colonies is proving to be one of the main reasons for changes in climate resulting in chaotic behavior of nature and haphazard monsoons.

    Unless we learn to respect and regard nature and preserve our disappearing Forests and it’s depleting natural resources , soon nature will find its own level and pay back in it’s only furious way through cyclones and Tsunamis.
    There is an old Indian saying " We are living on the legacy of our children and have a duty to perform and preserve the Earth."
    Also when we took birth we did see a lot of trees around and by the time we die, we should certainly leave more trees around us, else the future generations will have to bear the grim consequences .

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  • Kusuma , nellore

    Fri, Aug 05 2011

    Very good to have smeinars like these as young poeple must know how to conserve trees and make earth ecofreindly - Kusuma Kumari G, Nellore

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  • nagesh nayak, bangalore

    Fri, Aug 05 2011

    NEED OF THE HOUR IS CONSERVATION OF FOREST AT ANY COST.

    STRINGENT LAW SHOULD BE PASSED THRUOUT THE WORLD TO PROTECT FOREST .

    THE WAY TRESS ARE CHOPPING & FORESTS ARE VANISHING IN THE NAME OF DEVELOPMENT ARE THE SIGN OF ENTERING DRAUGHT ERA IN COMING DAYS.

    MORE & MORE TREES SHOULD BE PLANTED TO RECOVER FOREST AS IT WAS 500 YEARS BACK.

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