PROTECT ENVIORNMENT

BY PROTECTINGWETLANDS AND MANGROVE FORESTS

JHALAD S DEV SALT PRIVATE LIMITED

MANGROVE PLANTATION BY DEV SALT PRIVATE LIMITED

NATURE HAS PLAYED A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN THE INDIAN RELIGION AND CULTURE. IT’S CONTRIBUTION HAS BEEN AESTHETIC AS WELL AS MEDICINAL. FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL THE FLORA AND FAUNA HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE INDIAN FAMILY. SAINTS, SAGES, HOLY MEN AND PRIESTS HAVE BEEN TREATING NATURE AS THEY WOULD TREAT ANY HUMAN BEING.

THE SEA BEACHES, MANGROVE FORESTS, CORALS, MARINE LIFE AND OTHER ATTRACTIONS FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS ARE IN CONSTANT DANGER. THE GOVT. IS TRYING TO PROTECT THEM BY IMPLEMENTING VARIOUS REGULATIONS.

IN INDIA THE COASTAL REGULATION ZONES ( C R Z ) ACT WAS INTRODUCED IN 1991. THEREAFTER THE ACT WAS AMENDED AND UPGRADED IN 2011. IN SPITE OF THIS OUR WETLANDS AND MANGROVE FORESTS ARE DIMINISHING AT AN ALARMING RATE.

THE MAIN CAUSES ARE THE EXPANSION AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PORTS, JETTIES, FISHERIES, INDUSTRIES, TOWNSHIPS, HOLIDAY RESORTS AND YES, ALSO ENCROACHMENTS.

THIS HAS RESULTED IN DEGRADATION OF MANGROVE FOREST.

A NEWS ITEM OF THE TIMES OF INDIA IS SHOWN HERE.

THE GOVT. HAS RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM A CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVIST, WHO HAPPENS TO BE A MEMBER OF THE STATE – SPONSORED GUJARAT ZONE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY, THAT HEAVY MANGROVES PLANTATION IS IN THE DANGER OF BEING WIPED OUT.

- TIMES OF INDIA

As Wetlands are diminishing the shelters for migratory birds are also vanishing. The result : birds are going towards the townships and are being killed.

TOI news item-Flamingos slaughtered for meat in Kutch

TNN Jan 4, 2012, 03.03AM IST AHMEDABAD: Wildlife experts and enthusiasts from around the world will congregate in the air-conditioned environs of Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar as part of the Global BirdWatcher's Conference on January 19. But it would make more sense if they meet in the marshlands of Kutch and surrounding areas, which have become a graveyard of some of the most endangered winged species in the country - flamingos.

KILLING GROUND DOWN TO EARTH : AUTHOR(S): ANKUR PALIWAL DATE : DEC 31, 2011 GUJARAT WETLANDS TURN INTO GRAVEYARDS FOR FLAMINGOS COLLIDING WITH ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE WIRES.

On the other side due to encroachment by high tension power line on wetlands the birds are facing the same fate-

8am, November, 20, 2011 Khadir Island by RD Meriya

In addition to the above all the creeks and rivers are silting.

The satellite images of saline wetlands of India for the years 1991 and 2011 should be analyzed. That would confirm how much wetlands have diminished naturally, officially and/or through encroachments.

In view of above this work shop should recommend to the Govt. of India the following proposals :-  All Wetlands should be reserved for the development of mangrove forests and shelters for migratory birds.

All wetlands should be under an authority at national level with the respective state units.

All state governments should be advised to estimate how much of wetlands have been encroached against C R Z norms.

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