Need to explore green alternatives in all sectors
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Greens say it’s high time State adopted a sustainable development model
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Greens say it’s high time State adopted a sustainable development model
With the State reeling under the impact of climate change, including two back-to-back floods, the call for adopting sustainable development model is getting louder.
Environmental campaigners have called for a paradigm shift in the concept of development and the environment priorities of the State, as a new government will assume office in May.
V.S. Vijayan, former chairman of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board, wants the next government to strictly follow a green path when it comes to development. Its high time that the State adopted a sustainable development pattern. Green alternatives should be explored in all sectors.
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Environmentalist slams abuse of forest rights
Bhubaneswar: Eminent environmentalist and founder of Center for Ecological Sciences, Madhav Dhananjaya Gadgil, Sunday, said that the authorities are abusing people’s rights on forests to promote commercial entities that profit from the destruction of biodiversity.
Gadgil was addressing the 11th edition of the three-day Odisha Environment Congress-2020 that began here Sunday. The main theme of this year’s session is ‘Environment and Biodiversity’. On the inaugural day of the event, chief guest Gadgil spoke about several important environmental issues.
Gadgil was the former member of Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India and the Head of Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) of 2010, popularly known as the Gadgil Commission.