Let’s Hope there would be no World Environment day!
Today
is World Environment Day! On 10th May 2013 the planet marked a
milestone of sorts. Scientists recorded that for every million molecules of
air, 400 were of carbon dioxide (co2), the key gas that accumulates over decades
in the air and leads to global warming. The figure sent alarm bells ringing. A large
section of scientists has long predicted that if the accumulated Co2 rose above
350 parts per million it’d trigger catastrophic, perhaps irreversible changes!
The
above information is from Today’s Times of India ( Delhi edition), probably
this is what scientist think of scientifically, but I feel the situation is
more worse in terms of degradation of environment and weak protection policies
not only in India but through out the globe, recent COP-18 at Quatar has even
not able to strengthen international policies on environment security and end
with benefiting developed countries and pressurising developing countries on
mitigating emission of green house gases( Coz2, Ozone, methane and cloro-floro
carbons)….
Probaly
what has to be happen at COP-18 or in national policies Caritas India with its
environment based development based initiatives in MP ( JEEVIKA), Bundelkhand
(HARIT PRAYAS & IWID) and Rajasthan (LIFE) has able to do. Let’s see how?
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100%
usage of clothe banners ( in place of flex banners) in all the promotional
activities under project
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Initiation
of bird protection zones through farmers club
- ·
6
villages in Bundelkhand with all most 100% organic practice in culture
- ·
Promotion
of village camps on saving electricity ( Semlakala village in sagr-100% CFL
electrified village-1st in MP)
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Promotion
of brick making through mustard husk rather than wood as fire wood (1st
initiated in HARIT PRAYAS Majhota village by a farmer Mr. Hardeen)
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In
total working with JEEVIKA (104 vilages-90 tribal villages with forest cover),
HARIT PRAYAS (64 vilages-52 tribal villages with forest cover), LIFE ( 20
vilages, 10 tribal villages with forest cover), in a way working in majority
with tribes and strengthening natural resource conservation through 164 farmers
club and 167 Mahila Mandals and SHGs together ( mahila Mandals in HARIT
PRAYAS).
Some the ground work ( especially in
relation with mitigation of green house gases) through promotion of organic
cultivation is as:
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Status showing Caritas India work in
MP, Bundelkhand & Rajasthan to mitigate environment concerns
|
|
Factors of cahnge ( protecting
environment)
|
LIFE ( Rajasthan)
|
HARIT PRAYAS ( Bundelkhand)
|
JEEVIKA (MP)
|
Total
|
|
No. of farmers practicing organic
cultivation (where in minimising usage of DAP and Urea-which is key source of
emission of green houses gases)
|
450
|
1200
|
350
|
2000
|
|
No. of farmers practicing 100%
organic cultivation (where in minimising usage of DAP and Urea-which is key
source of emission of green houses gases)
|
82
|
385
|
80
|
547
|
|
Total land on which organic
cultivation is being practiced ( approx in bigha)
|
900
|
2000
|
250
|
3150
|
|
No. of water recharge units set by
community ( Rain water harvesting)
|
15
|
20
|
18
|
53
|
|
% of traget farming families using
traditional/certified seeds
|
100
|
100
|
70
|
270
|
|
No. of forest protection committes
formed
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
|
Area of charagah/ pasture land
promted (in bigha)
|
10
|
10
|
5
|
25
|
|
No. of plantation (regeneration) done
and count of surival one
|
200 ( 150)
|
500 ( 350)
|
100 (90)
|
800 (590)
|
|
No. of regenration work been put by
NBARD approved farmers club and work has been done on the same
|
13
|
11
|
22
|
46
|
Source: monthly and annual reports of the mentioned development
initiatives.
With the said development initiatives
we also promote number count of sparrows and Titahari ( red watteled lapwing
bird) in the project field as they are the key indicators of rain and also
promotes water availability and their presence promotes natural farming
(through heir excreta).
Let’s hope COP-19 will come out with
some ground work, lets hope more farmers would adopt organic cultivation ( with
locally possible resources)…lets hope we need not to mark a day call World
Environment Day…every days would be as for conservation and protection of environment!
अभी
भी मन में
लालसा
है हरा बनने
की,
अभी भी दिल में
आग है हरा
बनने की,
चल
आ मेरे साथी
मेरा
साथ दे...रंग
दे मुझे.....
पर
रंगो से नही.....हरे
भरे पेड़ो
से......सॉफ सुथरे
नीले आसमा से.....
खेतो
की भीनी खुसबू वाली मिट्टी
से.....
गुलाब
के गुलाबी
सौंदर्या से.....
दोस्त
गुज़ारिश...है लाके
दे मेरे रंग......जो
इन इंसानो ने बदल दिया
है!
- विनोद
पांडे
