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Joint director of Environment and Climate Change T Brajakumar said that deforestation is the main factor behind drying up of lakes and rivers.
Future of humanity will depend on how we together take care of mother earth today.
Doctors on Pedals (DOP), the cycling wing of IMA also organised a cycling rally (CYCLOTHONE) earlier in the morning in and around Imphal City.
Deputy Chief Minister in charge of PWD Prestone Tynsong said, “We had a meeting with secretary PWD, I have instructed him to issue a circular to all the division executive engineers throughout the state to be alert and also to be ready for any eventuality.”
With the great groaning under the weight of climate change and global warming, realisation slowly crept in that all matter in the earth is linked and tinkering with one impacts the rest.
IFP Editorial: The usual oil palm planting practises burning an area after felling forests or draining peat swamps cause massive loss of forests and biodiversity.
Every village in Manipur should have a project like the Green Great Wall in their village peripheries. This will not only give the emotional attachments but will meet the needs of the village that a forest can bestow.
Environmental experts say that certifying oil palm amounts to nothing more than ‘’green washing’. Also, Oil palm cultivation in a biodiversity hotspot area like Manipur will be more damaging to the environment than poppy plantation.
Technology alone cannot address the problem until degradation of the natural environment is protected and preserved, Nisha Mendiratta, adviser/scientist “G”, Department of Science and Technology said.
The draft report on the Manipur State Action Plan on Climate Change, version 2, covering sectors like agriculture and its allied sector, water resource, forest resource, health, is being finalised.
The role of economically stronger communities is much more important in regulating catastrophic temperature rise.
Palm oil is one major species which can make a change due to its high productivity. But the issue is whether it is suitable for the state of Manipur? Without doing any study, forcing down the throat of the farmers smacks of authoritarianism as no study has been carried out as to its suitability.
With diverse participation from all sectors and research and development investment in innovative technology, Taiwan will seek the most suitable climate governance path for its sustainable development.
IFP Editorial: The Manipur government is pushing for the oil palm project in Imphal West, Ukhrul, Chandel, Churachandpur, Thoubal and Bishnupur districts with nurseries already being developed in pre-empted assumption that the project is highly feasible economically.
Manipur CM N Biren Singh stated that the government has taken up various measures to promote the use of electric vehicles to tackle global warming and climate change.
The first and foremost thing to do is to change the agricultural practices from traditional to smart and climate resilient agricultural practices, Department of Science and Technology (DST) senior advisor and head Dr Akhilesh Gupta said.
The AQMS is the second station among 12 to be set up in the state to monitor air pollution levels.
The tree plantation drive was organised under the theme ‘Our Survival Depends on Survival of Plants and Animals’.
Exclusive: According to official reports, the state is facing rainfall deficit of nearly 64 per cent that makes most of the farmers wait to sow their paddy.
