Report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel - Part II : Actionable points for the WGEA : Annexure-I: Western Ghats Expert Group: Work Plan

Opinion
      29/12/2018
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Sub : Report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel - Part II : Actionable points for the WGEA : Annexure-I: Western Ghats Expert Group: Work Plan

Ref : Annexure-I: Western Ghats Expert Group: Work Plan

1. Our Western Ghats Expert Group has a challenging assignment ahead of us.
Our mandate is: -

i. To assess the current status of ecology of the Western Ghats region.

ii. To demarcate areas within the Western Ghats Region which need to be notified as ecologically sensitive and to recommend notification of such areas as ecologically sensitive zones under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. In doing so, the Panel shall review the existing reports such as the Mohan Ram Committee Report, Hon’ble Supreme Court’s decisions, Recommendations of the National Board for Wildlife and consult all concerned State Governments.

iii. To make recommendations for the conservation, protection and rejuvenation of the Western Ghats Region following a comprehensive consultation process involving people and Governments of all the concerned States.

iv. To suggest measures for effective implementation of the notifications issued by the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment and Forests declaring specific areas in the Western Ghats Region as eco-sensitive zones under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

v. To recommend the modalities for the establishment of the Western Ghats Ecology Authority under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 which will be a professional body to manage the ecology of the region and to ensure its sustainable development with the support of all concerned states.

vi. To deal with any other relevant environment and ecological issues pertaining to the Western Ghats Region, including those which may be referred to it by the Central Government in the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

2. In order to accomplish this, we would need to consider the following:

Context
Status and ongoing changes in health of soils, water, air, biodiversity
Rural and urban settlements
Forestry
Farming
Herding
Fishing
Industry
Tourism
Mining
Institutional issues:
Ecologically Sensitive Areas
Community Conservation Areas
Wild Life Sanctuaries
National Parks
Biosphere Reserves
Project Tiger Reserves
Environmental Impact Assessment
Assessment of Carrying Capacity
Central and State Pollution Control Boards
Coastal Regulatory Zone
National, State and Local Biodiversity Authority/Boards/ Management Committees
Heritage Sites
Threatened Species
Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers‟ Rights Act
Joint Forest Management
Tribal Forest Rights Act
Models like Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority (DTEPA)
Working of Panchayati Raj Institutions
Possible new initiatives, grounded in positive incentives, such as the Australian Soil Carbon Accreditation Scheme, and Costa Rica’s payment of service charges to farmers for providing watershed services through maintenance of tree cover on private land.

3. I suggest that we examine the list set out above, and amend it as appropriate. We might then like to apportion responsibilities for dealing with the various themes amongst ourselves, and chalk out a Work Plan at our first meeting in Bengaluru on 31st March 2010.

NEXT : Appendix: Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority (DTEPA)

To be continued ..

OPINION :

1. MANY TIMES, WONDER THESE STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH THEIR POWERS, THAN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES;

2. WHOM SO IN POWER IN OUR NATION STATES, THE PARTY OR ANY FRONT IN GOVERNMENT WASTE TIME IN CONCENTRATING IN PETTY PARTY POLITICS;

3. ANOTHER VERY EVIL SIGNS WITH OUR POLITICIANS ARE CHARACTERLESS NESS;

4. MAJORITY POLITICAL PARTIES IN BHARATHAM ARE RUBBISH, AND THEIR HEADS ARE EITHER CRIMINALS OR IDIOTS;

5. WONDER THIS HOLY LAND BHARATHAM IS LAND OF GREAT MAHARISHIS, GREAT ACHARYAS, GREAT PERSONS OF EMINENCE, THEN HOW WE BECAME FOOLS, NOT ABLE TO FIND A GOOD PARTY AND GOOD PERSONS TO GOVERN US?

6. NATURE IS THE GOD, FOOLISH RELIGIONS IDENTIFY SOME THING DISTANT TO US, HEAVEN IS NOT FAR AWAY, NATURE IS GOD AND NATURE IS OUR HEAVEN;

7. THE ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY MISGUIDE IGNORANT PEOPLE, THAT ALLAH OR JESUS ARE THE ONLY GOALS AND THEY ARE FAR FROM HUMAN REACH!!

8. THE FOLLOWERS OF SANATANA DHARMAM ( HINDUS ), FIND TEMPLES AS THEIR GOALS;

9. BUT ALL THESE FOOLS DO NOT SEE THAT GOD IN THE FORM OF CHAITHANYAM INSIDE OF EACH ONE OF US, THAT IS "ATMA SWAROOPAM"

10. OTHER FORM OF GOD IS NATURE, SO THE FOOLISH POLITICIANS SHOULD WAKE-UP AND PROTECT WESTERN GHATS, INSTEAD WASTING TIME IN WOMEN WALL, OR PUNISHING DEVOTEES AT SABARIMALA BY BRUTALITY AND SEC 144.
 

JAI HIND
VANDE MATARAM

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