In the era of global warming, nothing

is really far away.

-Amitav Ghosh
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modi-un-champions-of-the-earth-award-swachh-bharat-
environment-5385279/

“
” It means: Salutations to
Mother Earth. In Her is woven together Ocean and River
Waters; in Her is contained Food which She manifests when
ploughed; In Her indeed is alive all Lives; May She bestow
us with that Life
Nature 1980 world conservation strategy of IUCN
1992 Forest Principles
CBD:
all 3 recognise role of community conservation and its
essentiality
Nature / Biodiversity has both
Instrumental value
Intrinsic value: DEEP ECOLOGY PROPONENTS
CBD COP 11 Hyderabad:
Prakruthi Rakshati Rakshita
Nature Protects if she is protected
GLOBAL PROBLEM LOCAL SOLUTIONS:
community conservation India: bishnoi, Nyishi,
Dongriya Kondh
Local Agenda 21
Forest Principles
Joint Forest Management

LOCAL PROBLEM, GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

Climate change: Kyoto: CDM: Delhi Metro
CNG tech transfer from Germany
CONSERVATION MINUS THE PEOPLE?

India's Conservation policies reveal a DICHOTOMY OF

INTENT AND ACTION.
Prof. M.S. Swaminathan:
Our Biodiversity hotspots are PARADISES fo
Fragmented policy landscape:
Valuable Genes but fast becoming Paradise lost
WPA: wildlife-------Indian Forest Act: forest and its
Indira Gandhi:
resources
Interest in conservation is not a sentimental one, it is
FRA under Tribal Ministry; Conservation---MoEFCC
a rediscovery of truth that ancient sages knew too
well. Indian tradition teaches us all life forms:
INCLUDE THE POOR IN BIODIVERSITY
human, animal and plant are so closely interlinked
CONSERVATION
that disturbance in one gives rise to imbalance in
57% of Income derived from ecosystem services, ex:
others.
25% of population dependent on non timber forest
HARVARD BIODIVERSITY VISIONARY: Prof.
produce for livelihood
Edward O. Wilson:
UNDP+GEF: Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve:
Highest loss of biodiversity during the 6th
coral regeneration: led to livelihood diversification
Mass extinction
and increased Income
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From nature, so much to learn

Degrowth
Chemistry nobel 2018- directed evolution pathbreaking
Social and environmental development > Crude
cancer treatments, biofuel engineering. to observe nature,
GDP
learn from the principles of nature
Gandhian Sarvodaya
African Ubuntu: You are therefore I am
Frances Arnold, Chemistry Nobel laureate: The very best
Latin American: Buen Vivier: Good Life for
inventor and engineer of all times who has not been
humans and ecosystems
awarded yet is nature. Intricate principles that support and
create new life. New solutions to important problems, lie in
nature

Wangari Mathaai
In trying to explain this linkage, I was inspired by a
traditional African tool that has three legs and a basin to
sit on. To me the three legs represent three critical pillars
of just and stable societies. The first leg stands for
democratic space, where rights are respected, whether they are
human rights, women's rights, children's rights, or
environmental rights. The second represents sustainable and
equitable management and resources. And the third stands for
cultures of peace that are deliberately cultivated within
communities and nations. The basin, or seat, represents
society and its prospects for development. Unless all three
legs are in place, supporting the seat, no society can thrive.
Neither can its citizens develop their skills and creativity.
When one leg is missing, the seat is unstable; when two legs
are missing, it is impossible to keep any state alive; and when
no legs are available, the state is as good as a failed state. No
development can take place in such a state either. Instead,
conflict ensues