Gadgil sees red after govt ignores his report
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai:Almost a year after submitting his report on Western Ghats to the ministry of environment and forests,renowned ecologist Madhav Gadgil on Saturday expre ssed his unhappiness over the governments indifference towards the recommendations made in the report.
Gadgil,who was in Mumbai to deliver a lecture at the observer Research Foundation (ORF),said that it is sad that the government ignores and suppresses good information and that information should be available to all.He reiterated the need to classify Western Ghats as an eco-sensitive zone and on the need to involve local committees to formulate and implement bio-diversity and environmental guidelines.
Gadgil was approached by the MoEF in 2010 to head an expert committee to study the Ghats and make recommendations on how to harmonize the needs of development with environmental equilibrium.The report was made public by a reticent government only after activists pressured it.The recommendations from the report are still to be implemented and it is being reviewed by another committee set up the MoEF.Gadgil said the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) proposed the Ghats be considered eco-sensitive.
Activists move to save Western Ghats
O bserver research Foundation (ORF) will be writing a letter to the Centre demanding the implementation of the WGEEP report.The letter will be signed by environmental activists and organizations and people who care about the cause.Save Sahayadri,a group highlighting the depleting environmental conditions in the Western Ghats will be organizing a cycle rally in January to press upon the government to implement the WGEEP recommendations.TNN
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai:Almost a year after submitting his report on Western Ghats to the ministry of environment and forests,renowned ecologist Madhav Gadgil on Saturday expre ssed his unhappiness over the governments indifference towards the recommendations made in the report.
Gadgil,who was in Mumbai to deliver a lecture at the observer Research Foundation (ORF),said that it is sad that the government ignores and suppresses good information and that information should be available to all.He reiterated the need to classify Western Ghats as an eco-sensitive zone and on the need to involve local committees to formulate and implement bio-diversity and environmental guidelines.
Gadgil was approached by the MoEF in 2010 to head an expert committee to study the Ghats and make recommendations on how to harmonize the needs of development with environmental equilibrium.The report was made public by a reticent government only after activists pressured it.The recommendations from the report are still to be implemented and it is being reviewed by another committee set up the MoEF.Gadgil said the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) proposed the Ghats be considered eco-sensitive.
Activists move to save Western Ghats
O bserver research Foundation (ORF) will be writing a letter to the Centre demanding the implementation of the WGEEP report.The letter will be signed by environmental activists and organizations and people who care about the cause.Save Sahayadri,a group highlighting the depleting environmental conditions in the Western Ghats will be organizing a cycle rally in January to press upon the government to implement the WGEEP recommendations.TNN
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