SAVE TREES

PRESENTER: Vedant Gupta

Government Mohindra law collegePatialaPunjabi university

Buddhist sutra

“ The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life and activity, it affords protection to all being.”

HISTORICAL ASPECTResistance to

destruction of forests spread in the hills of Uttarakhand in1970’s

Chipko movement

Gopeshwar in District Chamoli.

IMPORTANCE OF TREES

CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION

PROBLEMS OF DEFORESTATION

FACTS & FIGURE’S

FACTS AND FIGURE’S

THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE OF 5081Km (0.64%/) FOREST AND COVER AREA IN INDIA

Government InitiativesThe Supreme Court of India has banned all kinds ofclear-felling in the forests of India from 1996 onwards,

which has resulted in greater protection and a decreasing trend of deforestation.

The Biodiversity Act, 2002 primarily focused on the conservation of biological

resources by facilitating access to local communities by sustainable approach.

The National Environment Policy, 2006addressed the issue of empowerment of the localcommunities to avoid forests from becoming open

access in nature and degrading gradually.

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNALEstablished on 18th august 2010 under

the national tribunal act 2010.For effective and expeditious disposal

of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources including enforcement of any legal right.

Tribunal is mandated to make and endeavor for disposal of filling of the applications within 6 months of the same.

PERSONAL INITIATIVESPlant a tree.Go paperless.Recycle and buy recycled

products.Look for certification on wood

and wood products.Eat vegetarian meals as often as

possible.

“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and one another.”

“MAHATMA GANDHI”

TAKE HOME MESSAGE

A tree is beautiful, what more, it has right to life. Like water, the sun and

the stars, it essential. Life on earth is inconceivable

without trees

THANK YOU