From: sandeepminhas07 <sandeepminhas07@...>
Subject: [mf-asiapacific] Initiative: The young can do! Let's protect forests with our hands
To: "mf-asiapacific" <mf-asiapacific@...>
Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 3:52 AM

The 13 Panchayats of Chota Bhangal area (Dhauladhar range) in Himachal Pradesh have boycott the parliamentary election in India and decided not to vote because of the notification of Dhauladhar sanctuary. Thousand's of habitants living on the forest refused to have any kind of preservation of forest by the government with the logic that they live on the forest and they are the best conservator than any govt plan. They want to de-notify the sanctuary so they can live with their own resources.


On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 1:29 PM, gehendra.gurung <
gehendra.gurung@...> wrote:

> I think NTNC/ACAP has prepared a management plan for Mustang which might
> be in process to implement.
>
> This is basically an issue of proper management and balancing between
> Development and Conservation. People need development including road but a
> balance should be there. The environmentalists have a great role in this
> process. Unfortunately, we (environmentalists) react when things already
> happened, but lack behind in providing the balance view or influence the
> process in advance. We knew road is going to be built there several years
> ago. Not only to Mustang but to other several remote areas, local people's
> main demand is road building, we know it and sooner or later road is going
> to be built in these remote areas, some of them are naturally and culturally
> very vulnerable and important. But we react only after road goes there.
> Nevertheless it is not too late as the road construction in Mustang is in
> progress, there might be areas for influencing and improvement.
>
> Gehendra
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: sandeepminhas07 [mailto:sandeepminhas07@...]
> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 11:59 AM
> To: mf-asiapacific
> Subject: [mf-asiapacific] Initiative: The young can do! Let's protect
> forests with our hands
>
>
> As Aneeta described the development in mustang is not the only case but
> during years the structural development alienating the communities and
> other rights holders and as well environment. these are working
> antagonistically due to misunderstanding of the development process.
> Environmental loss which is the loss of the on going livelihood
> processes of the locals is enhanced by this development. so it is the
> time to define the development is peoples concern and ecological
> development. Which seems to be impossible in current development model
> so we have to change the model area wise. specially for the Himalayan
> and other mountain region which provide environmental services.
>
>
> n Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:48 AM, anee_nit wrote:
>
> > Recently I visited my country side, Mustang area and got very
> > disappointed to see that IN THE NAME OF DEVELOPMENT THERE IS
> DESTRUCTION.
> > Development is necessary but that has to help maintain conservation
> > processes. If there is harmony between development and conservation
> that
> > situation would be 'better than the best'.
> >
> > Mustang area is very famous touristic site in Nepal and is
> internationally
> > renowned for its scenic beauty and the environment it has. Sometimes
> it's
> > also presented as trekkers paradise. But with development of road and
> even
> > without proper environmental impact assessments we can see loads of
> mass
> > wasting, landslide etc and every year the roads are blocked during the
> rainy
> > season and it makes the daily life even worst. So as a student of
> natural
> > resource management, I feel that we should be more anthropocentric and
> give
> > some space to environmental sustainability and conservation. Unless
> ACAP and
> > the relevant stakeholders doesn't take immediate actions to restore
> these
> > degrading situation we are likely to face bigger challenges in future.
> >
> > Aneeta Gauchan
> > Nepal
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 4/29/09, gehendra.gurung wrote:
> >
> > From: gehendra.gurung
> > Subject: [mf-asiapacific] RE: Initiative: The young can do! Let's
> protect
> > forests with our hands
> > To: "mf-asiapacific"
> > Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 1:11 AM
> >
> >
> > The statement made in the following posting "The national park,
> sanctuaries
> > are the best example of preservation which gives the society nothing
> and
> > needs lots of attention and labor to protect it" is something we have
> to
> > give a thought. In my opinion they (national parks and sanctuary) give
> a lot
> > - directly and indirectly (education, tourism, genetic resources,
> > environmental services like water, clean air, protection of soil
> erosion,
> > etc.). So both "protection" and "conservation" of forest have their
> value in
> > their places.
> >
> > Gehendra
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: sandeepminhas07 [mailto:sandeepminhas07@...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:30 AM
> > To: mf-asiapacific
> > Subject: [mf-asiapacific] Initiative: The young can do! Let's protect
> > forests with our hands
> >
> > Young can do! is nice idea for the conservation. If young people come
> > forward to protect the forest than the mobilization in the community
> is
> > high for the same as the high energy of the society motivate the
> society
> > fast and at ease. But the younger should not promote the preservation
> in
> > the name of conservation so they should know the basic difference
> > between conservation and preservation. The national park, sanctuaries
> > are the best example of preservation which gives the society nothing
> and
> > needs lots of attention and labor to protect it . community forest,
> > sacred forest, village forest are example of conservation so mind one
> > thing the peoples are the best conservator so aware them to manage the
> > forest in better way not to alienate them from the forest resources by
> > saying (misleading) the conservation.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Tek Jung Mahat (APMN Node Manager) <
> > apmn@...> wrote:
> >
> > > Moderator's note:
> > > ...................
> > > Following message is extracted from
> > > http://www.japanfs.org/en/pages/028911.html
> > > .................
> > >
> > > Forest Nova, a student association, is promoting forest conservation
> > > activities. Under the slogan of "The young can do! Let's protect
> > forests
> > > with our hands," the group was founded in December 2006 by students
> > from
> > > Azabu University in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, with the
> aim
> > of
> > > building a community where humans and forests co-exist
> > interdependently.
> > > With the objective of approaching forest problems from many
> different
> > points
> > > of view and to work with students having various skills and
> knowledge,
> > the
> > > group is striving for forest conservation in the form of the
> students'
> > > union, inviting students from different universities.
> > >
> > > For more information:
> > > http://www.japanfs.org/en/pages/028911.html
>
> Click here to read online.

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