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प्रश्न
Work in groups of 4−6. Discuss how you would preserve the environment and protect Nature. One or two representatives may share their ideas with the class.
उत्तर
| Janani | I represent the “Green warriors” group. My group is of the strong opinion that. National Green Corps must wage a war against the ignorance of people. People do not know that by cutting woods, they are perpetuating their own poverty. We believe sustainable lumbering is the only way to help poor people and at the same time turn them into guardian angels of the forest. |
| Karthick | I represent the “Green Earth” group. Could you please throw more light on “Sustainable lumbering”? Do you mean to say that people would use the woods and yet protect them too? |
| Janani |
Thank you for asking a very intelligent question. Poor people who live in forest villages do not have money to buy gas cylinders. We don’t have enough forest officers to either protect the trees or the poor animals which are kept even inside the most protected National forest in Kaziranga. Haven’t you heard of Jamuna Tudu, the Lady Tarzan of Jharkhand? In Maturkhan village, Jamuna the newly wedded bride was deeply disturbed by the illegal felling of long tall trees. To her shock, Timber mafias had browbeaten the villagers. Since 2000, Jamuna spoke to the village women to use dry sticks and twigs for firewood but she made them understand that only if trees survived, there would be rains and villagers will be able to cultivate their lands. She has created 300 forest protection women committees. They protect the forest. About 50 hectares of forests have been reclaimed. Niti Ayog has conferred the “Women transforming India award of 2017”. Seeing Women’s determination to conserve the environment, forest officials and State Government have provided water facilities and schooling facilities, to this remote village. |
| Karthick | We place on records the valuable information provided by Janani. We would like. to supplement her ideas. We, the student community can go on a campaign against the rising carbon footprint, pollution, global warming, and all man-made evils due to the failure of man to protect the environment. Because of man’s failure to live in harmony with nature the possibility of the perpetuation of the human race is at stake. Let us love nature and protect the environment for making the earth a safer place to live for future generations. Thank you |
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| relearn | adults | facial |
| personal | fangs | child |
| fakes | superficially | duplicity |
| genuine | unlearn | falsity |
| masks | mirror | pleasantries |
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