Saturday, August 25, 2012

Vriksharopan

मैंने सदैव ही यह विचार किया है की वृक्षारोपण के  नाम पर हम हमेशा सुन्दर दिखने वाले या फिर किसी एक ही प्रजाति के  पेड़ ही क्यों लगाते हैं, जबकि यह बात सार्वभौम सत्य है की किसी स्थान विशेष पर वहां के मूल वृक्ष ही अधिक पनपते हैं और पर्यावरण के लिए अधिक लाभकारी हैं ।

और भी महत्त्वपूर्ण बात यह है की छायादार एवेम फल वाले वृक्षों को क्यों नहीं लगाया जाता, ऐसा करने से सीधे सीधे अनेकों दुर्लभ पशुओं एवेम पक्षिओं के प्रजाति को बिना किसी परिश्रम के बचाया जा सकता है, साथ ही यह अनेकों लोगों की भूख भी मिटा सकता है। यही तो शेरशाह शूरी ने ग्रांड ट्रंक रोड पर किया था, क्या इतिहास को समझना इतना मुश्किल है?

वन विभाग की मति का भी जायजा लीजिये, की फलदार वृक्षों का वृक्षारोपण करना अवैध है???
खैर आज मुझे यह समाचार (26 अगस्त , 2012 , द हिन्दू ) पढ़कर अत्यंत प्रसन्नता हुई की कुछ आदिवासी लोगों ने सरकारी बाबुओं से अधिक प्रकृति एवं मानवता को समझा है।

Original Post Here :
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/article3823031.ece


Excerpts:

To combat the twin problems of malnutrition and environmental degradation, adivasis of Harda and Betul districts of Madhya Pradesh have decided to launch ‘Operation Guerrilla Green’ — a movement to plant large numbers of fruit bearing trees on vacant land, wherever it is available.
Mobilised under the banner of Shramik Adivasi Sangathan (SAS), a local tribal rights organisation, tribals of the region have resolved to plant one lakh saplings this year on any barren- degraded land — be it government, forest, private or panchayat land.

The ‘operation’ is similar to the Guerrilla Gardening movement, which is highly popular in several western countries and which involves planting of fruit and vegetable trees on abandoned or degraded land. The project will green degraded land and, at the same time providing nutritious fruits to the Gond and Korku tribals of this malnutrition-affected region.

However, it is a bit more complicated than your average ‘tree-planting-field trip’. To start with, the law is not on the tribals’ side, since the Forest Department does not permit any kind of plantation of fruit bearing trees (because they are considered commercial species) on forest land. As a result, several adivasis in Bod, Pippalbarra, Kamtha, Gavajhadap, Dhumka and Chunhajuri villages of Betul have reportedly been booked under sections of Indian Forest Act, 1927 and Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

After being turned down by district authorities on their demand of planting saplings, the adivasis decided to develop their own nurseries. In three villages of Betul — Bod, Pippalbarra and Markadhana they have developed nurseries and planted around 15,000 saplings of awla , guava, cheeku and jamun among others. They plan to plant another 85,000 saplings by collecting naturally grown plants from river banks, under the trees, and replant them systematically.

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