Sir,
A deserted land, fully bare, no greens, no vegetation and no fauna, just a mere piece of land!!!!This is not at all the world we ever would wish to live in or else would want our future generations to enter into. Starting from the landscape-changing wildfires in Australia, Argentina to the deteriorating air quality of our national capital, this year-2020 had it all with the addition of a lethal disease like COVID which has shaken up the whole world.
A host of parameters need to be fulfilled like – Education, sanitation, equal right to natural resources, healthy living. Government’s priority has been always economic growth above all other considerations. The forests, rivers, crops, land are the basis of life on this planet, and provide valuable ecosystem services, without which we as a species would not survive.
The environment, flora and fauna, our well- being have got the short end of the stick. Conserving the environment is, of course, important, but as a developing nation we have to use our natural resources to develop. In India, Green laws are still in the process of being subverted to make way for industry. The proposed EIA draft 2020 , which recklessly compromise environmental standards while favouring the industry imperils the fundamental right to a clean environment under the Right To Life. Food security is one of the key challenges faced and unfortunately, climate change is projected to significantly decrease agricultural productivity throughout much of the tropics and sub-tropics where hunger and poverty are endemic today. Policy makers should understand that the debate is about the present as well as long term cost of our action undertaken in this moment. Sustainable development is fundamentally a question of people’s opportunities to influence their future, fight for their rights , raise their concerns and the question to question the Sustainable development is really questionable.
Effective governance and respect for human rights are key prerequisites for empowering people to make sustainable choices. We must act now to limit climate change and loss of biodiversity, and adapt to the inevitable changes that are already pre-ordained. Simultaneously redesigning the economic system, “A technological revolution, and, above all, behavioural change” is needed.
Our planet’s alarm is going off, and the time has come when we need to tear this vicious web of destruction apart and emerge as the building blocks of our environment. The right balance between conservation and development is the need of the hour. Afterall it’s our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generation so that they can relish the vivid beauty of nature just like us.
Shreya Sharma
Jammu
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