------------------------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CITIZENS to be better informed. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- GOACAN calls for the observation of the International Day for Biological Diversity -----------------------------------------------------
As part of its on going mobilisation drive GRAMSABHA ZAGRUT ZA to get maximum involvement of consumers as voters, GOACAN has called for the observation of the International Day for Biological Diversity in the villages of Goa. The theme for the mobilisation drive which will end on 18th June Goa Revolution Day is "THINK LOCAL, ACT LOCAL, THINK LOCAL, BE VOCAL", seeks to get consumers who are members of the Gram Sabha to be pro-active as voters in their respective villages. The first part of the drive will focus on the International Day for Biological Diversity 22nd May which has the global theme "Our Solutions are in Nature" and will be observed with a local theme "Good Governance is a solution for problems caused to Nature in Goa". The drive will involve the identification and visit to various "biodiversity hot spots" in the respective villages and the photo documentation of the present problems. The week long exercise will carry on till 30th May Goa Statehood Day with the drafting of petitions, preparing of dossiers, mobilising villagers through phone calls, emails, whatsapp messages etc. with the focus on what needs to be done at the forthcoming Gram Sabha meeting. Systematic damage to sluice gates, unchecked hill cutting, rampant fires in cashew plantations & forested areas, illegal bore wells, dumping of toxic & plastic waste, destruction of mangroves are some of the issues that will be highlighted. The first part of the drive will conclude on 5th June World Environment Day with the submitting of petitions, photo documentation dossiers, Gram Sabha proposals and recommendations on Good Governance to the Convenor Village Development Committee (VDC), the Village Panchayat Secretary and the Member Secretary Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB). GOACAN calls on members of various Biodiversity Management Committees (BMC), social activists, consumer forum volunteers and nature lovers to actively participate in the drive. Volunteers & activists are advised to take care and not violate Section 144, follow the lock down conditions of wearing face masks and maintain social distancing during the observation of International Day for Biological Diversity. Copies of the Gram Sabha proposals and recommendations on Good Governance may be sent on email to greenconsumerin...@gmail.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------