Poaching And Deforestation Still Rampant In Goa It is indeed very disheartening to know that even after all the improved facilities for the forest officials, poaching still continues. I did not know if I should cry or laugh at the article "Poaching in wildlife sanctuaries has reduced substantially" in one of the leading dailies.
We are in the 21st century, science and technology have manifested it's in leaps and bounds, surveillance technology is at it's best and our forest officials are only too happy with the marginal fall in poaching ? Is this the best our forest officials can do ? We do not have a vast forest area like Karnataka or other states up north or the east and yet we find poaching and deforestation on a very large scale in and around, what's left of our once rich forests, which were full of bio-diversity. Tolerance of wrong is not tolerance; it is complicity. It has been rightly said that for evil to succeed all that is required is for the good to do nothing. Goa today resembles a once-beautiful queen, stripped off her looks and jewels, but still alluring to old admirers, who are only clinging to faded memories of her gracious past. The element of nostalgia still lingers while the illusion lasts. The Ali Baba government has been giving us assurances after assurances that illegal mining would be stopped and the culprits brought to justice, especially those involved in and around the wildlife sanctuaries but so far no action has been taken and the piquant irony is that the main pillars and the top luminaries of the Ali Baba government have themselves been laying siege to Goa's ecology and environment in the name of development and those not involved, are supporting the degradation of our wildlife habitats for the share of the spoils. I do not have a clue as to why, we Goans are not at all interested in preserving what's left of our ecology and our environment. The world over people and governments are going all out to preserve and protect what's left of their bio-diversity and the wild life, because they now know, that our very own survival depends on how we relate to mother nature's gracious gift to mankind. Let's not be blinded by the hype of commerce and economics and devastate nature in the name of development because our greed and gluttony will one day be the cause our very own annihilation. Mahatma Gandhi once said "You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing, there will be no result." So let's act now. Freddy Agnelo Fernandes -------------------------------------------------------- The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. -------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ tambdimati: the Goa review is a community blog of original _/ art, writing, music, news and commentary from and about the _/ smallest state in the subcontinent. check out the newest _/ member of the Goanet family daily at _/ http://www.tambdimati.com. _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/