But no one is listening huh? Here are some other potential climate-change related effects (which will impact the costal areas etc) including Keri where the wall to prevent water entering the villages may not be enough. There is a picture of such a wall being built in Betalbatim.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goafurniture/6879558916/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/goafurniture/6879557892/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goafurniture/6879557542/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goafurniture/7025651437/in/photostream/ On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:58 AM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > QUOTE > > ... Goa is on the verge of serious environmental crisis. The signs are > there on the horizon -- destruction of the rich watersheds, pollution > of traditional ponds and lakes, deforestation, removal of urban tree > cover, cutting of the lush green hills, reclamation of the eco-fragile > flood plains of the major estuaries, destruction of the low lying > Khazan ecosystem, leveling of the coastal sand dunes, fragmentation of > the natural habitats, interference in the natural migratory corridors > of the wild animals, overuse of chemical fertilisers, air pollution, > dust pollution, impact of mining and quarrying, alluvial sand > excavation, plastic waste, mountains of municipal solid waste, > human-wild animal conflicts, erosion of wild and agro biodiversity, > gene pools and the most dangerous of them all - the ecological and > cultural simplification.... > > Recent studies have shown the present model of development used in Goa > is gradually eroding the quality of life by destroying the ecosystems > of the state which are vital for Goa's sustainable development and > function as the life support system of the smallest state of India. > > UNQUOTE > > http://cmsvatavaran.org/goa2012.php# > http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/8027683373/sizes/l/in/photostream/ > > Details from: Avinash avin...@cmsindia.org or via 0-95 822 54612 > -- > FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org