Well presented, Ritesh ji Certainly adds a new dimension to our emotions.
On 9 January 2012 08:06, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary <ritesh....@gmail.com>wrote: > Dear all, > > I don't know whether my post is suitable for this title or not but the > intention behind this post is to spread awareness among eFlora members. I > am sure Dr. Pankaj is going to be the most disheartened person to see this > post. The picture was taken at Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal > Pradesh in which you can find some burnt orchids... ..a result of the > 'Slash and Burn' Cultivation Practice (Jhum-Cultivation). > > Despite intensive government efforts to control Jhum cultivation > throughout the states of NE India, it is still prevalent in a vast area of > the region. As a result, we are losing a number of rare, endemic and wild > plant species day by day. I understand the socio-cultural and livelihood > implications of the local inhabitants but.....how we can bring back those > precious plants which are already burnt? I personally feel this practice as > an unfortunate one. > > Do we need to review the policies? What do u feel? > > Comments awaited! > > Regards, > Ritesh. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1760 members & 1,00,000 messages on 21/12/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
