Save trees

Presented on National legal seminar on Environment law Dehradun

1. SAVE TREES PRESENTER : Vedant Gupta Government Mohindra law college Patiala Punjabi university

2. Buddhist sutra “ The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life and activity, it affords protection to all being.”

3. HISTORICAL ASPECT Resistance to destruction of forests spread in the hills of Uttarakhand in1970’s Chipko movement Gopeshwar in District Chamoli .

4. IMPORTANCE OF TREES

5. CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION

6. PROBLEMS OF DEFORESTATION

7. FACTS & FIGURE’S

8. FACTS AND FIGURE’S

9. THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE OF 5081Km (0.64%/) FOREST AND COVER AREA IN INDIA

10. Government Initiatives The Supreme Court of India has banned all kinds of clear-felling in the forests of India from 1996 onwards, which has resulted in greater protection and a decreasing trend of deforestation. The Biodiversity Act, 2002 primarily focused on the conservation of biological resources by facilitating access to local communities by sustainable approach. The National Environment Policy, 2006 addressed the issue of empowerment of the local communities to avoid forests from becoming open access in nature and degrading gradually.

11. NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL Established on 18 th august 2010 under the national tribunal act 2010. For effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources including enforcement of any legal right. Tribunal is mandated to make and endeavor for disposal of filling of the applications within 6 months of the same.

12. PERSONAL INITIATIVES Plant a tree . Go paperless. Recycle and buy recycled products. Look for certification on wood and wood products. Eat vegetarian meals as often as possible.

13. “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and one another.” “ MAHATMA GANDHI ”

14. TAKE HOME MESSAGE A tree is beautiful, what more, it has right to life. Like water, the sun and the stars, it essential. Life on earth is inconceivable without trees

15. THANK YOU