recent trends in envt protection

1. Asst. Prof. Sandeep S. Kulkarni
Head,
Dept. of Environmental Studies,
K. J. Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce,
Vidyavihar, Mumbai
9920814378
sandeep.sk@somaiya.edu

2. Environmental Protection

3. WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION?
 To adopt practice at individual, organizational or
governmental levels,
 Interwoven into environmental legislation, ethics and
education.
 With the help of use of science, engineering,
technology and management. “And not by their
abuse.”
 Work together at voluntary environmental agreement,
ecosystems approach, international environmental
agreements and as a government.

4. BEGINNING….
 Tanzania in between 1884 -1919.
 Colonial conservation laws: Restricting activities like hunting, firewood
collecting and cattle grazing.
 Prevent and control of degradation of land, water, vegetation and air.
 Following Tanzania the Rio Declaration on Development and Environment
1992 and the Convention on Biological Diversity 1996, the Environmental
Management Act, 2004 etc came into existence.
 UNEP has identified 17 mega diverse countries viz; Brazil,
Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela including India.
 Mexico and Brazil stand out to have the largest area, population and number of
species.
(Ref: Wikipedia)

5. WHY TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT?
 HEALTHY LIVING, World’s food, Wetlands filter pollutants,
Dietary health and nutrition security.
Ex: The Irish potato blight of 1846 was a major factor in the
deaths of one million people and the emigration of about two
million. It was the result of planting only two potato varieties, both
vulnerable to the blight, Phytophthora infestans, which arrived in
1845.
 Industrial materials, Leisure activities, Biodiversity
inspires musicians, painters, sculptors, writers and other artists and
cultural development.
 Intrinsic aesthetic and spiritual value to mankind in and of itself.
 Eco-spirituality

6. DETERIORATING SCENARIO:
 30% of all species will be extinct by 2050.
 Of these, about 1/8th of known plant species are threatened
with extinction.
 Estimates reach as high as 1, 40, 000 species per year.
 25% of all mammal species could be extinct in 20 years.
 The planet has lost 52% of its biodiversity since 1970.
Ref: (WWF, 2014)

7. THREATS & ISSUES:
 Overhunting, excessive logging, poor soil conservation in agriculture
and the illegal wildlife trade.
 About 25% of world fisheries are now overfished.
 Increasing atmospheric CO2 affect plant morphology, acidifying oceans
& temperature affects phenology and weather.
 World population now is 7 billion and is forecast to reach 9 billion
during the 21st century.
 The current rate of foot prints we need 4.8 earths.
 12% people are under nourished (i.e., 72 crores)
Ref: (WWF, 2014)

8. IS THE UNSPOKEN FACT INSIGNIFICANT IN INDIA?
 Over 8 million dry latrines, requiring 1 Million scavengers daily.
 Over 77% of rural & 29% of urban families in India do not have toilets.
 2 out of 5 people in India do not have access to safe water.
 Loss of 73 million working days annually due to sicknesses caused by
unsafe water and lack of sanitation.
 2.2 million people in developing countries, most of them children, die
every year due unhygienic conditions.
 Only 40% of primary schools in India have toilets.
 Half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from
water-borne diseases.
Ref: (Census 2001) (International Dalit Solidarity Network, 2002) (WASH Facts & Fig,
2003) (DDWS, 2003)

9. SOME LIVE & WORKING ILLUSTRATIONS: I
Shri. Bhaskar Save
 By Modern Methods of Farming production income was
Rs.100/- and all the expenditure was Rs.80/- net profit was
Rs. 20/-
 But by new experiments, income was Rs. 50/- and that the
expenditure was only Rs.10/- on irrigation, net profit was
Rs.40/-
(Ref: Bhaskar Save)

10. SOME LIVE & WORKING ILLUSTRATIONS: II
Jatropha cultivation for
production of bio-diesel. Jatropha
cultivation.
AP. Chhatt. Kar, TN, Raj, Maha.
The Indian Railways currently run
the diesel locomotives in
Thanjavur and other sections of
Tamil Nadu.
(Ref: Biofuel in India)

11. SOME LIVE & WORKING ILLUSTRATIONS: III
 International Solar Alliance (ISA) at 21 Climate Conference
in Paris on November 30, 2015.
 The initiative was launched at the UN Climate Change
Conference in Paris by Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and French President Francois Hollande.
 Mutual cooperation among 121 solar resource rich
countries.
(Ref: TERI energy future)

12. SOME LIVE & WORKING ILLUSTRATIONS: IV
Samuchit Enviro Ltd, Pune

13. SOME LIVE & WORKING ILLUSTRATIONS: V
Respose India Ltd, Mumbai

14. SOME LIVE & WORKING ILLUSTRATIONS: VI
Environmental Sanitation Institute,
Ahmedabad

15. SOME LIVE & WORKING ILLUSTRATIONS: VII
Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai

16. SOME LIVE & WORKING ILLUSTRATIONS: VIII
Youths building a temporary bund across a stream in a
village

17. SOME LIVE & WORKING ILLUSTRATIONS: IX
Dr. Alka Zadgaonkar and many more are working on
converting plastic waste into hydrocarbon fuel.

18. SOME LIVE & WORKING ILLUSTRATIONS: X
Dr. Sanjay Bhandari devised hydraulic ram pump which
requires no electricity.

19. THE ESSENCE:
 Our approach should be sustainable, recyclable,
renewable, reusable and retrievable. We should think
about the coming generations and at the same time
be happy with what we have. Try to achieve the goal
of making this world a better place to live, because
we have got only one earth as a home.
 Time is of essence, as we are already running late in
expanding the initiatives that will yield the desired
results towards saving Mother Earth.

20. A VALUABLE INSIGHT FROM THE MAHATMA……

21. MESSAGE: THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY
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