#SaveHasdeo

[nando161mando]

[environmentindia]

Today's Trending Environment News Alert

◆ Numerous organizations intensified their protests Sunday at Hariharpur village in the state of Chhattisgarh in India, raising demands to cancel the Parsa coal mine as it threatens large-scale deforestation of the Hasdeo forests of Chhattisgarh, also known as the lungs of Chhattisgarh.

◆ In a concerning revelation in the Kerala Forest department's annual administrative report of 2021-22, over 5,000 hectares of forested land in the state has been encroached upon.

◆ According to the state’s Chief Wildlife Warden Samir Sinha, the tiger population density in Uttarakhand is among the highest in the world. The tiger population, which stood at 178 in 2006, rose to 560 in 2022, recording a rise of 314%.

◆ According to data compiled by the Wildlife Protection Society of India, a staggering 206 tigers and 565 leopards lost their lives during the year. Notably, Maharashtra recorded the highest tiger mortality with 52 deaths, closely followed by Madhya Pradesh with 45.

◆ Bird species in northeastern India have started shifting to higher elevations due to increasing temperatures owing to deforestation, a new study showed.

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[reasonsforhope]

"Winning what’s been called the ‘Green Nobel’ an Indian environmental activist has been recognized for saving a 657 square-mile forest from 21 coal mines.

From the New Delhi train station to high-end hotels to the poorest communities, virtually no one in India is free from periodic blackouts. As part of the Modi regime’s push for a developed and economically dominant India, power generation of every sort is being installed in huge quantities.

GNN has reported this drive has included some of the world’s largest solar energy projects, but it also involves coal. India is one of the largest consumers of coal for electricity generation, and Hasdeo Aranya forests, known as the “Lungs of Chhattisgarh,” are known to harbor large deposits.

The state government had been investigating 21 proposed coal mining blocks across 445,000 acres of biodiverse forests that provide crucial natural resources to the area’s 15,000 indigenous Adivasi people.

Along with the Adivasi, tigers, elephants, sloth bears, leopards, and wolves, along with dozens of endemic bird and reptile species call this forest home. It’s one of India’s largest intact arboreal habitats, but 5.6 billion metric tons of mineable coal threatened to destroy it all.

Enter Alok Shukla, founder of the Save Hasdeo Aranya Resistance Committee, which began a decade ago advocating for the protection of Hasdeo through a variety of media and protest campaigns, including sit-ins, tree-hugging campaigns, advocating for couples to write #savehasdeo on their wedding invitations, and publishing a variety of other social media content.

Shukla also took his message directly to the legislature, reminding them through news media coverage of their obligations to India’s constitution which enshrines protection for tribal people and the environments they require to continue their traditional livelihoods.

Beginning with a proposal to create a single protected area called Lemru elephant reserve within Hasdeo that would protect elephant migration corridors and cancel three of the 21 mining proposals, Shukla and the Adivasi began a 160-mile protest march down a national highway towards the Chhattisgarh state capital of Raipur.

They hadn’t even crossed the halfway mark when news reached them that not only was the elephant reserve idea unanimously agreed upon, but every existing coal mining proposal had been rejected by the state legislature, and all existing licenses would be canceled.

“We had no expectations, but the legislative assembly voted unanimously that all of the coal mines of Hasdeo should be canceled, and the forest should be saved,” Shukla says in recollection to the Goldman Prize media channel.

“That was a very important moment and happy moment for all of us.”

Shukla shares the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize with 5 other winners, from Brazil, the US, South Africa, Australia, and Spain."

-via Good News Network, May 20, 2024. Video via Goldman Environmental Prize, April 29, 2024.

[chhattisgarhrider]

Save hasdeo save life #savehasdeo #savedorest #savewater #savechattisgarh #forestchhattisgarh #savehasdevjangal #saveadiwashi #savehasdev #savelifeadiwashi #hasdeoaranya (at Ambikapur, Sarguja, Chhattisgarh, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdneHszJ6X4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[cfor36garh]

छत्तीसगढ़ में 1700 वर्ग किमी में स्थित #Hasdeoarand के समृद्ध जंगल आज खतरे मे हैं। अडानी कंपनी की लूट के लिए आदिवासियों के संवैधानिक अधिकारों को नजर अंदाज करके, पर्यावरण विनाश की चिंताओं से परे 4 #coal ब्लॉक हेतु 17 हजार एकड़ घने जंगल में खनन की प्रक्रिया पर राज्य सरकार की सहमति। हसदेव अरण्य के इसी वन क्षेत्र में खनन की अनुमति दी जा रही है। #Hasdeoarand #Savehasdeo PC: Alok Shukla . . #cfor36garh #hasdeo #river #coal #riverview #forest #lushgreen #naturephotography #SaveNature #chhattisgarhdaires #stategovt #coalmine #Chhattisgarh #environment https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ3BAqHrMYB/?utm_medium=tumblr

[environmentindia]

Today's Top Environment News Alert

◆ Tree felling in the Parsa East and Kanta Basan (PEKB) extension coal mines in Hasdeo forest region of north Chhattisgarh began on Thursday under police protection, triggering protests by tribals and activists.

◆ Though Kuno National Park (KNP) has started releasing the imported cheetahs into wild after keeping them into captivity for more than four months, another issue of herbivore population put the officials on toes.

◆ The Mumbai DRI has intercepted an international wildlife smuggling syndicate, apprehending an operative attempting to smuggle 11 foreign-origin snakes.

◆ The wildlife watchers of Kashmir are drawing some disturbing parallels between the Project Hangul and the Project Tiger. Despite launched concurrently, the one meant for the conservation of the regional animal—Hangul—never reached its logical conclusion.

◆ Voicing its concerns over the RMB’s approval of several construction activities in the forest area, the Delhi High Court said that trees and shrubs on the side of the roads do not qualify as forest or green cover, and saving the Ridge was important.

◆ The lion safari park got a nod from Central Zoo Authority (CZA) on Friday. With this, it will be the third of its kind park in Gujarat, after Devaliya in Junagadh and Ambardi in Amreli districts.

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[environmentindia]

As people are recognizing the values of the forests and their rights eco-protests are increasing in all over India including Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, Kinnaur in Himachal, Hasdeo in Chhattisgarh, Bhilwara in Rajasthan, Mollem in Goa, Buxwaha in Madhya Pradesh but sadly no news channel or fourth pillar of democracy is showing them. @gadchiroli_ig @saveforestbuxwaha @save_mollem @incredible_kinnaur #saveforest #forest #environmentind #india #savegadchiroli #savekinnaur #savehasdeo #savemollem #savebuxwahaforest #saveforests #forests #miningmafia #miningkills #miningkillscommunities (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVkZ_HRvZj8/?utm_medium=tumblr

[environmentindia]

On October 21, the ministry said the clearance was based on the state government’s recommendation. #savechhattisgarh #savehasdeo #environmentind #india #environment #hasdeo #hasdeoarand #savechhattisgarhforest #savehasdeoforest #savehasdevarany #saveforest #mining #miningkills #miningkillscommunities (at Chhattisgarh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CViRc7rPMr2/?utm_medium=tumblr

[chhattisgarhrider]

इन ग्रामीणों को आज धरने पर बैठे हुए लगभग 75 दिनों से ज्यादा हो चुके है, ग्राम वाशियों ने करीब 2 मार्च से यहाँ धरना प्रदर्शन सुरु किया था परन्तु अभी तक कोई भी प्रशासनिक अधिकारी इन ग्राम वाशियों तक नहीं पहुंच सका है,

यहाँ परसा कोल माईन के लिए लगभग 2 लाख से अधिक पेड़ों को कटा जाना है और कोल माईन सुरु की जानी है जिस पर ग्रामीणों निराशा जताते हुए धरने पर उतर आये है ,

ऐसा बताया जाता है की इससे पहले भी ग्रामीणों ने इस मुद्दे पर रायपुर तक पैदल यात्रा कर अपने बात रखने की कोशिश की थी जिस पर अभी तक कोई निर्णय नहीं लिया गया है |

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