Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav on Tuesday appealed to the people of the state on the occasion of ‘Earth Day’ to actively participate in environmental conservation, saying, "This day reminds us of our duties towards the Earth and provides an opportunity to commit to maintaining environmental balance."
Though forests still cover about 30 per cent of the world's land areas, they are disappearing at an alarming rate. In the time it takes to utter the word 'deforestation', another chunk of the forest, the size of a football pitch, gets destroyed. Today, deforestation is largely taking place in the fast growing tropical and sub-tropical regions, and in the rain forests, where population density is traditionally low but is now rising. While temperate zones were deforested long ago, it is now the tropical areas that are being deforested very quickly. The rainforests, the regions of astonishing biodiversity, are now facing major disturbances and human impacts.
After Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) approved cutting 2,700 trees in Aarey Colony, citizens and celebrities alike have united in the protest against the move.
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