{"id":156961,"date":"2024-10-19T09:59:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T09:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/19\/indias-development-pathway-intertwines-with-ecological-conservation\/"},"modified":"2024-10-19T09:59:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T09:59:06","slug":"indias-development-pathway-intertwines-with-ecological-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/19\/indias-development-pathway-intertwines-with-ecological-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s development pathway intertwines with ecological conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1152\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-114372490,imgsize-1565921.cms?fit=1152,896&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"India\u2019s development pathway intertwines with ecological conservation\" title=\"India\u2019s development pathway intertwines with ecological conservation\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"18\">As the global community prepares for a season of UN-led environment-related negotiations, beginning with <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/biodiversity-talks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">biodiversity talks<\/a> in Cali, Colombia next week, India showcased the way its development story intertwines with <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ecological-conservation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ecological conservation<\/a>, including the role that <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/tribal-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tribal communities<\/a> play in conservation efforts. <\/p>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:1-->This, according to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, is clearly demonstrated in the \u201cshinning success\u201d of <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/project-tiger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Tiger<\/a>. India is home to 70 per cent of world\u2019s wild tiger population.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the inauguration of the art exhibition \u2018Silent Conversation\u2019, organised by the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/national-tiger-conservation-authority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Tiger Conservation Authority<\/a> and <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sankala-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sankala Foundation<\/a>, a Delhi-based organisation focused on sustainability, Jaishankar focused on the contribution of tribal and other local communities.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe tribal communities have been the unsung heroes behind the shining success of Project Tiger. They deserve immense credit of this achievement.\u201d Focusing on the important role that tribal communities play, Jaishankar spoke of their guardianship of forests and protection to wildlife by planting trees and fighting off poachers. \u201cAny policy works best when it is absorbed by all citizens\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Elucidating on how India\u2019s development story was intertwined with environmental conservation, Jaishankar underscored the government\u2019s commitment to the welfare of tribal communities. Referring to the 2022 amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act, according to Jaishankar was an effort to balance environment with development needs. The government, he said, is committed to the welfare of the Scheduled Tribes.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/include_growfast.cms?pagename=article&skipcss=1potime:1--><br \/>The concept of Antodaya scheme was based on the principle of upliftment of the marginalised groups and ensuring that no one is left behind. The intertwined nature of environmental wellbeing and development underpins India\u2019s efforts in the environmental space. India\u2019s stewardship of the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/international-solar-alliance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Solar Alliance<\/a>, which was founded along with France, promoting the practice of yoga across the world, and pushing the consumption of millets is underpinned by the recognition that development and <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/environmental-well-being\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">environmental well-being<\/a> are inexorably interlinked. must happen simultaneously. The intertwined nature of development and environmental well-being and people\u2019s participation was underscored by Environment, Forests, and <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate Change<\/a> Minister Bhupendra Yadav, who addressed the gathering via a video message. He said that the effort to highlight the co-existence of communities and nature is evident from the way they live, protect and respect nature. Yadav said that this focus was important as the world address the triple environmental threat of climate change, loss of biodiversity and desertification of soil.Bharat Lal, Member Secretary, National Human Rights Commission pointed out that the tribal population had been the biggest beneficiary of the government\u2019s schemes in the past 10 years which are aimed at reaching out to the last person. Tribal communities, Lal said, followed the conservation ethos of using nature for human need rather than greed.<\/p>\n<p>There are over 1,70,000 villages as per the 2011 Census, located close to forested areas and more than 300 million people, according to the 2021 India State of Forest Report 2021, dependent on the forests for their livelihood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/indias-development-pathway-intertwines-with-ecological-conservation\/articleshow\/114372490.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the global community prepares for a season of UN-led environment-related negotiations, beginning with biodiversity talks in Cali, Colombia next week, India showcased the way its development story intertwines with ecological conservation, including the role that tribal communities play in conservation efforts. 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