Jammu, Feb 17: Making a fervent appeal to the people to grow more trees, Senior BJP leader Devender Singh Rana Thursday appreciated the endeavours of the citizenry in general and the organizations engaged in environmental conservation in particular for contributing towards conservation of ecology to protect the earth”
“Conservation of ecology is imperative for protecting the human race, as also bio-diversity”, Devender Rana said while addressing a day-long conference on ‘Together we can grow more forests on wasteland to serve the life on land’, organized by Paryavaran and Wasteland Development Co-operative Society, Nagrota at K.L Sehgal Hall here this afternoon.
Rana observed: “While we must take pledge to grow trees wherever possible including at the wastelands, the preservation of the existing trees should not lose our attention”
He re emphasized the importance of the green cover for human life and biodiversity, saying plantation has assumed more significance in the prevailing pollution filled atmosphere to clean air and refresh the environment, as forests help in absorbing toxic gases like carbon. They help to prevent soil erosion and uphold the fertility of the soil. Forests help to establish oxygen and carbon balance in nature, imperative for maintaining an ecological balance, he added.
Devender Rana supported the constitution of J&K Wasteland Development Board for synergizing the efforts in afforestation and preserving ecological balance.
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