Biodiversity- a ray of hope?

Biodiversity—the variety of plants, animals and ecosystems in the world—is a measure of our planet’s health. Overexploitation of species, habitat destruction, and the introduction of invasive species are threatening Earth’s biodiversity. It’s time to turn the tide. 

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International Climate Action Newsletter

International Climate Action Newsletter

Mass extinction study provides lessons for modern world

Mass extinction study provides lessons for modern world

Plant A Pledge- IUCN

Mankind has removed more than half of the planet's original forest cover. All the time this land stays barren and unrestored, the lives of millions of people and the survival of entire communities, cultures and ecosystems, remain under threat.

We can restore many of these landscapes. A restored landscape can accommodate a mosaic of different land uses. Forest and landscape restoration turns barren or degraded areas of land into healthy, fertile, working landscapes that can meet the needs of people and the natural environment.

In 2011, an international assembly of high-level representatives from governments, businesses and conservation groups set a target to restore 150 million hectares of degraded lands by 2020. This agreement is called the Bonn Challenge.

Reaching the target will demand the success of dozens, possibly hundreds of landscape restoration projects around the world.

It's going to take the biggest restoration initiative the world has ever seen.

And it will take pledges of support from millions of people, businesses and organisations to put pressure on governments to make it happen.

And it all starts when you Plant A Pledge with us today.

Source: IUCN and Plant A Pledge

Big Achievement for Red Tape Movement

Dear Green Soldiers,

Big Achievement for Red Tape Movement.

Appreciation by an International Organization IUCN, on 26th October, 2012. 

Red Tape Movement is thankful to IUCN for appreciation and support to Red Tape Movement. View tweet by IUCN at twitter site of IUCN. 

I am also thankful to NGO "Swami Vivekanand Sewa Sansthan, Etawah", Mr. Sanjay Saxena, Dr. Rajeev Chauhan, Mr. Ravindra Dixit and all the supporters of this movement for their co-operation to reach this level.

I thank you. 

Prabhat Misra

The Power of We: Red Tape Movement

My name is Prabhat Misra; I am in government job as an officer in the district Etawah [U.P., India]. I am also running a peaceful and non-violent movement to save trees and bio-diversity, named "RED TAPE MOVEMENT", in Etawah. This movement was started by me on 5th June, 2008. Under this movement, especially on a holiday, we choose a village and go to this village and do plantation and then tie red tapes on existing trees trunks, with the help of villagers and there, we give them message that to cut the trees is lethal for our future and generations to come. I started this movement with the help of a local N.G.O. named “Swami Vivekanand Sewa Sansthan”, Etawah. Initially, we faced the problem of co-operation at grass root level. Later, with continuous awareness campaign, regarding the importance of trees and bio-diversity and dangers of Climate Change, at grass root level, especially with villagers, positively changed the co-operation. Till now, we have tied Red Tapes on about 10,000 trees trunks with the help of villagers. Red Tape Movement has now taken a big shape, from few peoples to many peoples co-operation, in the form of “Peoples Participation Movement”. Red Tape Movement has also been the part of several actions such as Earth Day, Earth Hour, 350.org’s Connect the Dots and many more days of action. Such people’s participation movements are the need of the hour to save our biodiversity and nature. 

My experience about this movement is very positive and energetic. We are living in a world which is under “transition and transformation phase” of energy and facing the problem of Climate Change. So, we must develop a better and natural “GHG Sink system” to achieve 350 ppm CO2 level in the atmosphere. Trees are “Best Natural Sinks” of CO2 and will be helpful to tackle with Climate Change. World Community should keep one fundamental rule, while making any planning, that, “United We” can save earth from Climate Change, through such peoples participatory grass root level awareness movements. This is MUST to save our beautiful Earth from Climate Change for our future generations to come. Red Tape movement is now spreading fast at grass root level and peoples are supporting our move to protect and save trees and bio-diversity.  

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Earth Hour in Etawah- 2012

On Earth Hour Day, we will organize Earth Hour in block Mahewa. The event will be organised in a ravine forest village named, "Aasayi" [Block- Mahewa, District- Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India]. This development block is the FIRST DEVELOPMENT BLOCK of INDIA. Currently, i have the additional charge of B.D.O. [ Block Development Officer ] of Mahewa. On this day, we will tie the RED TAPES on trees trunks, through RED TAPE MOVEMENT, to give the message that to cut trees is DANGEROUS to the survival of life on this BLUE PLANET. RED TAPE MOVEMENT is run and was started by me to save trees and biodiversity, in Etawah. We will pursue grass root level people to switch off their bulbs, between the period of 8.30 P.M. to 9.30 P.M. on 31/03/2012