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“Preserve forests for posterity”

Photo: M. Periasamy

President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Coimbatore)

Coimbatore: Forests provide food and water for human beings and it is essential that they be protected for the well being of future generations too, said V.T. Kandasamy, Conservator of Forests – Coimbatore circle, here on Monday.

He was speaking at the World Forest Day celebrations marking the International Year of Forests 2011 organised by Osai (an NGO for nature conservation) and NSS unit of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.

Mr. Kandasamy said that human beings that came into existence just 5,000 years ago was posing threat to even earth that came into existence 4 billion years ago. “Our forests produce food, air and medicine, which are freely available to all, but human beings fail to understand the value of it.” Failure to conserve the bio-diversity would endanger food, environment and water security.

Of the 21 bio-diversity hotspots of the world, three were in India – Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats and Himalayas.

Of the 45,000 species of vegetations, 20 are used for food and four of them were important. He pointed out that non-governmental organisations, institutions and people coming forward to celebrate Forest Day was a welcome change.

Registrar of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University P. Subbian said that a healthy forest could ensure a wealthy nation. He asked students to grow trees to enhance the green cover to make living a pleasant experience for human beings.

President of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry M. Krishnan took part in the celebrations. A film on “Truth about Tigers” was screened for students, which was followed by an interactive session.

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