● People’s participation has a long history in India.
`star` `color{green}("Efforts by Bishnoi Community :")`
● In 1731, the `color{violet}("king of Jodhpur in Rajasthan")` asked one of his ministers to arrange wood for constructing a new palace.
● The minister and workers went to a forest near a village, inhabited by Bishnois, to cut down trees.
● The `color{brown}("Bishnoi community")` is known for its `color{violet}("peaceful co-existence")` with nature.
● The effort to cut down trees by the kings was thwarted by `color{violet}("the Bishnois.")`
● A `color{brown}("Bishnoi woman Amrita Devi")` showed exemplary courage by hugging a tree and daring king’s men to cut her first before `color{violet}("cutting the tree.")`
● The `color{violet}("tree mattered")` much more to her than her own life.
● Sadly, the king’s men did not heed to `color{violet}("her pleas, and cut down the tree ")` along with `color{violet}("Amrita Devi")`.
● `color{violet}("Her three daughters and hundreds")` of other `color{violet}("Bishnois followed her,")` and thus lost their lives saving trees.
● Nowhere in history do we find a `color{violet}("commitment of this magnitude")` when human beings sacrificed their lives for the cause of the environment.
● The Government of India has recently instituted the `color{brown}("Amrita Devi Bishnoi Wildlife Protection Award ")`for individuals or communities from `color{violet}("rural areas")` that have shown extraordinary courage and `color{violet}("dedication ")`in protecting wildlife.
`star` `color{green}("Chipko Movement:")`
● You may have heard of the `color{brown}("Chipko Movement of Garhwal Himalayas.")`
● In 1974, local women showed enormous bravery in `color{violet}("protecting trees")` from the axe of contractors by `color{violet}("hugging them.")`
● People all over the world have acclaimed the `color{violet}("Chipko movement.")`
`star` `color{green}("JFM:")`
● Realising the `color{violet}("significance of participation")` by `color{violet}("local communities,")` the Government of India in 1980s has introduced the concept of `color{brown}("Joint Forest Management (JFM)")` so as to work closely with the `color{violet}("local communities for protecting")` and managing forests.
● In return for their services to the `color{violet}("forest, the communities")` get benefit of various `color{violet}("forest products")` (e.g., fruits, gum, rubber, medicine, etc.), and thus the forest can be `color{violet}("conserved in a sustainable")` manner.
● People’s participation has a long history in India.
`star` `color{green}("Efforts by Bishnoi Community :")`
● In 1731, the `color{violet}("king of Jodhpur in Rajasthan")` asked one of his ministers to arrange wood for constructing a new palace.
● The minister and workers went to a forest near a village, inhabited by Bishnois, to cut down trees.
● The `color{brown}("Bishnoi community")` is known for its `color{violet}("peaceful co-existence")` with nature.
● The effort to cut down trees by the kings was thwarted by `color{violet}("the Bishnois.")`
● A `color{brown}("Bishnoi woman Amrita Devi")` showed exemplary courage by hugging a tree and daring king’s men to cut her first before `color{violet}("cutting the tree.")`
● The `color{violet}("tree mattered")` much more to her than her own life.
● Sadly, the king’s men did not heed to `color{violet}("her pleas, and cut down the tree ")` along with `color{violet}("Amrita Devi")`.
● `color{violet}("Her three daughters and hundreds")` of other `color{violet}("Bishnois followed her,")` and thus lost their lives saving trees.
● Nowhere in history do we find a `color{violet}("commitment of this magnitude")` when human beings sacrificed their lives for the cause of the environment.
● The Government of India has recently instituted the `color{brown}("Amrita Devi Bishnoi Wildlife Protection Award ")`for individuals or communities from `color{violet}("rural areas")` that have shown extraordinary courage and `color{violet}("dedication ")`in protecting wildlife.
`star` `color{green}("Chipko Movement:")`
● You may have heard of the `color{brown}("Chipko Movement of Garhwal Himalayas.")`
● In 1974, local women showed enormous bravery in `color{violet}("protecting trees")` from the axe of contractors by `color{violet}("hugging them.")`
● People all over the world have acclaimed the `color{violet}("Chipko movement.")`
`star` `color{green}("JFM:")`
● Realising the `color{violet}("significance of participation")` by `color{violet}("local communities,")` the Government of India in 1980s has introduced the concept of `color{brown}("Joint Forest Management (JFM)")` so as to work closely with the `color{violet}("local communities for protecting")` and managing forests.
● In return for their services to the `color{violet}("forest, the communities")` get benefit of various `color{violet}("forest products")` (e.g., fruits, gum, rubber, medicine, etc.), and thus the forest can be `color{violet}("conserved in a sustainable")` manner.