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Meira Kumar Advocates Ecologically Sustainable Development Path

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has advocated the need to follow ecologically sustainable development path, saying that the country has a legacy of according high value to environment and ecology, reported PTI.

“There is no doubt that the objectives of economic and social development of our people and the eradication of poverty are overriding. Nonetheless, the development path that we adopt has to be ecologically sustainable,” she was quoted as saying.

She made the statement while addressing a symposium on ‘Urgency in Addressing the Needs of Environment and Conservation of Wildlife’, which was conducted by state assembly on the concluding day of the presiding officers’ meet, said report.

“We have a legacy of respecting rivers, trees, and animals; we have a legacy of putting high value on the environment and ecology,” she was quoted as saying.

“It is an obligation and responsibility and also a compulsion for our own survival that we protect and conserve our environment and wildlife while pursuing a development model that empowers our people,” Kumar was quoted as saying.

The Lok Sabha Speaker highlighted that for the success of all conservation efforts, there was need of greater involvement of local communities and local governments, said report.

She said that the Joint Forest Management (JFM) system properly exemplified people’s involvement in forest conservation and management, said report.

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