Positive human management need of the hour : Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Retd) BD Mishra

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Retd) BD Mishra on Saturday stressed on positive human management to preserve the biodiversity which he said as the need of the hour.

Attending the valedictory function of the two-week-long training programme – ‘Adapting to Climate Change - A Focus on Biodiversity in the Eastern Himalayas’, at Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) in Doimukh near here, he said all laws, rules, and actions initiated proclivity should be in the interest of the people and the nation.

The Governor said that mother earth is benevolent, bountiful, beautiful and bias less. It provides food and shelter to all, if it is used properly but if misused follow calamities. With growing population pressure on earth, unlimited exploitation of resources, the fine balance in nature is disturbed. “The world human community must put it right,” he said. Recalling the Indian cultural heritage towards flora and fauna, Mishra called for unified effort of world community in conservation and protection of natural environment.

He complimented Vice-Chancellor Prof Saket Kushwaha, the university’s Botany department, ATREE (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment) Bangalore for effectively conducting the training programme, which he said is very important for the present scenario of world environment.