Dr R G Nadadur, President, Environment Association of Bangalore (EAB) was invited to address a Webinar that was organized by the Indus International Research Foundation (IIRF), New Delhi, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Udaipur Chapter and Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur to mark the World Environment Day. Apart from Dr Nadadur, Sri Subbaiah, Sri Kumaraswamy, Sri Bhaskar, Dr Honne Gowda and Sri Laksh Kumar of EAB also participated in the Webinar.
Dr Nadadur started his talk by paying respectful homage of EAB to the renowned environmentalist Sri Sunderlal Bahuguna who passed away a few days ago. He spent most of his life fighting for the environment, and in educating villagers on how to prevent the destruction of forests in the Himalayan region. He spoke of the theme of the World Environment Day 2021, which was Ecosystem Restoration and said that the day would see the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Ecosystem Restoration can take many forms: combating pollution, water shortage, global warming, waste disposal, loss of biodiversity and deforestation and also growing trees, greening cities, rejuvenating public gardens, changing diets, cleaning up rivers and coasts, and conserving water. Dr Nadadur spoke at length about water as the crucial natural resource for all living beings. Even though our planet is 70% water, only a small percentage of that, around 2.5% is fresh and sweet water. The 2.5% of fresh water exists mostly as ice or permanent snow cover. It is frozen solid in large glaciers in various parts of our world. Almost all of the fresh water that is available for human use is either contained in soil and rocks below the surface, called groundwater, or in rivers and lakes, called surface water. What are the causes of Water Depletion?
What are the effects of Water Depletion?
What are the possible Solutions?
While concluding, Dr Nadadur spoke about EAB and said that its focus has always been on water – water conservation, water recycling, water harvesting, restoration and rejuvenation of water bodies, watershed management and so on. He added that EAB is now focusing on rain water harvesting works in schools, as a part of its ‘catch them young’ initiative. The aim is to drive home to the youngsters the importance of water and how to conserve it. He invited the audience to visit the website of EAB – www.eabindia.org and also its page on Facebook and share their suggestions and comments. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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