Ecological Balance

Where would you go when you are free and fed up watching the idiot box or sleeping in the home? In short, what recreational facilities would you look for? I think many of you would go for a multiplex, a restaurant, a relative’s house or a mall. Of course that’s what even I would do if I have just few hours at my hand, but I wouldn’t think of them if I have few days at my service. I would go and enjoy the nature in its raw form, distant from the polluted cities and industrialized town and villages. I would go and have a pure breath in some deep forest or a valley. It’s not only healthy, but makes one forget and move away from the day to day worries, and chores a human is entitled to undergo. I would like to change the definition of the word “Aesthetic sense” if given an opportunity by associating it with the “Nature.”But the credentials of these so called natural heritage sites are changing drastically due to various human activities like industrialization, deforestation, poaching etc.

These natural heritage locations vary in the genre; like lakes, mountains, forests, wildlife etc. But, visiting and enjoying these beautiful places need to be done with utmost care and caution so as not to harm the very nature of it. I think many of you had seen the advertisement of “Save Our Tigers,” but how many of you had visited the website?? Not many I think, but among those who were aware of the campaign, what would be the number who helped it by donating? If not, there are few other ways for fighting the cause. But, how many had ever thought of doing any thing for this cause? I know few who would love to donate to the orphanages, but how is a tiger’s life less valuable than an orphan’s?

There wouldn't be any difference even if a thousand orphans die, as we have lakhs of them and even their number increase every year even though many of us help for their upliftment. But if the same thousand of our national animal "Tiger" die, we would take the distinction of "The Only Country whose national animal is not found in its territory." Would you be happy with such a distinction to our country? If so, then rip of your title of a social animal and rename yourself as an egocentric animal. But if you want to help in preserving the nature, there are many other ways like green living etc, the details of which can be found in the web. Encourage the tourist guides by hiring them in the places of Natural or Environmental Heritages as they might indulge themselves in poaching, deforestation etc., for their livelihood. Don’t think that they are burning your pocket, but assure yourself that you are protecting the nature. Also buy some useful handicrafts made by the people living in those areas.

If all these small things are not feasible to you, then it’s high time that you should encourage the government to rename our National Animal as, “Human Being,” for us a billion strong people whose count increases every second. Also, one might encourage consuming their meat (like chicken, mutton) for they would be brought up in farm lands like the hen, goat etc. Remember these are not among the endangered species as many people breed them in the farms to earn money, which might become the case even with tigers. If the wild animals are killed, people would feel free to exploit the forest, the rivers and flora and fauna disturbing the ecological cycle of the planet. So, be certain of the path you choose.

Another important beauty that needed to be taken care of is the shoreline of the country. The seas not only reduce our prominent malignant neighbours, but they also boost the tourism of the cities that are along its shore. Now-a-days, we see many of the seas/beaches being polluted by draining the sewage water in to them, making them in habitual for the various species. So, is it not our duty to protect the greenery, forest cover, wild life and beaches of our country? There should be an ecological balance for the humans to survive. So, we should preserve the nature in order to protect over selves from the natural disasters. Yes, it has a selfish touch too that many of us love!!! So, what are you waiting for??

Even the government had taken initiative in order to preserve the greenery and the beautification of the beaches of Goa by allocating a huge fund of Rs. 200 crores in this budget. So, why only we should lag?