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PAN INDIA CITIZENS CAMPAIGN AGAINST FOREST CONSERVATION AMENDMENT BILL 2023 BEING LAUNCHED STARTING SUNDAY 16 JULY

The Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 will be tabled in the monsoon session of the parliament starting on 20th July. This amendment bill seeks to open most of India's natural, biodiversity rich old growth forests for commercialisation, infrastructure development, industrialisation and other purposes.

CAMPAIGN ASKS:

1) Calling all rural and urban citizens across different states and union territories in India to collect in groups of 6 or 10 or 20 or 30 or more on Sunday 16 July this weekend in a local forest or green area and get photos clicked with a serious expression on your faces holding placards in English, Hindi and your state's regional language. Get photos clicked of 1 or 2 people standing showing what is written on the placard clearly and group photos as well.

Share the photos on the groups.

2) Also click photos of human chain formed and people hugging trees with serious look on their faces.

3) Along with any of the below lines written in English, Hindi or regional language, placard must mention name of village / city along with the state at the bottom.

4) Write content of placards in all capital letters with neat handwriting with thick marker pen so it is clearly visible from a distance in the images.

5) Feel free to draw draw some trees, leaves, wildlife images on the placards on the sides.

6) Amplify protest in your local print and television news media. Share press release with media in your areas.

7) please post messages on your social media and groups so as to create awareness on this critical issue that affects each and every Indian.

8) Convert these below lines of the placards into your regional language and use.

SUGGESTED MESSAGES TO BE PUT ON PLACARDS ALONG WITH 2 HASHTAGS GIVEN BELOW:

Please use these 2 hashtags on all social media - FB, Insta and Twitter and on all the placards.

#ScrapForestConservationAmendmentBill2023

#SaveIndianForests

POSTERS / PLACARD CONTENT IN ENGLISH:

1) Withdraw the regressive Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023.

2) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 is against people and wildlife.

3) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 is against the Indian Constitution.

4) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 will destroy India's biodiversity rich forests.

5) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 will destroy India's sacred groves.

6) Forests = Clean Air + Water Security

7) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 will destroy wildlife habitats and corridors.

8) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 is not interested in conserving old growth forests.

9) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 wrongly glorifies plantations.

10) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 promotes large scale commercialization of Indian forests.

11) Forest Destruction = River Catchment Area Destruction = No Water Security

12) Climate action demands strengthening of forest laws, not their dilution.

13) Plantations cannot restore ecological benefits and biodiversity loss of old growth forests.

14) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 undermines the rights of forest dependent communities.

15) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 ignores importance of forests as habitat for rare and endangered species.

16) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 is against the National Forest Policy 1988.

17) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 goes against the government's
constitutional duty to protect our forests.

18) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 promotes infrastructure development in our hills and mountains, which will intensify floods and landslides.

19) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 does not protect right of forest dwelling communities.

20) Exemptions of zoos and safaris opens our forests for commercialisation.

21) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 goes against citizen's constitutional right to a clean environment.

22) Forest dwelling and tribal communities are integral to the survival of forests.

23) Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 will aggravate climate change impacts, air pollution and water stress.

24) Forest Conservation Amendment Act 2023 is against core spirit of Forest Rights Act 2006.

As CM lobbied, Centre went against rules, courts to allow river mining in Uttarakhand https://www.reporters-collective.in/trc/as-cm-lobbied-centre-went-against-rules-courts-to-allow-river-mining-in-uttarakhand Tapasya & Aggam Walia July 17, 2023
Before the onset of monsoon, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami personally lobbied with the Centre to keep mining four rivers. The Centre, ruled by his fellow partymen, fulfilled his demand in breach of critical environmental safeguards.

One of the four rivers is Gaula, which is a lifeline for the state’s populous and commercially prosperous city of Haldwani. The river is dying. During the lean season, most of its length is hardly more than a shallow and sometimes bone-dry due to deforestation, excessive mining and pollution..

Documents show the Union government repeatedly approved mining in Gaula despite the state government’s failure to comply with terms to protect the environment. ...Moreover, the permission to mine was granted overlooking the errant miner’s history of flouting multiple norms as it dug up boulders, sand, gravel and other minerals from the rivers for the past decade...

Documents show the Union government repeatedly approved mining in Gaula despite the state government’s failure to comply with terms to protect the environment...Moreover, the permission to mine was granted overlooking the errant miner’s history of flouting multiple norms as it dug up boulders, sand, gravel and other minerals from the rivers for the past decade.

Humans living on Moon: Chandrayaan-3 to explore possibilities, says Union Minister https://www.livemint.com/news/india/humans-living-on-moon-chandrayaan-3-to-explore-possibilities-says-union-minister-dr-jitendra-singh/amp-11689402364625.html

‘Those who had landed before us could not procure those findings which were obtained by Chandrayaan,’ said Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh. video  https://twitter.com/i/status/1680094912577142785  Chandrayaan-3 aims to achieve what its predecessor, Chandrayaan-2, was unable to accomplish during its attempted soft landing on the lunar surface in 2019. This mission will position India as the fourth country, following the United States, China, and Russia, to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon, highlighting the nation's prowess in safe and gentle lunar landings.

Chandrayaan-3: ‘Let us keep our fingers crossed,’ says ex-ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan. Top 10 points  15 Jul 2023,https://www.livemint.com/news/india/chandrayaan3-let-us-keep-our-fingers-crossed-says-ex-isro-scientist-nambi-narayanan-top-10-points/amp-11689387354352.html

ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission successfully launched using GSLV Mark 3 from Sriharikota. It aims to land on the moon's surface and gather data. Once it reaches the moon's surface, Chandrayaan-3 will operate for one lunar day, equivalent to approximately 14 Earth days. This timeframe allows the mission to maximize its exploration and data-gathering activities during the limited operational period on the Moon.

Comment J Hoover:These imbeciles are making life miserable for people in India by destroying God-Given Biodiversity. But, they are exploring the possibility of humans living on the moon! Wow! There is something seriously quirky about the current Gang of Destructive Parliamentarians.