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Wednesday, 04 January 2012 05:19 |
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 In the last twenty five years he has planted 1,20,300 saplings.
Marimuthu Yoganthan is not your average bus conductor. He utters botanical names of trees with the ease of a biologist and talks on eco-conservation and global warming with the zeal of a missionary. After listening to him speak on the hazards of CFCs (he expands it for my benefit), I am stumped to learn later that he has not pursued formal studies beyond school. But then, as I mentioned earlier, he is not just another working Joe.
For the past 25 years, Yoganthan has been campaigning for tree conservation, motivating school and college students into planting trees every year. It’s a business he conducts quietly without any fanfare. He has planted around 1,20,300 saplings so far, and has visited 3,007 educational institutions in Tamil Nadu. His efforts have not gone unnoticed, and Yoganathan has received several awards, including the Timberland Unsung Hero award and the government’s Eco-warrior award. “I have bundled them and put it on the loft. I don’t have space for them,” says this conductor, who lives in a rented house in Coimbatore.
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Monday, 02 January 2012 05:55 |
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 Water is the only thing that distinguishes Earth from other planets as water makes life possible. Though galaxies and solar systems have been searched, water is yet to be found making life impossible anywhere else. Water is essential to all life but once considered infinite, water is proving to be a finite natural source.
Drought has become a part of rural life and water scarcity a part of urban life. The problem is so severe that even Cherapunji, which receives the maximum amount of rainfall in the world, is facing a water crisis!
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Tuesday, 11 October 2011 06:58 |
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 UNESCO World Heritage Committee has decided to restore the World Heritage status to Manas National Park, Assam.
Words hardly suffice to describe that sprawling landscape called Manas National Park in Assam, which converges on the banks of the majestic Manas River flowing down from the Bhutan Himalayas. The atmosphere inside is serene, interrupted only by the occasional chirping of birds and the gurgling sounds of the stream flowing by. The ubiquitous peacock often crosses your path.
In June, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in its 35th conference in Paris decided to restore the World Heritage status to Manas National Park in view of the improved wildlife protection measures and regained resources.
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Saturday, 17 September 2011 06:41 |
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 Low breeding, problem of survival of the young, inadequate recruitment of fawns to adulthood, predatory animals etc could be contributing to the falling Hangul population.
Along with the much-loved tourist spots such as Dal Lake with its breathtaking scenery, Kashmir is also famous for a few other things. One of them is the Kashmir Deer known as the Hangul.
The Kashmir Deer or Hangul Cervus Elaphus Hanglu, a critically endangered deer, is one of the four eastern-most sub-species of Red Deer found in Asia. It is endemic to the mountains of Kashmir in the north-western Himalayan region of India. At present, the only viable Hangul population is confined to the 141 sq. km Dachigam National Park, along with some Hangul herds in the adjoining protected areas.
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Tuesday, 05 July 2011 10:40 |
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 At a time when the diminishing number of tigers in India is a cause of major concern for animal lovers and wildlife experts, there is good news from the Kaziranga National Park, one of the important tiger habitats in the country—the 2010 India Tiger Estimate has recorded considerable increase in the highly endangered animal population here.
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