• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
With Mumbai’s Biodiversity and Green Spaces under Threat, City’s Youth and Experts Unite to Demand for a Greener and Sustainable City

With Mumbai’s Biodiversity and Green Spaces under Threat, City’s Youth and Experts Unite to Demand for a Greener and Sustainable City

September 3, 2020
Arjun Rampal wrote an emotional note for daughter Mahikaa on her 19th birthday

Arjun Rampal wrote an emotional note for daughter Mahikaa on her 19th birthday

January 17, 2021
Akshay Kumar ask people to contribute for Ayodhya’s Ram Temple construction, shares video

Akshay Kumar ask people to contribute for Ayodhya’s Ram Temple construction, shares video

January 17, 2021
BJP MLA Ram Kadam files complaint against the makers of Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Tandav’

BJP MLA Ram Kadam files complaint against the makers of Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Tandav’

January 17, 2021
Bigg Boss 14: Eijaz Khan Is Evicted Of Bigg Boss House; Devoleena Bhattacharjee To Take His Place?

Bigg Boss 14: Eijaz Khan Is Evicted Of Bigg Boss House; Devoleena Bhattacharjee To Take His Place?

January 17, 2021
Bigg Boss 14: Aly Goni gets slammed by VJ Andy on social media; says, ‘Jhooth bole kauwa kaathe’ for his false narrative around Rubina Dilaik

Bigg Boss 14: Aly Goni gets slammed by VJ Andy on social media; says, ‘Jhooth bole kauwa kaathe’ for his false narrative around Rubina Dilaik

January 17, 2021
Kangana Ranaut Lashes Out At Karan Johar As Film Critic Rajeev Masand Gets Appointed As Dharma’s COO

Kangana Ranaut Lashes Out At Karan Johar As Film Critic Rajeev Masand Gets Appointed As Dharma’s COO

January 17, 2021
Rohit Sharma ‘Throws Away’ His Wicket In Brisbane Test, Twitter Reacts With Memes

Rohit Sharma ‘Throws Away’ His Wicket In Brisbane Test, Twitter Reacts With Memes

January 17, 2021
Bidita Bag raises heat in these hot pictures; check pics

Bidita Bag raises heat in these hot pictures; check pics

January 17, 2021
Amazon launches FireTV Edition Smart TVs in India, specifications, price

Amazon launches FireTV Edition Smart TVs in India, specifications, price

January 17, 2021
Mouni Roy To Marry Dubai-Based Banker Suraj Nambiar?

Mouni Roy To Marry Dubai-Based Banker Suraj Nambiar?

January 17, 2021
Internet in splits after ‘Hyderabad Style’ address goes viral, check here

Internet in splits after ‘Hyderabad Style’ address goes viral, check here

January 17, 2021
Signal faces global outage due to this reason

Signal faces global outage due to this reason

January 16, 2021
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Buzzyoo
  • Home
  • Viral
  • Trending
  • World
  • BuzzyooTV
  • Sci & Tech
  • Fashion & Lifestyle
    • All
    • Romance
    Neha Malik sets internet on fire with her bold bikini photos

    Neha Malik sets internet on fire with her bold bikini photos

    Aashka Goradia’s stunning swimwear pics can’t be missed

    Aashka Goradia’s stunning swimwear pics can’t be missed

    Esha Gupta Looks Sexy in Sultry Instagram Posts, Check Pics

    Esha Gupta Looks Sexy in Sultry Instagram Posts, Check Pics

    Shanaya Kapoor’s latest photoshoot is hot and sizzling, see pics

    Shanaya Kapoor’s latest photoshoot is hot and sizzling, see pics

    Naagin 5 actress Surbhi Chandna looks very hot in her latest pics

    Naagin 5 actress Surbhi Chandna looks very hot in her latest pics

    Shehnaaz Gill looks stunning in pink sweater, gives perfect winter goals

    Shehnaaz Gill looks stunning in pink sweater, gives perfect winter goals

    Sara Ali Khan Gives Winter Fashion Goals With Her Christian Dior Poncho and Suede Boots

    Sara Ali Khan Gives Winter Fashion Goals With Her Christian Dior Poncho and Suede Boots

    Malavika Mohanan Looks Stunning In A Thigh-High Slit Dress As She Kickstarts ‘Master’ Promotions

    Malavika Mohanan Looks Stunning In A Thigh-High Slit Dress As She Kickstarts ‘Master’ Promotions

    Nora Fatehi Looks Stunning in a Shiny Figure-Hugging Gown

    Nora Fatehi Looks Stunning in a Shiny Figure-Hugging Gown

  • Cricket
  • ENTERTAINMENT
    Arjun Rampal wrote an emotional note for daughter Mahikaa on her 19th birthday

    Arjun Rampal wrote an emotional note for daughter Mahikaa on her 19th birthday

    BJP MLA Ram Kadam files complaint against the makers of Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Tandav’

    BJP MLA Ram Kadam files complaint against the makers of Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Tandav’

    Bigg Boss 14: Eijaz Khan Is Evicted Of Bigg Boss House; Devoleena Bhattacharjee To Take His Place?

    Bigg Boss 14: Eijaz Khan Is Evicted Of Bigg Boss House; Devoleena Bhattacharjee To Take His Place?

    Bigg Boss 14: Aly Goni gets slammed by VJ Andy on social media; says, ‘Jhooth bole kauwa kaathe’ for his false narrative around Rubina Dilaik

    Bigg Boss 14: Aly Goni gets slammed by VJ Andy on social media; says, ‘Jhooth bole kauwa kaathe’ for his false narrative around Rubina Dilaik

    Kangana Ranaut Lashes Out At Karan Johar As Film Critic Rajeev Masand Gets Appointed As Dharma’s COO

    Kangana Ranaut Lashes Out At Karan Johar As Film Critic Rajeev Masand Gets Appointed As Dharma’s COO

    Bidita Bag raises heat in these hot pictures; check pics

    Bidita Bag raises heat in these hot pictures; check pics

    Mouni Roy To Marry Dubai-Based Banker Suraj Nambiar?

    Mouni Roy To Marry Dubai-Based Banker Suraj Nambiar?

    Shehnaaz Gill, Yuvika, Kishwer Merchantt and other celebs mourns Bigg Boss talent manager’s death

    Shehnaaz Gill, Yuvika, Kishwer Merchantt and other celebs mourns Bigg Boss talent manager’s death

    Mumbai Saga sold to Amazon, three more films might take the OTT route

    Mumbai Saga sold to Amazon, three more films might take the OTT route

  • News
Buzzyoo
No Result
View All Result

With Mumbai’s Biodiversity and Green Spaces under Threat, City’s Youth and Experts Unite to Demand for a Greener and Sustainable City

by BuzzYoo
September 3, 2020
in Business
3 min read
0
With Mumbai’s Biodiversity and Green Spaces under Threat, City’s Youth and Experts Unite to Demand for a Greener and Sustainable City
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Ministry of Mumbai’s Magic, a citizen’s collective announced Biodiversity by The Bay Campaign, which aims to create a movement of young, progressive Mumbaikars who lead an inclusive and an active climate debate, to safeguard the biodiversity and green cover in the city. Aligned with this aim, the youth and subject matter experts have come together to invoke government action towards preserving the city’s rich biodiversity.

 

RelatedPosts

Nimbella, Postman and HackerEarth Announce 2 Weeks Coding Tourney #DeveloperIPL 2020 Game

The World’s First Online Service Booking for Event Management & Wedding Planning is here

Ujwal Nirgudkar Appointed as Member of Oscar Academy’s Science & Technology Council

Shutterstock

 

In the last few decades, the city has witnessed shrinking of city parks and natural forests. The well-being and livelihood security of indigenous communities have been largely ignored on the account of development. At the same time, in recent years, the numbers of Flamingos have multiplied on the few remaining wetlands which calls to attention the need to protect these spaces. Young Mumbaikars have come together to demand the protection of biodiversity and green spaces for a Mumbai where sustainability and modernity go hand-in-hand. The campaign will culminate in engagement with key stakeholders like the BMC, and writing to Aditya Thackeray, Maharashtra’s Environment and Tourism Minister, to initiate conversation on the future of Mumbai’s biodiversity. The appeal includes a five-point action plan including the protection of Lesser Flamingos and their habitats, given their significance to Mumbai; acknowledging Aarey as a forest and increasing the protection for Mumbai’s green cover; proposing a supportive policy for the Koli community’s livelihoods, in consultation with the community; and protecting and growing Mumbai’s parks.

 

One of the partners of the movement, Bhagwan Kesbhat, Founder of Waatavaran Foundation, said, “Nature is in crisis, as we are losing species at a rate 1,000 times greater than at any other time in recorded human history. One million species face extinction. 2020 is a year which has given an opportunity to bring nature back from the brink. Hence, we are launching Biodiversity by The Bay Campaign to galvanize urgent and transformative action by Mumbai authorities and state governments and all of society, including indigenous people and local communities. Mumbaikars must take a pledge to protect the natural biodiverse ecosystems of Mumbai.”

 

Today, Mumbai stands at a critical point in its history with its rich ecosystem and unique biodiversity under threat owing to unsustainable planning and rapidly growing emissions. This has created a multifold impact on the city with reducing green cover and deforestation being the two biggest issues. According to a study published by IIT Bombay in January 2020, the city has lost 60% of its green cover in the last 40 years and is now left with only 13% of green cover. Goregaon, Andheri West, and Malad are some of the worst hit parts. From 62.5% green space in 2001 the city came down to 17% in 2011.

 

Speaking about the movement, Antaraa Vasudev, Founder, Civis, a partner organization conducting a consultation on urban parks, said, “If Mumbai needs to embrace sustainable urban planning – this movement has to be led by the people. Constructive citizen’s engagement around shared facilities like Parks, not only gives the Government actionable feedback that they can design policies around, but also gets communities involved in creating joint ownership of public spaces.”

 

The campaign will also include a Townhall with representatives from the State Environment Ministry, artistic submissions of youth imagining the future of green Mumbai, music concerts, virtual conferences aimed at creating discussions around the necessary policy interventions. Reputed environmentalist Stalin Dayanand along with senior advocate Gayatri Singh and advocate Zaman Ali from Mumbai High Court recently conducted a virtual conference for city’s law students to analyse existing laws to manage and conserve wetlands and procedure of drafting recommendations to influence sustainable policymaking. Renowned architects and professors from the city such as Rahul Kadri, Shilpa Chandawarkar, and Pranav Naik will be engaging with architect students tomorrow to discuss sustainable town planning and urban development.

 

While the BMC has devised an Open Space Policy and in its Development Plan (2014-2034) for the city promised 6.13 square metres of open space per person including forests and mangroves, along with a commitment to a 100 new parks, how much of this open green space will be accessible remains a big question. Mumbai has some of the most rapid urban growth in the country, which keeps adding to air pollution, carbon emissions, water scarcity and poor public infrastructure. This has struck the young Mumbaikars motivating them to act and save the city.

This post is automatically published via newsvoir.com

Share2Tweet2Share1
BuzzYoo

BuzzYoo

Related Posts

Nimbella, Postman and HackerEarth Announce 2 Weeks Coding Tourney #DeveloperIPL 2020 Game
Business

Nimbella, Postman and HackerEarth Announce 2 Weeks Coding Tourney #DeveloperIPL 2020 Game

October 6, 2020
The World’s First Online Service Booking for Event Management & Wedding Planning is here
Business

The World’s First Online Service Booking for Event Management & Wedding Planning is here

October 6, 2020
Ujwal Nirgudkar Appointed as Member of Oscar Academy’s Science & Technology Council
Business

Ujwal Nirgudkar Appointed as Member of Oscar Academy’s Science & Technology Council

October 6, 2020
Vision to Empower Over 10 Lakh Girl Child by 2030: BBG Foundation
Business

Vision to Empower Over 10 Lakh Girl Child by 2030: BBG Foundation

October 5, 2020
Load More
Buzzyoo

Copyright © 2019 Buzzyoo.

Links

  • About Us
  • Advertise with us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Travel
  • FOOD & DRINKS

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Viral
  • Trending
  • World
  • BuzzyooTV
  • Sci & Tech
  • Fashion & Lifestyle
  • Cricket
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • News

Copyright © 2019 Buzzyoo.

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In