Some develop kinship with Nature in all its manifestations; birds, plants, stones become his companions. But our deep interest in this earth should not be for itself but as a fir home for human beings. One cannot be truly human and civilized unless one looks upon not only fellow men all creations with the ye of a friend.
Emperor Ashoka’s edicts carved on rock and Iron pillars defined the king’s duties; king is not only a protector of citizen, a punishing authority for the wrong doers but also a preserver of animal life and forest trees. He was the first and perhaps the only monarch until very recently to forbid the killing of a large number of the species of animals for sport or food. He went further regretting the can age of his military congests and enjoining upon his successors to find, “their only pleasure in the peace that comes through righteousness.
In India-in spite of Ashoka’s- we have been guilty of wanton disregard for the source of out sustenance. There is a rapid deterioration of flora and fauna. Some wild life has been wiped out; miles of forest with beautiful old tree- mute witness of history-have been destroyed. Though out industrial development is in its infancy still it has been responsible for serious environmental imbalances. As a result, of it even human beings are imperiled.
It is sad that in country after country progress should be come synonymous with an assault on nature. We who are part of nature and dependent on her for every need speak constantly about ‘exploiting’ Nature. When the highest mountain the world was climbed in 1953, Mr. Nehru objected to the phrase “Conquest of Everest”, which he thought was arrogance. When Edward Thompson, a British writer told Mr. Gandhi that the wild life was fast disappearing the latter replied “It is decreasing in the jungle but it is increasing the towns”.
The environmental problems of the developing countries are not the side-effects of excessive industrialization but reflect the inadequacy of development. The rich countries look upon development as the course of environmental destruction but to us it is one of the primary means of improving the environment for living or providing food water, sanitation and shelter of making the deserts green and mountains habitable. It is a matter of common observation that, however much a man hankers after material goods he can never get full satisfaction. The higher standards of living can be achieved without despoiling Nature of its beauty, freshness and purity-so essential to our life.
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