Governor Draupadi Murmu during the inaugural session of the third International Conference on Environment and Ecology (ICEE 2017) at St Xavier’s College here on Monday emphasised on preserving and nurturing the environment by adopting all sustainable measures.
“It is our moral and social responsibility to protect the environment. Nature festivals inspire and educate each one of us to think about our environment and adopt all measures to conserve it. People celebrating festivals like Sarhul, Baha, Bonga and Karma are the real protectors of the ecology and eco-system. Development cannot be done without paying attention towards the depleting resources,” the Governor said while addressing the research scholars during the programme.
Appreciating the programme jointly organized by the Botany Department of St. Xavier’s College in association with International Foundation for Environment and Ecology, Kolkata, the Governor, said, “The educational institutions including the schools, colleges and universities must introduce environmental education with a view to make our students aware regarding the need to protect the Mother Earth.”
“We must be alert to save our environment and make a healthy world. We must protect our ecological pyramids and Ecological niches. Every life in Biosphere has its own importance,” added the Governor.
A 10 Volume Encyclopedia titled ‘World Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environment’ edited by Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi along with Dr. Tanmoy Rudra, Dr. Arnesha Guha was released by the Governor and other dignitaries. The programme organized on the theme ‘Make India Clean as well as Cleaning Up Technologies’ highlighted on prominent themes like environmental biotechnology and microbiology, biodiversity dynamics and crisis, air, water, soil, noise pollution and its control strategies, environmental toxicology and human health issues, aquatic resource management, role of NGOs to protect the environment, environmental policies, laws and legislations, remote sensing, environmental auditing and life cycle assessment.
The third international conference will strengthen the flagship programme ‘Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan’ as envisaged by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi said the experts present on the occasion. Approximately, 500 research papers were presented on the first day. Speakers from both national and international institutes attended the programme providing the glimpse of the development being made in the scientific world.