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It is pretty certain that we wil be spending considerable effort and resources in this century on measures to prevent humanity falling into the abyss of hunger and man made disaster. Centuries of ruthless exploitation of nature has taken its toll. Drastic climate change is almost a certainty. Food security or the lack of it is the biggest fallout of our deplorable past.
This sign board in the forests of drang, north kashmir, placed in the backdrop of tree stumps epitomises both the need as well as the greed of human society.
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The forests have been the worst victims of vandalism in kashmir for the past several decades.
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Unchecked use of paddy land for constructing residential buildings constitutes a major threat to our food security.
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This ply board manufacturing , in district budgam, has been constructed on prime agricultural land.
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Unregulated land use has resulted in the compromise of food security. Constructions like this are a common sight in rural kashmir.
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Trampling the food bowl.constructions galore on fertile agricultural land.
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Traditional grazing lands in rural kashmir have been enchroached and are fast disappearing. No wonder these sheep find the compound on an under construction electrical recieving station the only place to graze in Wadwan village in Budgam , 20 kms from srinagar.
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Despite adoption of cleaner and cheaper construction technologies all over the world, we are still at the mercy of these poison spewing kilns which are a source of tremendous land and air pollution. Scores of such kilns have sprung up all over kashmir on agricultural land.
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