SAVE OUR FORESTS
The Issue
Dear People of Meghalaya,
We are now facing another threat amidst this pandemic. On the 3rd of August, 2021, The Shillong Times reported that Patanjali may start palm oil plantation in Meghalaya, further stating, "Despite serious environmental threats, Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali group-led Ruchi Soya plans to start palm oil plantations in Meghalaya and other Northeastern states in a big way." We have all recently felt the hurt and loss of the great trees that flanked the roads at Upper Shillong, that were felled for road expansion, however it was but a small taste of the real threat we face with the possible plantation of palm trees (if the government has not already sold land to this company). As per the news report, Ruchi Soya has already completed field surveys, which indicates that the wheels have started turning towards a devastating future for Meghalaya, unless we stop them.
Palm tree plantations require a huge area of forest and the cheapest way to clear dense vegetation is by burning, which will emit significant amounts of greenhouse gasses, even if they adopt new methods like growing on peat swamps, the clearing of these areas too will result in the release of an enormous amount of carbon dioxide. Our atmosphere will be affected, our animals and indigenous vegetation will face extinction, our Meghalaya will cease to be the one we know and love. We don't need more palm oil production, nor have our people work in unsafe and hazardous conditions, we don't need more exotic trees ruining our ecosystem; we need to save our carbon sink. I urge each and every one of you to sign this petition and share it as much as possible, only we have the power to protect our forests!
Ko para ri baieid,
Sa shisien ngi ieng hakhmat ka jingma ba khraw, watla ngi dang don hapdeng ka jingialeh ia kane ka khlam. Ha ka 3 tarik u Nailar, ka Shillong Times ka lah pynmih iaka wei ka khubor kaba ong ba ka kompany u Baba Ramdev, ka Patanjali lyngba ka kompany khun ka Ruchi Soya, ki thmu ban wad jaka ha Meghalaya lem bad ha kiwei kiwei ki ri ha North-east, ban seng iaki jaka thung Dieng Tlai (Palm trees). Halor kane, nga kwah ban pynkynmaw iaphi shaphang ka por ba lah ot noh iaki dieng ba kah rud iaka surok lai mer ban shna surok saw lane, bad katno ngi lah sngew mong halor kato ka jingjia; hynrei ka dei tang i jingmad iba rit eh ban ia nujor bad kane kaba lah ban jia mynta lada shah ba kine ki kompany kin thung ia une u Dieng Tlai (lada ka sorkar Meghalaya kam pat dep die jaka). Kat kum ka jingtip ba lah ioh na kane ka khubor, kane ka kompany ka lah dep ban jurip iaki jaka ha ri jong ngi bad kane ka mut ba ki shaka ki lah nang iaid shakhmat ban pynurlong iakane ka jingthmu seng bri Dieng Tlai ha Meghalaya bad ngi ki briew ngi dei ban pynsangeh shen shen iakane.
Kine ki Dieng Tlai kiba la thmu ban thung shane, ki donkam nyngkong eh iaka jaka ka ba heh bha bad kata ka mut ba kin hap pynduh iaki khlaw jong ngi. Kaba jem dor tam ka rukom ban weng iaki khlaw ka long da ka ding, bad kane ka jingthang kan long kaba heh bad kaban wanrah jingma shibun eh iaka lyer ba ngi ring mynsiem, kan pynduh iaki dieng ba mih tang ha ri Meghalaya, kan wanrah jingiap duh iaki mrad ki jong ngi kiba im sha ki khlaw ka ri, ka Meghalaya jongngi kan nym long shuh ka ri kaba ngi tip bad ieid bad ba ngi kwah iaki khun jong ngi ban kinheh ban san hapoh. Ngim donkam iakane ka umphniang na u Dieng Tlai ka ba lah bun ki jingwad bniah kiba lah lap ba ka long kaba sniew iaka met, ngim donkam iaki kam ba kine ki kompani kin tyrwa iaki khun samla jongngi namar kin long kiba buh iaki ha ka jingma bad ha ka koit ka khiah ruh, ngim donkam iaki dieng kiba nabar ri ki ban pynduhjait iaki dieng kiba ngi don mynta; ngi donkam ban pynim iala ki jong ki khlaw bad sumar ia ka jingphuhmat ka ri. Nga kyntu iaphi ki paidbah ban ieng bad nga bad ai iaka jingsoi jongphi hakane ka jingkyrpad ban pynim bad pynneh iaki khlaw jong ngi!
Khublei shi hajar nguh!
https://theshillongtimes.com/2021/08/03/patanjali-may-start-palm-oil-plantation-in-mlaya/
https://theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/Indonesia-palm-oil-expansion_ICCT_july2016.pdf
https://earth.org/how-palm-oil-contributes-to-environmental-destruction/
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The Issue
Dear People of Meghalaya,
We are now facing another threat amidst this pandemic. On the 3rd of August, 2021, The Shillong Times reported that Patanjali may start palm oil plantation in Meghalaya, further stating, "Despite serious environmental threats, Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali group-led Ruchi Soya plans to start palm oil plantations in Meghalaya and other Northeastern states in a big way." We have all recently felt the hurt and loss of the great trees that flanked the roads at Upper Shillong, that were felled for road expansion, however it was but a small taste of the real threat we face with the possible plantation of palm trees (if the government has not already sold land to this company). As per the news report, Ruchi Soya has already completed field surveys, which indicates that the wheels have started turning towards a devastating future for Meghalaya, unless we stop them.
Palm tree plantations require a huge area of forest and the cheapest way to clear dense vegetation is by burning, which will emit significant amounts of greenhouse gasses, even if they adopt new methods like growing on peat swamps, the clearing of these areas too will result in the release of an enormous amount of carbon dioxide. Our atmosphere will be affected, our animals and indigenous vegetation will face extinction, our Meghalaya will cease to be the one we know and love. We don't need more palm oil production, nor have our people work in unsafe and hazardous conditions, we don't need more exotic trees ruining our ecosystem; we need to save our carbon sink. I urge each and every one of you to sign this petition and share it as much as possible, only we have the power to protect our forests!
Ko para ri baieid,
Sa shisien ngi ieng hakhmat ka jingma ba khraw, watla ngi dang don hapdeng ka jingialeh ia kane ka khlam. Ha ka 3 tarik u Nailar, ka Shillong Times ka lah pynmih iaka wei ka khubor kaba ong ba ka kompany u Baba Ramdev, ka Patanjali lyngba ka kompany khun ka Ruchi Soya, ki thmu ban wad jaka ha Meghalaya lem bad ha kiwei kiwei ki ri ha North-east, ban seng iaki jaka thung Dieng Tlai (Palm trees). Halor kane, nga kwah ban pynkynmaw iaphi shaphang ka por ba lah ot noh iaki dieng ba kah rud iaka surok lai mer ban shna surok saw lane, bad katno ngi lah sngew mong halor kato ka jingjia; hynrei ka dei tang i jingmad iba rit eh ban ia nujor bad kane kaba lah ban jia mynta lada shah ba kine ki kompany kin thung ia une u Dieng Tlai (lada ka sorkar Meghalaya kam pat dep die jaka). Kat kum ka jingtip ba lah ioh na kane ka khubor, kane ka kompany ka lah dep ban jurip iaki jaka ha ri jong ngi bad kane ka mut ba ki shaka ki lah nang iaid shakhmat ban pynurlong iakane ka jingthmu seng bri Dieng Tlai ha Meghalaya bad ngi ki briew ngi dei ban pynsangeh shen shen iakane.
Kine ki Dieng Tlai kiba la thmu ban thung shane, ki donkam nyngkong eh iaka jaka ka ba heh bha bad kata ka mut ba kin hap pynduh iaki khlaw jong ngi. Kaba jem dor tam ka rukom ban weng iaki khlaw ka long da ka ding, bad kane ka jingthang kan long kaba heh bad kaban wanrah jingma shibun eh iaka lyer ba ngi ring mynsiem, kan pynduh iaki dieng ba mih tang ha ri Meghalaya, kan wanrah jingiap duh iaki mrad ki jong ngi kiba im sha ki khlaw ka ri, ka Meghalaya jongngi kan nym long shuh ka ri kaba ngi tip bad ieid bad ba ngi kwah iaki khun jong ngi ban kinheh ban san hapoh. Ngim donkam iakane ka umphniang na u Dieng Tlai ka ba lah bun ki jingwad bniah kiba lah lap ba ka long kaba sniew iaka met, ngim donkam iaki kam ba kine ki kompani kin tyrwa iaki khun samla jongngi namar kin long kiba buh iaki ha ka jingma bad ha ka koit ka khiah ruh, ngim donkam iaki dieng kiba nabar ri ki ban pynduhjait iaki dieng kiba ngi don mynta; ngi donkam ban pynim iala ki jong ki khlaw bad sumar ia ka jingphuhmat ka ri. Nga kyntu iaphi ki paidbah ban ieng bad nga bad ai iaka jingsoi jongphi hakane ka jingkyrpad ban pynim bad pynneh iaki khlaw jong ngi!
Khublei shi hajar nguh!
https://theshillongtimes.com/2021/08/03/patanjali-may-start-palm-oil-plantation-in-mlaya/
https://theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/Indonesia-palm-oil-expansion_ICCT_july2016.pdf
https://earth.org/how-palm-oil-contributes-to-environmental-destruction/
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Petition created on 3 August 2021