Will planting crores of trees on road side, traffic junctions and residential society premises help? Can they be a substitution for the destruction of wetlands, mangroves, etc. We have to protect all types of habitats so that the biodiversity found in every habitat can be preserved. Trees are not a mere statistic and to be counted as a ratio to man and lakes a facility for boating and jogging for humans. The question is are we preserving all types of habitats so that non-human species can also survive. We should oppose this appropriation of natural wealth only for humans and the concretisation in the name of development. Recently saw that all the white lotuses and their leaves have been pulled out of the waters.