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The Gandhi influence on Australian rainforests
By: Toxics Link, Source: Toxics Link Website, Date: , 2010
The public lecture organized by Toxics Link,
Kalpvriksh and the Australian High Commission, with environmental
activist John Seed as the speaker took place on January 28th, 2010, as
part of the Environment and Health Public Lecture series held on a
monthly basis at India International Center.
The public lecture- ‘How the rainforests were saved
in Australia- the influence of Gandhi’, was a huge success since the
efforts taken by John Seed were highlighted and juxtaposed with the
efforts in India like the Chipko movement, the issues of livelihood in
the area, rain forest conservation, rehabilitation and resettlement were
discussed through a little embellishment with songs on environment by
the speaker.
John Seed is founder and director of the Rainforest
Information Centre in
Australia. www.rainforestinfo.org.au. He has created numerous projects
protecting rainforests in South America, Asia and the Pacific through
providing benign and sustainable development projects for their
indigenous inhabitants tied to the protection of their forests. Since
1979 he has been involved in the direct actions which have resulted in
the protection of the Australian rainforests.
The event was a crowd puller and a few questions on
the ecology in the present time, the peaceful activism, on if there
exist aborigines, threw further light on the topic.
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