Hi all
Leonardo Di Caprio had to say this after winning oscar
well “JUNGLE BOOK” movie released, its a great movie to watch
jungle book brings back my childhood memories,fun i had , greatest time on earth ,words are not sufficient to explain
jungle book brings me back my school days, school year used start on june 1st(karnataka)
June first means onset of monsoon ,like clockwork as though some one has kept an alarm for rains (at the most 1-2 days variation)
Now June is more like summer, no rains
my observations and analysis(limited to my district Hassan Karnataka but elsewhere similar things are happening)
Problems we are facing
1) uneven ,irregular, nonseasonal , low rains
2) scarcity of water
3) soil erosion
4)many species are becoming endangered
5) extreme climatic conditions(too cold,too hot , drought and floods)
Reasons
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Massive deforestation
for need/greed trees were slaughtered visible reduction of forest area and also trees in semi urban/urban area
also trees attract clouds and rains
villagers and farmers for any purpose if they need wood/logs just go to the forest cut a tree, bribe forest guard, get away.as simple as thaat as forest is govt property nobody cares
i purchased agri land nearer to forest in Salagame hobli of Hassan dist (almost half is gone)in 2010 since they i am observing 10% reduction in forest every year -
water scarcity is direct result of uneven rains,uncontrolled bore wells, water mismanagement
politics(water tanks ,lakes etc are being used in the name of urban development). In and around Hassan around 15- 20 lakes have been encroached and residential layouts developed there by reducing water bodies, reducing available water storage capacity and also indirectly causing fall in groundwater levels.
If any one from Hassan district has observed ,its been many years(7-8) you may have not seen any tanks/lakes full.
Ground water we used to get in 100-130 feet now has fallen to 350+ feet
In certain areas of HALEBID(tourist spot) you get water if you are lucky
3)soil erosion
ever existing problem
causing filling up of dams there by reducing their capacity to hold water
4)Endangered species, many animal/birds are rarely seen now (sparrow,peacock etc)
ignorance of villagers and farmers contribute greatly
It doesn’t matter to people ,they just want to eat these animals/birds . In my are there were 100’s of peacocks in 2010( one of the reasons why i purchased agriland) i have seen villagers going in search of peacock eggs and peacocks to eat them 
some monitor lizards (ಉಡ) are almost invisible now
when i was working in B R hills Karnataka ,LTM(lion tailed macaque) international price around 5-6 lakhs were eaten by tribal people and were sold to others for alcohol, when advised about rarity of species and importance of keeping such species they(including forest guards) used to laugh at us
Climatic changes observed by me(am not an expert but i have observed these things)
monsoon never comes in time usually gets delayed which impacts agriculture
when it comes, it’s like it is taking revenge (drought for 2 months and all the rain that should have come in 2 months will come in 2-3 days causing floods and more damage)
Impact of Indian agriculture on climate
farmers use heavy chemicals/pesticides for short term gain which kills biodiversity
farmers exploit underground water to maximum extent(a farmer enjoying GANGA KALYANA yojana power supply used to drench his land even when no crops/no plan for a crop just because he had bore well and good power supply)
farmers don’t care about soil erosion
they are not worried about future(water scarcity,new pests, lack of bio-harmony)
they are least bothered about deforestation
in most countries(developed/developing) farmers to non farmers ratio is very less( USA 10% grow suprlus foor and other items for 90% of people)
in India 70% farmer cannot grow for their own needs and remaining 30% population
when compared to many countries most of the yield are nearly less than half to 1/5th
Although total amount of rainfall will be around 80-90% of normal ,its distribution will be uneven, so is its usefulness
Some sad Examples
My sister is running a small school and to create interest about environment i wanted to plant few trees with the help of students and permission was sought from parents. Most were against any such thing (they said they are sending children to study not to make their hands dirty)
i convinced teachers and some students from Govt school to plant some trees in their school .with a letter from school principal i went to Govt nursery and they were less than helpful (no plants were given) then i purchased few plants from private nursery and with help from"enthusiastic" students(20) i planted them( around 50) in june 2013(beginning of school year) and asked students to take care of those plants. after few months when i visited to see the plants i was shocked to see only 6 plants left 
( i was actually happy to see 6 
) when i last saw (2015 Oct) 3 gul mohars were still there
In one of the School for the rich when i asked kids where and how do they get rice,coconut,fruits unanimous answer was from supermarket shopping!!!
lets pray that climate and nature is not too harsh on us Indians
what i have learn’t is You cannot do anything at community level, if you want to do anything then do it at individual level , don’t take/expect any help from anybody/any authority
i want to plant atleast 25 plants /tree’s per year
so i have decided to give back nature what it is giving to me, every year i am planting 300 trees(as i cant take care of all the plants with my present income,hoping 10% will survive)
My next bit is "rain water harvesting from roof top and channelizing clean water to borewell(still in design phase)
kindly suggest how as an individual i can do my best
Moderators kindly remove this thread if found useless
thanking you
Khannae( absentee farmer)
