Impact of environmental degradation on public health is the least understood. As a result, we end up treating symptoms and never address the root cause. Recent research on this topic suggests that the lungs of our planet - OUR FORESTS are severally degraded and it is resulting in proliferation of infectious diseases. The message is very clear- if humans need fresh and healthy air, the forests need to be restored to healthy state. We need your support to restore 500 acres of forests.
There are almost 8.7 billion species on Earth. But the 'earth overshoot day' is occurring earlier each year and we are currently in the need of 1.75 Earths to satisfy the demand of 1 of 8.7 billion species. For this, we plunder into resources that are not meant for us, ravage eco-systems where we do not dwell, kill species who have done us no harm AND interact with species who may expose us to novel infections
Evidently, we don't need to slow down-we need to stop in our tracks! How about this-every time we see an age-old forest in the middle of our path to 'development', we STOP and re-route and leave that thriving ecosystem of multiple symbiotic species alone.AERF has been doing just that for 25 years in the Western Ghats of India - protecting and conserving vulnerable bio-diverse forests of the north Western Ghats. In doing so, we have strategically safeguarded the many species that call it home!
Species conservation in isolation will never work unless the habitats are safeguarded. In 25 yrs, we have safeguarded more than 7500 acre and have regenerated more than 800 acres of private forests in the Western Ghats-one of the global biodiversity hotspots. The forests have always been extremely important as providers of essential ecosystem services that our lives depend on. Recent pandemic has shown us that we need to save them to avert future disasters.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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