Dr. N. Munal Meitei Environmentalist, presently working as DFO/Chandel Email: nmunall@yahoo.in World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is celebrated on June 17. The theme for 2025 is “Restore the Land. Unlock the Opportunities.” This theme emphasizes on one of the most urgent global challenges: restoring 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land and jumpstarting a…
Dr. N. Munal Meitei Environmentalist, presently working as DFO/Chandel Email: nmunall@yahoo.in Global Wind Day is a worldwide event held on June 15. This day is celebrated to know about wind energy, its power and the possibilities it holds to change the world for a clean future environment. The wind is created by three simultaneous events:…
Dr. N. Munal Meitei Environmentalist, presently working as DFO/Chandel Email: nmunall@yahoo.in Environmentalism is an appreciation of the natural world and its future. World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 with this year’s theme, “Ending Plastic Pollution”. Over the last 53 years, it has become the biggest wheel and the most significant global platform for…
Dr. N. Munal Meitei Environmentalist, presently working as DFO/Chandel Email: nmunall@yahoo.in May 31 is World No Tobacco Day, observed since 1987. This year’s theme, “Unmasking the Appeal: Exposing Industry Tactics on Tobacco and Nicotine Products,” carries immense significance to the modern world to fight against tobacco from children, youths and future generations. The tobacco industry…
Dr. N. Munal Meitei Environmentalist, presently working as DFO/Chandel, email: nmunall@yahoo.in Our environment should be kept under our national security. The 22nd May is observed as International Day for Biological Diversity with this year’s theme, “Harmony with nature and sustainable development”. This theme emphasizes the interconnectedness of nature and human well-being, and the importance of…
Dr. N. Munal Meitei Environmentalist, presently working as DFO/Chandel Email: nmunall@yahoo.in “Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning that library without ever having read its books.” – John Dingell. The 5th State Level Shirui Lily Festival in Manipur will also be held…
Dr. N. Munal Meitei Environmentalist, presently working as DFO/Chandel Email: nmunall@yahoo.in World Malaria Day is observed on April 25 since 2008 to bring global attention to an end to malaria and encourage action to reduce suffering and death from the disease. Through its 2025 theme, “Malaria Ends with Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite,” WHO emphasizes the…
Dr. N. Munal Meitei Environmentalist, presently working as DFO/Chandel Email: nmunall@yahoo.in Our Earth is an amazing gift, but it needs our help to thrive. Earth is the only livable planet in this universe. Thus, on April 22, billions of people in across the world celebrate Earth Day. Earth is facing with numerous acute environmental…
Keisham Kumar Singh Retired Forester Haobam Marak Chingtham Leikai We remember the then Hon’ble Minister K.M. Mungshi regarding the planting of trees. Accordingly, I tell my children the reason and uses of planting trees and they have an inclination to plant trees on the birthday of every child in my family. The children deduce that…
Dr. N. Munal Meitei Environmentalist, presently working as DFO/Chandel, email: nmunall@yahoo.in International Bat Appreciation Day is observed on 17th April. This special occasion is dedicated to appreciate the bats which we ignored the most but to recognize their important role in our natural environment. Bats are amazing flying mammals that are vital to the health…
