Dear here is My Outline of PMS- 2011-Essay Paper

Topic: 1. Forests are the lungs of the earth. Destruction of the world's forests amounts to death of the world we currently know. What is your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

I started my essay like this……
“The Earth does not belongs to man,
Man belongs to earth.
He is merely a strand in it (web).
Whatever he does to it,
He does to himself. ”
Outline:
• Introduction of topic
• Various environmental resources
--Soil
--Water
--Land
--Mountains
--Forests
--Air
--Deserts etc
• Importance of forests / forests as national assets
• Significance of forests
• Deforestation / destruction of forests
• Various factors responsible for forests destruction
--Legislative factors
--Economic factors
--Agricultural factors
--Social factors
--Push and pull factors
--Political factors
--Technological factors
--Demographic factors etc
• Causes of forests destruction
--Poor legislation
--INADEQUATE monitoring and evaluation system
--Increased population
--Improper planning and research
--Mis guided policies
--Improper implementation
--Lack of agricultural land
--Urbanization
--Inadequate land tenure systems
--Food shortage
--Lack of infrastructure
--Agricultural extensification
--Agri intensification
--Export incentives, export pull factors
--Increased creativity and advancement
--National resources exploration
--Demand for natural resources by population pressure
--Rural land changes
--Lack of data, information, and quality data regarding forests
• Impacts of forests destruction
--Ruthless destruction of forests
--air pollution
--water pollution
--Green house effect
--Global warming
--Soil erosion
--Land slides
--Melting of glaciers and polar ice
--Increased sea level
--Loss of agricultural land due to sea level
--Wild species extinction
--Loss of coastal and beach margins and boundaries
--Loss of recreational places
--Loss of low land places
--Lack of fertile land
--Interference and disturbances in natural ecosystem
--Increased emissions of gases
--Increased waste production
--Increased water, soil, land, air pollution
--Changes in weather pattern
--Increased freq of natural disasters like flood, tsunamis, land slides etc
--Water contamination
--Increase vector borne diseases
--Loss to natural habitate
--Changes in precipitation patterns
--Inadequate rain fall
--Loss of rain forests
--Changes in agricultural patterns
--Agricultural extensification
--Agri- intensification
--Deplete soil nutrients recycling capacity
--Land fragmentation
--Pull factors for migration; and has its own consequences like
- Food,
- Water,
- Infrastructure
- Income,
- Land resources etc
• Suggestions and recommendations to reduce, prevent and control forests destruction
--Proper and informed polices making
--Efficient and effective relevant legislation
--Proper implementation of policies
--Strong political will
--Govt. commitment
--Environmental sustainability education
--Regular and adequate monitoring and evaluation
--Research and education in environmental sciences, geology, and
Geography etc
--Change of consumption pattern of population
--Alternate dependency on natural resources
--Safeguard of national interests
--Local support and collaboration
--International market support and cooperation
--Montreal protocol 1987
--Kyoto protocol etc
--Check on Technological innovations
--Arable land management systems
--Sustainable agricultural use changes
--Sustainable consumption
--Extensive study on human dimension of changes
--Importance of forests context
--Inter-disciplinary research promotion
--Remote sensing i.e idea of COMMONS
--Micro level studies at local/ national level
--Macro level studies at international level
--Stress on careful intervening factors eg...
--Technology
--Institutions
--Policy context
--Cultural values and norms
--Human induced environmental impacts
--public awareness regarding deforestation
--Educate reforestation
--celebrating various world nominated days like
--World earth day
--World water day
--Environmental day etc
--Costs and benefits of the use of COMMONS
--Various incentives not to degrade the natural resources
• And finally Conclusion with the following sentence along with importance and significance of forests, with a role for the prevention and control of ruthless de-forestation……..
“Either We Cease the Movement and Define History,
Or Let The Movement to Define Our Destiny.”

ALL are requested to evaluate my essay outline….
Best luck and wishes to all
Tc and ws