The initiative was organized
by the local club in collaboration with Kantipur Open Rover Ranger Crew (KORC).
The event saw the active participation of scouts with other local people who
gathered in kusunti, Lalitpur in the framework
of the local club.
Rover/Rangers of
Kantipur Open Rover Ranger Crew (KORC) devoted themselves to this environmental
exercise by each one of them planting a trees in order to fight the
encroachment of desertification in the Kusunti area of Lalitpur .
AFFORESTATION
Afforestation is
establishment of forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no forest.
It refers to the conversion of wasteland into a woodland or forest. It is the
best technique used to maximize the green house effect. Many government
and
non- government organization directly engage in program of afforestation to
create forests, increase carbon capture and sequestration, and help to
anthropogenically improve biodiversity
SCOUTING
In common parlance,
scouting can be simply defined as the non-formal educational movement targeted
to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full
physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials as individuals as
responsible citizensand as member of their local, national and international
communities.
There is an
interrelationship between scouting and
afforestation.There is a saying of one tree equal to one mans life. So
afforestation is very much important.Afforestation and such types of program
are linked in different way in our life.We can relate this by the fundamental
principle of scouting i.e. Duty to god, Duty to self, and Duty to others.
Duty to god- By
planting one tree we are helping our society as well.According to Hindu myth
this world is created by god’s nature and its living beings are gods gifted. As
in present situation forest are being destroyed rapidly. When we help doing
afforestation we save nature which means we are saving god’s gift. This helps
us to fulfill 1st fundamental principle duty to god.
Duty to self – Being
self dependent and self responsible means duty to self. When we plant trees, we
are saving this world in our own way. Industrialization and new developments
policies are cutting down trees rapidly but if we go one step forward then we
are fulfilling our own duty.
Duty to others- whether
animal or a person we are doing our duty to others. Afforestation helps to save
rare animals, maintain balance in eco system, preserve wild habitat. If we
plant a tree then it will help to save our entire world
including its living creature.
So directly or
indirectly there is an relationship between afforestation and scouting.
Prepared by,
Melessa Ranjit
great task
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