Need to protect biodiversity stressed
Increasing frequency of heatwaves, natural calamities and biodiversity loss should be understood as nature’s warning to humanity about the consequences of environmental neglect.Highlighting the intelligence of the natural world, Mr. Kalidasan said every animal had its own unique language and way of communicating. They used sounds, movements and scent marks to communicate with one another and to establish their territories.Earth is home to more than 8.7 million species, of which human beings are only one.
- ▪Increasing frequency of heatwaves, natural calamities and biodiversity loss should be understood as nature’s warning to humanity about the consequences of environmental neglect.Highlighting the intelligence of the natural world, Mr.
- ▪Kalidasan said every animal had its own unique language and way of communicating.
- ▪They used sounds, movements and scent marks to communicate with one another and to establish their territories.Earth is home to more than 8.7 million species, of which human beings are only one.
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Environmental activist and speaker Osai Kalidasan has called for public participation in protecting nature.Delivering a talk on Iyarkaiyin Kural (Voice of Nature) at a programme organised by Kalam Ilakkiya Amaippu in Tiruchi on Saturday, he said nature was not merely a resource for human consumption but the very foundation of life. Increasing frequency of heatwaves, natural calamities and biodiversity loss should be understood as nature’s warning to humanity about the consequences of environmental neglect.Highlighting the intelligence of the natural world, Mr. Kalidasan said every animal had its own unique language and way of communicating.
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