Seed balls can aid expansion of green cover: forest official
The Chief Conservator of Forests in Visakhapatnam emphasized the importance of using seed balls to enhance green cover and conserve indigenous plant species. During a training program, he urged the public to distribute seed balls during the monsoon season to promote ecological balance. The preparation of seed balls involves a mixture of cow dung and soil, which is then shaped and dried for storage.
- ▪I. K. V. Raju called for the extensive use of seed balls to improve green cover.
- ▪He stressed the need to conserve indigenous plant species through systematic collection of native seeds.
- ▪Participants learned to prepare seed balls using a mixture of 70% cow dung and 30% soil.
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Visakhapatnam Chief Conservator of Forests I. K. V. Raju on Tuesday called for the extensive use of seed balls to improve green cover and stressed the need to conserve indigenous plant species through systematic collection of native seeds.Speaking at a seed-ball preparation training programme organised at Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary under the leadership of Green Climate Team NGO founder-secretary J.V. Ratnam, Mr. Raju said changing weather conditions had made environmental protection an urgent priority. He urged people to distribute the seed balls widely across hill tracts, plains and coastal regions during the monsoon season to improve green cover and ecological balance.Mr.
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