In the present veDik time era
called kli-yug, the knowledge of
veD in the this 4-yug mahaa-yug
time cylce of 4.32 million years is a the lowest....the creation is the in the
5014th year of the last yug in this
4-yug cylce called
kli-yug....as per veD,
in kli-yug knowledge is replaced by
avidyaa (lack of knowledge) about
creation.... individual physicality immersed in material wealth and selfishness
predominates in kli-yug as
kli-yug progresses....greed for
selfish possessiveness and hoarding of material wealth results in daily
conflicts in kli-yug's predominant
non-veDik lifestyle.....and we can already
see that for the last 5000 years of known history...mankind is always fighting
each other, individually and collectively, for possession of personal and
collective wealth.....veDik lifestyle
stipulates taking of wealth provided by mother earth and
creator bRHmH only for one's needs and sharing any excess
in form of Daan (charity) with rest
of the creations who need it for sustenance and do not have it ......the present
Iraq situation is a classic of kli-yug non-veDik
behaviour of mankind..
..veD completely disappears
towards the end of this 432,000 year span of
kli-yug...and disappearance of veD
results in destruction of mankind who forgets veD and veDik
lifestyle.....but as creator bRHmH
always protects creations who depend not on the self but on
creator bRHmH....This philosophy and
mechanism of this mode of dependency is known through the daily study of
veD from one's birth till death...this knowledge is the basis of
creation and existence of Prajaapati Vishva Aashram
Foundation (PVAF)....
Here is an article from
THE
HINDU....India's On-line National News Paper....about creating
harmony between preservation of natural resources of medicinal plants given to
mankind by creator bRHmH
against destruction by man-made urban growth of concrete and asphalt....you can
read this article by clicking on the preceding newspaper web site red highlite
or by clicking on the next line......
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Andhra Pradesh Study on
medicinal plants suggested
By Our Staff Reporter
TIRUPATI FEB. 17. The Forest Department officials have been asked to take up
a comprehensive study on conservation of medicinal plants in South India and
document the endangered plants before initiating steps to conserve them.
At the inaugural session on "Policy consultation on threatened medicinal plants
of Eastern and Western ghats, trading and promoting their cultivation",
organised here by FRLHT, a Bangalore-based foundation, and the Ministry of
Environment and Forests on Monday, it was felt that a balance had to be struck
between conservation and commercial use of the medicinal plants with a rise in
awareness on and preference for naturo-therapy.
Senior officials, including G.V. Sarat Babu, Additional Director (CS), and M.A.
Haque, Director, Union Ministry of Forests, and their colleagues in the southern
States and Maharashtra, shared the view that they have to study more on the
plants grown in their forests, their medicinal value and market potential and
initiate steps for their "controlled commercialisation.''
K.S. Rao, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Andhra Pradesh,
stressed the need to train his men on the rare medicinal plants and document
them, before creating an awareness among the public. The list of 600 to 800
valuable plants found in the State included high value plants grown in the
Khammam and Rayalaseema belts.
A.B. Bhangre, Chief Conservator of Forests, Maharashtra, said that foresters,
who were just out of the timber-oriented forestry mode, should first know what
they were conserving. J.C. Kala, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Tamil
Nadu, spoke on the poor financial position of the State and sought help from the
Centre.
S. Rajendran of the Karnataka Medicinal Plants Authority said that of the 300
types of plants, farmers cultivated only 10 per cent leaving the rest to be
extracted from the wild. He said that the `tribal growers-middlemen-pharma
companies' link, being a buyer's market, gave less to the growers and a lion's
share of the profit to the intermediaries. Steps were taken to make it a
seller's market to leave 30 per cent margin to the growers.
N. Gopinathan, Managing Director, Aushadhi, Kerala State-owned pharmaceutical
company, said that collection and processing were not being done in a systematic
manner. He wanted the Government to liberalise the stringent laws to promote the
industry.For example, prohibition on sale of ivory and opium, being used in
manufacture of drugs, could be relaxed.
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