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Sir,
The Eastern Ri-Bhoi Wildlife and Forest Protection Association, Umden extend its gratitude to the Soil Conservation Department for implementation of various developmental schemes in Ri-Bhoi District.
The two schemes of Watershed Development Project in Shifting Cultivation Areas (WDPSCA) and the Integrated Wasteland Development Project (IWDP) have greatly benefited the people of Ri-Bhoi and through these schemes, the farmers were able to plant fruit trees and have also realized the importance of planting trees in barren areas especially near water sources. This has greatly enhanced water supply to be used for irrigation. Through the implementation of the above schemes, farmers are now able to construct ponds for fishery, to build check dams for irrigation, to develop drinking water supply sources and even to build community halls in many villages.
More importantly, under the schemes, farmers were exposed to various kinds of training programmes where they were taught to conserve the forests, wildlife and bird species and to stop burning woods for charcoal.
Therefore, the Association expressed its profound thanks to the Department and pleads for its continuing guidance and support to the people of Ri-Bhoi in all the years to come.
S.D. Matong,
President,
E.R.B.W.F.P.A.
D.D. Mawphniang,
Secretary,
E.R.B.W.F.P.A.
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Shri Hiro Nongdhar, Jeep Driver, Shillong Soil Conservation (T) Division expired on 13thApril 2003.
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Shri K.S. Gashnga, Soil Conservation Ranger, Jowai (T) Division expired on 21st April 2003.
The term SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT was coined by World Commission on Environment headed by Giro Harlem Brundtland in the report "Our Common Future", London 1984. The commission defined Sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present with out compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs".
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