The green ecosystem is a complex network of interactions between living organisms and their environment. It is a dynamic system that is constantly evolving and adapting to changes in the environment. The green ecosystem includes all the plants, animals, and microorganisms that live in a particular area, as well as the non-living components like soil, water, and air.
Climate Change and the Green Ecosystem
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) provides a comprehensive scientific assessment of climate change. The report details the devastating consequences of rising greenhouse gas emissions around the world, such as the destruction of homes, loss of livelihoods, and fragmentation of communities. It also highlights the increasingly dangerous and irreversible risks should we fail to change course.
Human-induced global warming has spurred changes to the Earth’s climate that are unprecedented in recent human history. Already, with 1.1 degrees C (2 degrees F) of global temperature rise, changes to the climate system are now occurring in every region of the world, from rising sea levels to more extreme weather events to rapidly disappearing sea ice. Additional warming will increase the magnitude of these changes.
Green India Mission
The National Mission for Green India (GIM) is one of the eight Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). It aims at protecting, restoring, and enhancing India’s diminishing forest cover and responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures. It envisages a holistic view of greening and focuses on multiple ecosystem services, especially biodiversity, water, biomass, preserving mangroves, wetlands, critical habitats etc., along with carbon sequestration as a co-benefit.
The mission has adopted an integrated cross-sectoral approach as it will be implemented on both public as well as private lands with a key role of the local communities in planning, decision making, implementation and monitoring.
The Future of Green Ecosystems
If current trends continue, the global per capita use of natural resources will increase by 70 per cent by 2050. Therefore, it is crucial to promote the transition to economies that are low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive.
In conclusion, maintaining a healthy green ecosystem is vital for our survival. It provides us with essential services like clean air and water, food, shelter, and medicine. Moreover, it plays a crucial role in mitigating climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Therefore, it is our responsibility to protect and preserve our green ecosystems for future generations.
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