{"id":323771,"date":"2020-06-05T11:16:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T11:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=323771"},"modified":"2020-06-05T11:16:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T11:16:14","slug":"world-environment-day-pm-modi-reiterates-pledge-to-preserve-planets-rich-biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/world-environment-day-pm-modi-reiterates-pledge-to-preserve-planets-rich-biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"World Environment Day: PM Modi reiterates pledge to preserve planet\u2019s rich biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/to-empower-msmes-pm-modi-launches-technology-platform-champions\/screenshot_20200601-175318__01\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-323585\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-323585 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_20200601-175318__01-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_20200601-175318__01-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_20200601-175318__01-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_20200601-175318__01-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_20200601-175318__01-696x485.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_20200601-175318__01-602x420.jpg 602w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_20200601-175318__01.jpg 961w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of World Environment Day, reiterated his commitment to preserve the planet&#8217;s biodiversity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">In a tweet PM Modi said, \u201cOn #World Environment Day, we reiterate our pledge to preserve our planet\u2019s rich biodiversity. Let us collectively do whatever possible to ensure the flora and fauna with whom we share the Earth thrive. May we leave an even better planet for the coming generations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Today, Union Minister\u00a0Prakash Javadekar announced implementation of the \u2018Nagar van\u2019 scheme to develop 200 Urban Forests across the country in next five years with a renewed focus on people\u2019s participation and collaboration between Forest Department, Municipal bodies, NGOs, Corporates and local citizens. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated on 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June every year.\u00a0 Ministry of Environment, Forest &amp; Climate Change celebrates WED focusing on the theme declared by United Nation\u2019s Environment Programme (UNEP) and organizes several events.\u00a0 This year\u2019s theme is \u2018Biodiversity\u2019.\u00a0In view of the prevalent situation due to COVID-19 pandemic the ministry held virtual celebrations of World Environment Day on this year\u2019s theme with focus on\u00a0<em>Nagar Van<\/em>\u00a0(Urban Forests).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of World Environment Day, reiterated his commitment to preserve the planet&#8217;s biodiversity. In a tweet PM Modi said, \u201cOn #World Environment Day, we reiterate our pledge to preserve our planet\u2019s rich biodiversity. Let us collectively do whatever possible to ensure the flora and fauna with whom we share [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":323585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[11445],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323772,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323771\/revisions\/323772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/323585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}