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SDG 15 LIFE ON LAND
PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS, STOP DEFORESTATION, CONSIDERABLY INCREASE REFORESTATION AND AFFORESTATION GLOBALLY AS WELL AS REPAIR DEGRADED FORESTS. SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE AND MOBILISE FINANCIAL RESOURCE TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABLE USE AND CONSERVATION OF ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY.
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Many objectives of sustainable development of water will not be achieved if the crucial role of water is not well recognized, use of water resources is not assessed and challenges related to water are not properly addressed. If water is managed well and decisions taken regarding it are addressed properly then it will become a big aid in handling other development challenges as well which include urbanization, sustainable development of industries, growth of economy, eradicating poverty, ensuring security of food and conserving threatened ecosystem.
Millions of people residing in the lower reaches of the Ganga basin in India may face food shortage in the next three decades, if the iconic river continues to lose water due to factors including unsustainable groundwater extraction, a study has claimed.
Researchers associated with the study added that low river flows could also have implications for achieving United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets.
But experts, not associated with the study, also pointed to the combined blow of surface and groundwater misuse that has beleaguered the Ganga river basin, sheltering around 10 percent of the global population. Agricultural inefficiency is a chink in the chain, they say, when it comes to sustainable water use.
The modeling study forecasts that in the absence of interventions, groundwater contribution to the river’s water flow would continue diminishing in the summer for the next 30 years.
India is working in the direction to strengthen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which aim towards improving water sanitation and reducing water scarcity, but decreasing summer river flows and increasing groundwater depletion will make only more difficult for regional policy makers to achieve the targets by 2030.
The government of India has set up an empowered body consisting of a dedicated team of officers as part of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) under the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti (earlier called as Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation).
The NMCG has stated its vision in terms of four restoration pillars, namely Aviral Dhara (continuous flow), Nirmal Dhara (clean water), Geologic Entity (protection of geological features) and Ecological Entity (protection of aquatic biodiversity).
The PM directed governments of the five Gangetic states to focus on promoting religious and adventure tourism on the river to generate sustainable income to clean the Ganga.
He also said that the focus should shift from Namami Gange to ‘Arth Ganga’, which would prop up a sustainable development model through economic activity.
It is clear that the Ganga cannot be restored by only pollution-abatement measures. Effective policy-making needs a scientific base. Many of the strategies (river-linking, riverfront development projects, access to toilets, making villages open defecation free, piped water supply in rural areas, to name a few) need to seriously integrate long-term ecological and sustainability goals, and cannot simply be a short-term populist move.
The policies should be compatible with technology and broader aspects of holistic water management. Significant time and money can go down the drain on measures whose effectiveness has not been seriously examined. Therefore, there is an urgent need to review all management programmes undertaken so far and learn from past failures.
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