India's State To
Replicate Costa Rica Model To Protect
Environment
India's state, Himachal Pradesh, would
replicate the Costa Rica model for
protecting Himalayan ecology by conserving
the environmental conditions, said Chief
Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal at the concluding
ceremony of the International Conference on
Environment in San José, Costa Rica.
According to an official release, Prof
Dhumal said Costa Rica and Himachal Pradesh
had many a similarities in climatic
conditions and added that mutual exchange of
expertise was bound to result in achieving
the objective of emerging carbon neutral
State of the Country in near future.
Emphasizing that ecological conditions of
the State had direct impact upon rest of the
northern states of the country, he said out
of total geographical area of 55,674 sq km,
37,033 sq km was under forest cover. Of the
total 45 thousand plant species 3,295,
making 7.32 per cent were in Himachal
Pradesh.
Prof Dhumal said a major chunk of population
of the state inhabited in rural area and the
forests had been contributing significantly
in absorption of the green house gases to
maintain ecological balance in the northern
region of the country.
The Chief Minister, while maintaining that
Himachal Pradesh was leading in education in
the Country with the highest literacy rate,
he said people were aware about environment
protection a an important subject.
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