MINING AND TOURISM EMITTING CARBON DIOXIDE SAYS SCIENTIST

In a very interesting turn of events, it has come to light that mining and tourism has bad side effects on Human life as it emits carbon dioxide.

Tourists at Baga Beach

One day workshop on Carbon Footprint, scientist at the Sagar Dhara from Cerana Foundation at Hyderabad Sagar Dhara said that global warming was a matter of grave concern, and cautioned that the world was on the verge of collapse within the next three-to-four decades. The scientist was addressing the press briefing after the day long workshop

He said that Goa being a progressive state, all the locals of Goa must understand this issue that the mining industry is releasing carbon emission…the mining industry must show they are responsible, which they have not shown so far. He also said that besides mining, tourism is another factor…this is dumping on the environment.

65 participants attended the day-long workshop, which was jointly organised by Goenchea Xetkarancho Ekvott, Dhulapi Nagrik Kriti Samiti, Goa Federation of Mines Affected People and a vernacular daily in the city. The attendees included activists, school and college students.

The group was also taught on how to compute carbon footprints, results of which were later released for analyses. Dhara explained that the carbon emission for tourists was totalled to 1.3 million tonnes. This was shown through slides presentation. Dhara urged the Government must look at the issues seriously and find a concrete solution to save the ecology. “We are at the cross roads…there are three matters of concern, which includes climate change, deterioration of cheap energy like oil and gas and rapid deterioration of life support system,” he said. He also suggested of discussing the environmental issues on public platform which would thus allow people to make informed decisions about the priority areas that need to be addressed – both lifestyle and institutional change.