Davos: While addressing a press conference at World Economic Forum in Davos, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, founder of Isha Foundation pitched in support of the Champions for 1 Trillion Trees Platform.
The platform aims at planting one Trillion trees across the globe within the next 10 years.
“Nutritional value of the food we eat has come down by 40% trees have to come back if this has to change,” said Sadhguru expressing his concern for the global environment.
He also spoke about making planting an economic model so that farmers can prosper.
Speaking about illegal timber trade in the world, he said: "Timber sold around the planet is largely illegal. It is a lucrative item – it has to become an economic process."
Sadhguru further asserted that the only way to stop the illegal trade is to make timber an agricultural produce and allow farmers to grow, fell and sell it for economic gain.
"It is expected that 220 million people will migrate to Indian cities in a decade and about 1.6 billion people will migrate worldwide. Developing rural communities by giving them an incentive to stay on the land is one of the ways to check uncontrolled migration for which no city is prepared," said Sadhguru while touching slightly the topic of migration across the world.
Sadhguru has launched pathbreaking ecological initiatives in India including award-winning projects such as Project GreenHands (PGH) and Rally for Rivers (RfR) – both of which promote tree plantation. While PGH is a grassroots movement that has enrolled 3 million people to plant 35 million trees, RfR promotes an economic model where farmers can earn by planting and harvesting high-value trees on their farmlands.
US President Donald Trump and teenage environmentalist Greta Thunberg are among a host of political, environmental, business and cultural leaders attending the WEF Summit this year.
The 50th economic summit began on January 20, in Davos, Switzerland under the aegis of the World Economic Forum.
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