Living in a healthy environment isn’t a privilege; it’s a human right. This means that everyone on Earth has the right to live healthy lives in a clean and sustainable environment.This is according to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, whsoe members have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution that having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right. This is according to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, whsoe members have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution that having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right.

The decision to recognise it as a human right to have access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is “about protecting people and planet – the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. It is also about protecting the natural systems which are basic preconditions to the lives and livelihoods of all people, wherever they live,” said Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Sadly, however, billions of people worldwide, especially those living in teeming cities in developing nations, inhabit environments that are far from being clean and healthy. Air pollution alone kills an estimated 7 million people globally, according to the World Health Organization.

  1. To work for promoting pollution-free environment
  2. To promote plantation, including herbal/medicinal plantations, through low cost nursery as well as for protection of existing plantations.
  3. To work for developing public awareness on conservation of forests, environment and natural resources. 
  4. To promote soil conservation and other natural resources.