Save 2.15 Lakh trees in buxwaha forest


Aditya Birla Group’s Essel Mining and Industries Limited (EMIL) plans to cut 2.15 lakh trees in the Buxwaha forest for a diamond mine.

Buxwaha forest is in the Chhatarpur district, close to Panna in Madhya Pradesh. As per the estimation, there are 342 million carats of diamonds in the Buxwaha forest. However in order to get to these diamonds, the valuable natural resources of this forest -- herbal plants and other trees will have to be felled. The mining project will destroy 382.131 hectares of forest. Is it worth it?