AWANTIPORA, June 5 -- The Department of Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing (DEERS) today joined hands with the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) to mark World Environment Day 2025 with a high-energy programme in the Awantipora campus that echoed the United Nations theme "Ending Plastic Pollution."

More than four hundred participants including senior forest officials, faculty members, researchers, students, NGOs and representatives of line departments, pledged to translate that slogan into an action agenda for Jammu & Kashmir.

Presiding over the ceremony, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and Head of Forest Force, Suresh Kumar Gupta, reminded the gathering that only a decisive change in individual behavio...