TDS Desk

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Friday urged all to follow the “eco-centric” philosophy to protect the ecology and ecosystems, including the environment, water, land and all forms of life.

“We have to be eco-centric in our approaches rather than anthropocentric. We have to put nature at the centre of all our activities. We must not try to change nature as it has its own rules to follow,” she said during the inaugural session of the 15th National Nature Summit 2025 at Notre Dame College in Dhaka as the chief guest.

Notre Dame Nature Study Club (NDNSC) is organizing the two-day summit with the theme “Endeavour towards a Plastic-Free World”.

Notre Dame College Principal Dr Fr Hemanto Pius Rozario presided over the inaugural session, addressed, among others, by Prokriti O Jibon Foundation (Nature and Life Foundation) Chairman Muqeed Majumdar Babu as the special guest.

“You all must protect air, soil and water,” said Rizwana, also the water resources adviser, adding: “Any development that does not protect the soil that provides us food, the water that we drink, and the air that is needed for us to take a breath every second is not a development at all.”