Bhopal: Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar today stressed on the importance of land and water management resources and called for new perspectives to protect the environment.

"Land and water management resources are the need of the hour," Javdekar said addressing a workshop on 'Studying the Rural' at the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) here, according to an official release. The minister said that changes and new perspectives are required for environmental protection.