India, Oct. 2 -- Collective efforts to protect the environment can succeed only when they are supported by individual action and changes in personal behaviour, Eastern Media Limited Chairman and Managing Director Soumya Ranjan Patnaik said at the Earth Again Conference 2026 in Bhubaneswar.

Addressing the third edition of the Punascha Pruthibi conference, Patnaik said environmental commitments should not remain limited to resolutions but must be reflected in people's everyday conduct.

"Despite collective efforts to protect the environment, we cannot succeed without individual efforts for nature. The resolutions we take should be reflected in our behaviour," he said.

Patnaik also stressed the need to rethink the relationship between dev...