CLIMATE CHANGE & BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

PROJECTS

Dr MCR HRD Institute

Biodiversity and climate change

Activity based learning

Why Biodiversity ?

Biodiversity is life. It is• Nature • Wildlife • Plants • Animals • Inter-connected

Importance: Biodiversity• Gives clean air, water and fertile soils, • Provides recreation, tourism, scientific

research and education• Helps in water purification, pollination, and

prevention of erosion.• Maintains Air quality, climate (both global

CO2 sequestration and local) • Supports natural ecosystem processes and services

Threats to Biodiversity

1. Urbanisation2. Global warming3. Deforestation 4. Deep sea fishing in oceans 5. Pollution of streams, rivers, and lakes

Activities on Biodiversity Teaching and Learning

Knowledge and understanding:• Nature, function & interrelations in ecosystems • Impact of people on environment

Objectives of Education on Biodiversity

Ecosystem Research:• Plan and create 3D model of any ecosystem. • Include appropriate plants and animals. • Include natural and non-natural materials,

and decide which materials best represent ecosystem.

3 D Model must include:– Important features of ecosystem– Plants & Animals of that EcosystemDesign must :– Use many natural & non-natural materials - Use it to promote biodiversity in design materials

Group Project

1. Match words and pictures

2. Interview Experts

Biodiversity Collage and Interview

ActivityHabitats and Homes :• We need roads, parks, schools, shopping centres,

creeks, bus stops, plants and animals to live • What do plants, birds and animals need to live • Our cities, suburbs and towns are home to native

plants and animals as well as people. • We live in an ‘urban or rural ecosystem’

ActivityCreate places for Wildlife: Grow a Small Garden with Local Plant Species with a Small Corner for Birds or Insects. Do One Thing’ for Nature. Plant Seeds and TreesFeed Wildlife, Create Homes for Species and Water Habitats Develop and Manage Inspirational Spaces in and around Encouraging Teamwork Inter-generational activity and can Stimulate Individual Research

Thinking Walks-Field Visit

‘Thinking Walks’ :Visit any nearby –pond, tank, garden, forest to observe and note down biodiversity Target number of observations, sketches or collections Report backGive Enough time to complete activities on walk

Activity:

Comparison of Species: India and World

Group Number of species in India

(SI)

Number of species world

(SW)

SI/SW(%)

350 4,629 7.6

1224 9,702 12.6

408 6,550 6.2

Comparison between the Number of species in India and the World

197 4,522 4.4

2546 21,730 11.7

15,000 250,000 6.0

Insects

Butterflies

Spiders

Amphibians

Reptiles

Reptiles

Water Birds

Bar-headed Goose Greater Flamingoes

Water birds

Ecological Complexes

Ecological Complexes

Conserve life supporting systems and keep planet fit for life.

Shape climate, cleanse air and water, regulate water flow, recycle essential elements,

create and regenerate soil, and enable ecosystems to renew themselves.

Food Web

Food Cycle

Energy Flow

Food Chain

Nutrient Cycle

Structural components of Eco-System

Conceptual model of Food Chain

Pyramid of Energy Flow

A Conceptual Model of Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

Life supporting Cycles

Carbon Cycle

Phosphorous Cycle

Nitrogen Cycle

WaterCycle

OxygenCycle

Heat Heat Heat

Heat in the Environment

Climate is Changing: Animal and plant life is changing

Butterfly species studied have shifted their ranges

Many Bird species have moved

Plants are flowering earlier on average than they did from 1900 to 1920.

Climate Projects on Biodiversity Conservation

• Monitoring Plant Bird Insect Season Relationship: Trees, animals, birds and insects are struggling to adapt to climate changes

• Those trees, animals, birds and insects unable to adapt are getting extinct

• Preparing Biodiversity Register on Variety of plants trees, birds, animals and insects that are there in the neighbourhood and that visit our neighbourhood

Biodiversity Conservation: Cultural Ways• Variety of Trees get Variety of Fruits and Flowers. • They attract and support variety of Animals, Birds and

Insects • Haritha Haram as local Biodiversity Promoter• Pavithra Vanams• Smrithi Vanams• Pushkara Vanams• Ganesh Pathri Vanam• Bathukamma Flower Plants• Nakshatra Vanam

River Offerings: Biodiversity Conservation

• Pindapradhanam is a fish feeding programme• Fish and tortoise clean water and during rainy season

many of them look for food• Plastics and soaps kill fish and aquatic life• Instead of punyam we get papam • Littering of waste in water bodies suffocates aquatic

animals• Hence campaign and volunteer for anti pollution to save

water bodies and life within them• This is In-Situ Conservation of Aquatic Animals

• Littering plastic waste on banks of rivers and in the towns on the banks of rivers kills visiting birds and animals

• Littering plastic waste in forests adjoining rivers during our travel to pilgrimage kills the wild life

• Conserve wild life and protect biodiversity avoid plastic littering in forests and riverfronts

Temples and Jathras: Biodiversity Conservation