2. Deforestation
• With each passing day, Bangalore is becoming more and more grey
• The charming greenery of the city now faces a bleak future.
• The city is losing its green cover with at least a dozen trees perishing
with each passing day after being chopped
• As part of rapid urbanisation, unhindered construction activities on
encroached lung spaces mocks the significance of the existing law
protecting the green cover of the city, sounding death knell for these
life saviours.
• When considering a global climatic change, the destruction of plants
through cutting and burning could raise atmospheric carbon dioxide
levels above expectations. Because of direct competition, the
aspiration levels in urban areas are very high, and this has an
indirect effect on the environment, causing more industrialisation,
and greater pollution.
• There is an urgent need for an action plan to save the vanishing
greens or else the city habitants will have to carry oxygen cylinders
3. Benefits of planting trees
• They help stop global warming by reducing
greenhouse gases
• They reduce soil erosion and water pollution
• They provide habitat for wildlife
• They improve human health by producing oxygen and
improving air quality
Facts about the benefits provided by planting one
tree
• Absorbs over a ton of harmful greenhouse gases over
its lifetime
• Produces enough oxygen for four people every day
• Provides the equivalent cooling effect of ten room-size
air conditioners operating 20 hours a day
4. Think about it …
How can I prevent
deforestation in my locality?
5. Your mission
• To analyse causes for changes
in environment
• Find solution to reduce the
effects of deforestation
• Develop plan of action
• Create awareness to local
people on the importance of
planting trees
• Persuade residents and rope in
their support to combat
deforestation and plant trees
7. How do you go about?
• Collect the database of number of trees cut
from Bangalore Mahanagara Palike
• Interview and collect data
• Analyse reasons for changes in the
environment
• Research on Internet referring to the list of
websites to gather information on deforestation
and strategies adopted by other countries to
combat the problem
• Suggest strategies and find solution to the
local problem
• Share your ideas on a blog
8. How do you go about? Contd…
• Develop plan of action to address deforestation
problem
• Organise an awareness rally to create awareness
to local people on the importance of deforestation
and the need to plant trees
• Persuade local audience and rope in their support
to combat the problem
9. While conducting survey,
keep in mind …
• To meet the respondents in their
convenient time
• To be polite while asking questions
• To ask respondents to give unbiased
opinion as their identity will not be
disclosed
• To personally administer the data
collection process
• To check whether all the questions are
answered in the questionnaire
10. Get support from…
• List of websites and reference books
• Questionnaire
• List of Websites
• Organiser Chart
• Rubrics
– Multimedia Presentation Rubric
– Brochure rubric
11. You will be expected to…
•Prepare a presentation
– To share your ideas with the
community.
•Give out Brochures
– To gather people for awareness
creation .
•Blog your ideas
– To share strategies to reduce the
effects of deforestation and to
mobilise support for the activities
of the club
12. Remember…
• Work as a team, not in isolation
• Don’t forget to play the roles assigned
• Give credit to the websites / authors
