A training module to introduce College Lecturers and School Teachers to the subject of Climate Education and Live Projects that they can do in their institution and elsewhere

1. CLIMATE CHANGE &
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
PROJECTS
Dr MCR HRD Institute

3. Biodiversity and
climate change
Activity based
learning

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

5. 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

6. Threats to Biodiversity
1. Urbanisation
2. Global warming
3. Deforestation
4. Deep sea fishing in oceans
5. Pollution of streams, rivers, and lakes

7. Activities on Biodiversity
Teaching and Learning

8. Knowledge and understanding:
• Nature, function & interrelations in
ecosystems
• Impact of people on environment
Objectives of Education on
Biodiversity

9. 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 Ecosystem
Design must :
– Use many natural & non-natural materials
- Use it to promote biodiversity in design
materials
Group Project

10. 1. Match words
and pictures
2. Interview
Experts
Biodiversity Collage and
Interview

11. Activity
Habitats 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’

12. Activity
Create 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 Trees
Feed 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

13. 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 back
Give Enough time to
complete activities on walk
Activity:

15. 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

16. 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

17. Insects

18. Butterflies

19. Spiders

20. Amphibians

21. Reptiles

22. Reptiles

23. Water Birds
Bar-headed Goose Greater Flamingoes

24. Water birds

25. 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

26. Structural components of
Eco-System

27. Conceptual model of Food Chain

29. Pyramid of Energy Flow

30. A Conceptual Model of Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

31. Life supporting Cycles
Carbon
Cycle
Phosphorous
Cycle
Nitrogen
Cycle
Water
Cycle
Oxygen
Cycle
Heat Heat Heat
Heat in the Environment

32. 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.

33. 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

34. 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

47. 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

48. • 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