Biodiversity Reporting Programme for School Teachers

Kerala is a fertile land with its very rare species of animals and creatures and herbal plants and grains and it is one of the places for it prominence of biodiversity. The unscientific developmental methods and deforestation affect greatly the biological assets of our country. Moreover, the biodiversity around us is largely destructed due to natural disasters. The onslaughts of it not only affect the human beings but also the biodiversity and ecosystem directly as well as indirectly. 

The healthy ecosystem would survive the natural disasters. Likewise, it enables the existence and livelihood of human beings along with this. Rehabilitation of such changing ecosystem, its protection and misuse etc have to be done by the coming generation. It is the duty of the students to take over the responsibility of the activities for the protection of biodiversity along with their studies. 

Here the role of the teachers is significant to make them active participants. Even though the environmental destruction is happening due to unscientific developmental activities in one side, the rehabilitation of environment friendly ecosystem and safety models of biodiversity (natural and man made) regionally are still prevalent in villages and other places. 

Similarly, we are the beneficiaries of this. But we never try to learn or understand or revive it. Under these circumstances, Kerala State Biodiversity Board is organising a science essay competition for teachers of all sections including Higher Secondary to report models on regional biodiversity protection methods and activities. 

The instructions for the competition and the proforma are attached here. 

Science essay should be typed either in English ( Times New Roman ) or Malayalam ( M- Karthika)

It should not be more than 2000 words ( A4 size paper 5 pages)

Font size 12 and spacing 1.5

Two images or pictures must be attached with the essay.

Entries should be original. It should not have been published previously or copied.

Each essay should be authored by only one person.

Printout of the essay be sent by post and the soft copy in PDF format be mailed to ksbbentries@gmail.com​. 

The details about the essay writing be entered in the attached proforma. It should not be entered anywhere in the essay. Model activities included region's local self government institution name and president or secretary name be written. Selected entries will be published in book format and the entries will be published in ksbb website too.  Last date for submitting entries is 10th November 2019

The best models will be awarded at the district and state level. Entries along with the filled proforma be sent by post to the

Member Secretary, 

Kerala State Biodiversity Board, 

Bell Havel Garden, 

Thiruvananthapuram 695003. 

For more details, contact Dr. Suresh.T. A, Assistant Programme Coordinator 9447978921

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Biodiversity Reporting Programme for School Teachers-Guidelines

Biodiversity Reporting Programme for School Teachers-Proforma