ONE DAY SEMINAR ON CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURSES

                          

    
                          A ONE DAY SEMINAR ON 

  'CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES' (27-08-12)

          The Department of Botany organized a one day seminar on the theme' CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES' on the topic' YUVATHA- JALABHAVITHA' on 27-08-2012 at the old seminar hall. 

        The seminar began with the words of welcome by the Principal Rev. Fr.Dr. G.A.P. Kishore, SJ,  he enlightened the students with his analysis on present day scenario on natural resources and need to learn the conservation aspects, role of students in the conservation of water. Followed by Rev.Fr. Vice-Principal S. Raju inspiring message.

Fr. Principal, Guest speaker and k.Bala Chandra

         Sri. A. Vara Prasada Rao, Deputy Director, Ground Water Department, Andhra Pradesh,  was the resource person , he explained the importance of water, various methods of conservation to save water bodies, he also enlightened the students regarding their carrier. He explained about the value of the water, the problems which are going to be faced by the future generations, if we continue the wastage of natural resources. 

Natural resources occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by mankind, in a natural form. A natural resource is often characterized by amounts of biodiversity and geodiversity existent in various ecosystems.

Resource person message
On the basis of origin, resources may be divided into:

1. Biotic – Biotic resources are obtained from the biosphere (living and organic material), such as forests and animals, and the materials that can be obtained from them. Fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum are also included in this category because they are formed from decayed organic matter.

2. Abiotic – Abiotic resources are those that come from non-living, non-organic material. Examples of abiotic resources include land, fresh water, air and heavy metals including ores such as gold, iron, copper, silver, etc.

Considering their stage of development, natural resources may be referred to in the following ways:

• Potential Resources – Potential resources are those that exist in a region and may be used in the future. For example, petroleum may exist in many parts of India, having sedimentary rocks but until the time it is actually drilled out and put into use, it remains a potential resource.
• Actual Resources – Actual resources are those that have been surveyed, their quantity and quality determined and are being used in present times. The development of an actual resource, such as wood processing depends upon the technology available and the cost involved.
• Reserve Resources – The part of an actual resource which can be developed profitably in the future is called a reserve resource.
• Stock Resources – Stock resources are those that have been surveyed but cannot be used by organisms due to lack of technology. For example: hydrogen.

   The guest lecture was followed by the student paper presentations  belonging to different departments. 

student presenting the paper

Ms. Glory  presenting the seminar report

Total 34 students presented their papers on the given topics, Mr. P. Srinivasa Rao, Mr. K. Bala Chandra were the members of jury  for the event.

Prize distribution

 prizes were disturbed to the winners by Fr. Vice-Principal,

Ist prize- Mr. Karunakar III B.Sc

IInd prize- Leela prasad III B.Sc

IIIrd prize- Miss. Sravanthi- IB.Sc

The programme monitored  by Dr. B. Siva Kumari and Ms. S. Glory and students leaders.

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VIJAYAWADA, August 28, 2012

Importance of natural resources stressed

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The HinduDeputy Director of groundwater A. Varaprasada Rao addressing students of Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada on Monday. Photo: Raju V.

The need to conserve resources like water, coal and petroleum was emphasized by speakers at a seminar on “Conservation of Natural Resources” by the Andhra Loyola College Department of Botany and Microbiology here on Monday.

Explaining about the over exploitation of natural resources the role youth can play in conserving them was detailed by college principal Fr.G.A.P. Kishore. Vice-prinicipal Fr.S. Raju said that population explosion was one of the main cause for the over exploitation of natural resources.

Groundwater Department Deputy Director A. Varaprasada Rao in his keynote address said the youth who benefit from the message of water conservation should take up the responsibility of spreading the message.

Giving some startling facts he said that 45 litres of water is wasted if a tap is left running while a person brushes teeth. Similarly 48 litres was wasted if water was left running while shaving and a startling amount of 18 litres was wasted while a person washed hands, he said. All this water could be saved by using a mug while performing these chores he said.

In the afternoon students presented papers on Conservation of Natural Resources. Botany Department Head B. Siva Kumari said that 34 papers were received from students. While 24 of the students gave power point presentation ten gave oral presentations.

Policies

While a majority of the presentations were on “Need to conserve Natural Resources”, the remaining presentations were on “Policies made by the Government in the Governance of Water Resources” and “Community Work on conservation of Natural Resources.”

Third BA student Kamalakar won the first prize for his presentation on Need to conserve natural resources, Third B.Sc student Leela Prasad won the second prize for presentation on Community work and First B.Sc student Sravanthi won the third prize for her presentation on Policies made by the Government in Governance of Water Resources.

Keywords: natural resources, Conservation of Natural Resources, Andhra Loyola College