WORLD NATURE CONSERVATION DAY- 28-7-2014

         
          WORLD NATURE CONSERVATION DAY- 28-7-2014 
                           NATIONAL GREEN CORPS 

NATIONAL GREEN CORPS  and P.G departments  of Botany and Biotechnology organized 

POSTER PRESENTATION COMPETITIONS and a Guest Lecture on Conservation of Biodiversity TO MARK THE  WORLD NATURE CONSERVATION  DAY  -28-07-2014. 

WORDS  OF WELCOME BY  REV.FR. P. ANIL KUMAR

SRI. K. ASHOK KUMAR , DFO SOCIAL FOESTRY

STAFF AND STUDENTS 

BEST POSTER

PRIZE DISTRIBUTION  - -REV. FR. A. REX  ANGELO

THEMES: .
1 Save Nature
2. Make Vijayawada City -Green Hat of the State
3. Conservation of Biodiversity
Total 65 students participated in this event,  Ms. V. Kavitha, Mr. P. Srinivasa Rao and Mr. K.Balachandra  acted as judges to select the best three posters. 

GUEST LECTURE: ON THE EVE OF WORLD NATURE CONSERVATION  DAY on  28-07-2014  NGC  Organized  a Guest Lecture on Conservation of Biodiversity. Sri. K. Ashok Kumar,  D.F.O, D.F.C, Social Forestry, Krishna Dt was the Guest Speaker. He emphasized on “Usage” and “Utilization” of natural resources and human responsibility for conservation of Nature.K. Ashok Kumar, emphasized on the -Biological diversity - or biodiversity - is a term we use to describe the variety of life on Earth. It refers to the wide variety of ecosystems and living organisms: animals, plants, their habitats and their genes.

Loss of biodiversity - the variety of animals, plants, their habitats and their genes - on which so much of human life depends, is one of the world’s most pressing crises. It is estimated that the current species extinction rate is between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher than it would naturally be. The main drivers of this loss are converting natural areas to farming and urban development, introducing invasive alien species, polluting or over-exploiting resources including water and soils and harvesting wild plants and animals at unsustainable levels. 

 IUCN has access to many different kinds of information on species. The Red List of Threatened Species™ provides global assessments of the conservation status of species. The IUCN Species Survival Commission, together with the Species Programme and their partners have developed a number of approaches to build up a comprehensive picture of the status and trends in species and biodiversity at global, regional and national levels.
Total 200 biology students Benefited by using this Programme
All the Faculty members from participating Depts. are actively involved in this Programme.