On the occasion of World Environment Day by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya Bhopal all the 70 members participating in the interesting program of trekking cum tree introduction were told about the safety rules and the exhibition of the Human Museum and the biodiversity present here. After that, this exciting journey started from the museum's Marugram open air exhibition site which passed through Rabari Awas, Banni Awas, of Gujarat, Rajput's Awas, Chhatri, Paliwal Awas, of rajasthan
information on their cultural importance was given by Dr. Ashok Kumar Sharma. Then Horticulture Officer Dhir Singh explained in detail about the cultural, environmental, and medicinal importance of the trees planted in the dense forest located in the museum premises. After that, Surya kumar Pandey gave information about prehistoric painted rock shelters. After this, while observing the open-air exhibition of rock art, all the members of the trekking team reached the entrance of the tribal habitat open-air exhibition, where all the present people were given refreshments and coconut water by the management. After this, all the people planted different types of plants in the museum premises under the leadership of Bhuvan Vikram, Director of the museum.
Indira Gandhi rashtriya manav sangrahalaya organized a museum's popular lecture on the occasion of World Environment Day, Prof Yogesh dubey Indian Institute of Forest Management delivered the lecture on ‘Environmental Crisis and Concerns: way forward for Sustainable Future’. He said that the world is going through an environmental crisis with climate change becoming a harsh reality.
Pollution of water bodies, pollution of air, deforestation and land degradation are some of the challenges that we are faced with today. The concentration of carbon dioxide had already increased to an alarming level. Sea level is rising making coastal areas more vulnerable to climate induced risks. The frequency of extreme weather events is on rise leading to issues related to food security.