Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal celebrated World Environment Day on Sunday. Additional Chief Principal Conservator of Forest Government of Madhya Pradesh R Shreeniwasa Murthy delivered a lecture on “Go Wild For life”.
Murthy said that illegal trade is a main reason of endangered wildlife. He informed that a species of Rhinoceros now extint in Tanjania. He told that Tiger and Pangolin were endangered in Madhya Pradesh but now the number of tigers is increasing. He also informed that habitat is under the development at Kuno Sanctuary, Shivpuri to save Asiatic lion. He also told that 60 percent population of India is facing high water stress.
During his lecture, Murthy detailed about increasing of tiger number at Panna National Park. He told that due to Poaching, illegal trade, unawareness in local public, the wildlife population is decreasing.
After lecture Scientist-B and in-charge Manoj Kumar Sharma welcomed the Chief Guest of Programme Director, Indian Institute of Forest Management Bhopal Giridhar Kinhal - IFS, the Guest of Honour Additional Chief Principal Conservator of Forest, Western Region, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India lakhwinder Singh - IFS, Winners of Painting Competition held on April 22, 2016, Participants of Summer Nature Study Programme and other invitees.
Participants of Summer Nature Study Programme Bhavya Makode, Ose Verma, Aadi Jain, Vinayak Pathak and Harshraj Choudhary share their experience about Summer Nature Study Programme.
Kinhal told that tiger has his own territory, human should also follow this rule. To balance the ecosystem, human should also follow the friendship like soil and tree.
lakhwinder Singh told that tree and natural water resource are decreasing and temperature is increasing due to unbalance of environment. He told that due to unbalance of environment, we are facing flood and another side lack of water.
Kinhal, Singh and Murthy distributed the cash prize, certificates, trophy to winner of painting competition and certificates, trophy to participants of Summer Nature Study Programme.
The World Environment Day Programme was ended with the vote of thank proposed by Scientist-B and Coordinator of the Programme Beenish Rafat.