There is a good news to wild life lovers this week. Gujarat Science City is organizing a series of activities and programmes to mark the observation of Wildlife Week from 1st to 7th October 2010 that aims to widen the meaning of wildlife by understanding that wildlife is not just large, fierce animals, but all non-domesticated flora and fauna native to an area.
Screening of wildlife films, posters and slide shows, interactive sessions by experts, radio talks on the theme have been arranged for school and college students and the visitors during this week. Visitors can see nature and wildlife movies on the LED Screen in the afternoon.
The movie titled ‘Where have all the animals gone’ is a story about endangered species, which speaks about pollution, loss of habitat, population growth, over haunting, poaching and exotic pet trade. The film ‘More is Better: The Biodiversity Story discusses devastating loss of species and endangering an ever growing number of organism.
Similarly there are other titles namely, Animal Game, Web of Life: producer to predator, understanding ecology: what is an ecosystem, what is a food chain, what is a habitat, what is a niche, etc and some more titles are selected for the public viewing and student interaction. There are also quiz papers for participants on various aspects of wildlife and its conservation issues. The week-long celebration will be culminated on 7th October 2010.
In addition visitors can see the IMAX 3D Movie ‘AVATAR’ which is an excellent presentation on environment protection and conservation. This beautiful, fragile, miracle of a planet that we have right here is our land. Not ours to own, but ours to defend and protect.
The broad objective of this celebration is to spread the message that “wildlife” is everywhere – in our homes, gardens and fields, not just in forests and that the wonder of nature is there at our doorstep for us to study and appreciate. They can learn also about the threats to our wildlife and know about wildlife protection laws in our country.
The state Gujarat offers a great diversity of habitats and has a lot to offer to those that love wildlife. The deep forests at Dang and the Gir give shelter to various sorts of animals, including some of the rarest species that can only be found in Gujarat, such as the Asiatic lion, the wild ass, the Indian bustard, and the four horned antelope. There are also special bird sanctuaries and an excellent maritime park.
Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. As this year is being celebrated as the International Year of Biodiversity, the wildlife week programme has a greater role to bring education and awareness about the conservation of plants, animals, and habitats and the preservation of biodiversity. GSC through its DNA Club students also coordinated various hands-on activities and field programmes for the awareness and conservation of wildlife in nature.
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