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February 2012
Ministry of Environment and Forests: New Funding Scheme for Environmental Awareness
The Ministry has recently announced a new financial support programme for promoting environmental awareness. A suggestive list of 'Other Awareness Programmes' that may be financially supported by the Ministry include:
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Awareness cum action programs in and around the protected area, in wildlife corridors, biodiversity hotspots, rivers and wetlands.
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Awareness programs which focus on communities that are critical to conservation of forests/wildlife/environment.
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Activities like nature camps, Marathons/ walkathons/ Yatras/Quiz Competitions/Green Haats
Download information and application form
University of Oxford
Postgraduate Certificate in Ecological Survey Techniques
(1 year, part-time, modular, mostly online)
Course starts in September 2012
The Certificate offers a chance for students to create a learning package that best meets their needs: a selection of core and optional study modules will be available: Vegetation; Mammals & Reptiles; Invertebrates; Birds, Fish and Amphibians; and a module covering Data Analysis in Ecology. This course as well as short standalone modules are designed for international audiences. For more information
For other questions contact the team by emailing est@conted.ox.ac.uk
2 Feb World Wetlands Day
The World Wetlands Day theme for 2012 is Wetlands and Tourism and is linked to the theme for the next meeting of the Conference of the Parties, COP11: Wetlands, Tourism and Recreation, which will take place in July 2012, in Bucharest, Romania. More ..
Available for download and local adaptation Materials for World Wetland Day 2012 on 2 February
Theme: Wetlands and Tourism
- Materials available include a poster, sticker, leaflet, comic strips, a Ramsar Flipbook for children to make - these are in non-editable PDF format or jpg format.
- Those who would like to customize, translate or adapt the materials may write to wwd@ramsar.org to request a CD with design files.
- Visit www.ramsar.org/news/ to read a news article on the theme of wetlands and tourism.
20 Feb World Day of Social Justice
Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations. We uphold the principles of social justice when we promote gender equality or the rights of indigenous peoples and migrants. We advance social justice when we remove barriers that people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability. More ...
21 Feb International Mother Language Day
Languages are the most powerful instruments of preserving and developing our tangible and intangible heritage. All moves to promote the dissemination of mother tongues will serve not only to encourage linguistic diversity and multilingual education but also to develop fuller awareness of linguistic and cultural traditions throughout the world and to inspire solidarity based on understanding, tolerance and dialogue. More ...
2012 is the International Year of Cooperatives
Cooperative enterprises have invaluable contributions to poverty reduction, employment generation and social integration. The cooperative business model is a strong and viable means of doing business and furthering socioeconomic development. More...
2012 is the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Energy services have a profound effect on productivity, health, education, climate change, food and water security, and communication services. Lack of access to clean, affordable and reliable energy hinders human, social and economic development and is a major impediment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. More ...
Project Parampara invites your contributions
Project Parampara is an effort to gather information about India’s Intangible Cultural Heritage and individuals, communities and institutions involved in its continuity and conservation. A website www.paramparaproject.org has been launched to collate information on institutions, experts, government sponsored schemes, research projects, status reports, audio/video, web materials and specific conservation programmes relating to the Intangible Cultural Heritage of India. Contributions are invited in the forms of write-ups, audio/video material/ etc. about the different kind of living traditions (ICH) that are found in India, and are being/ need to be conserved. The website is especially looking for information relating to those cultural traditions that strongly reflect environmentally sustainable character and which can be established or promoted as livelihood alternatives. Read more ...
Ramblings of a Nature Educator by Sanjay Sondhi 
Will the children green their hill slopes?
Wide-eyed, apprehensive, yet eager, the twenty young children stared back at us in the classroom. I was in the Thatyud district, near Mussoorie in Uttarakhand, in a school in the village of Kyarsi. Read on ...
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