Speakers include Dr Ruth Padel (great great granddaughter of naturalist Charles Darwin) and Dr. R K Pachauri, Chief of Nobel Prize award winning panel (IPCC)
The United Nations has declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. This year is a unique opportunity to increase the understanding of the vital role that biodiversity plays in sustaining life on Earth.
Jai Hind College, Mumbai organized a 2-day National Seminar titled “Planet Earth; Take Care……Take Charge “on 26th and 27th November 2010 in the Auditorium at Jai Hind College, Mumbai. The purpose of the seminar was to highlight the impact of biodiversity depletion and to suggest ways to conserve this National treasure.
The seminar boasted of National and International celebrities like Dr Ruth Padel, great great granddaughter of Charles Darwin, Dr R K Pachauri, Chief of the Nobel award winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Mr Bittu Sahgal, Editor Sanctuary Asia Magazine and Dr Y V Jhala, Scientist G, whose relentless efforts go in preserving the Tigers in India.
Dr R K Pachauri spoke of the effects of climate change and how people can work towards improvising the conditions, while Mr Bittu Sahgal talked about the declining population of animals due to poaching activities. The Guest of Honor for the seminar was Dr Ruth Padel, who has worked towards Biodiversity conservation and spoke on “Trophic complexes or trophic cascades?” while reading excerpts from her poems.
The other speakers included Dr Rajendra Shinde who spoke on medicinal plant diversity, Mr Gautam Kirtane reviewed Films on Global Environment, Dr M T Pandya shared his experiences on Bioremediation and Dr Prem Jain highlighted importance of Green buildings. Two of the speakers are active wild life researchers - Dr Y V Jhala, a Scientist at WII, Dehradoon shared his work on the Indian tiger and strategies used in its conservation; Dr Nita Shah, a freelancer who has worked for many years with the Bombay Natural History Society, spoke on the adverse effects of human drugs on vulture population.
Staff and students from over 40 colleges in Mumbai and Maharashtra and various industry representatives participated in the seminar. The seminar was a huge success and a water fund was collected which will be utilized by the Bio Sciences department students of Jai Hind College for adopting a village.
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