Coastal Ecology Field Trip
The use of coastal educational field trips is a major part of our environmental awareness programmes for both youth and adults. OMCAR educational field trip is an integral part of the school level instructional programmes. Our field trips provide participants with first hand experience related to the mangroves and seagrass beds and concepts being discussed in the school programmes. It provides a unique opportunity of field experience that is not available within the four walls of a classroom. Our eco-club students are visiting fenced mangrove restoration sites in Agni Estuary that allow participants to see the principles of plant growth, management, natural and man-made threats and nursery bed formation. As a part of our coastal conservation educational programme, field trips are designed around specific educational objectives on ecological adaptations of mangroves, seagrass meadows and associated fauna, which makes easy connections between the focus of the field trip and the concepts that the students are learning in the rest of the educational programme.
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WORLD OCEAN DAY - COASTAL CLEANUP PROGRAMME , 8th JUNE, 2010
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World ocean day was celebrated by OMCAR Foundation on 8th June 2010 at Manora coastal village, Thanjavur District in Tamil Nadu. OMCAR organized the 24 volunteers of nearby school students (11th standard and 12th standard) to participate in the coastal cleanup programme on behalf of the World Ocean Day Celebration.
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THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 22 May 2010
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OMCAR Foundation has participated in the international Biodiversity Day organized by Tami Nadu Forest Department on 22nd May 2010. Village people, women self help group members, Village forest committee members and forest officials were participated in the event that held at Point Calimere. Dr. Balaji, Director of OMCAR Foundation has delivered a lecture on the value of biodiversity in sustainable economic development.
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Ten climate change 'flagship' species named at Copenhagen summit
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Starving koalas and homeless clownfish are among ten species likely to suffer huge losses due to global warming, according to a report released today at the Copenhagen climate change conference by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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