World Wildlife Fund India kicked off the Save Tigers signature campaign amidst presence of teachers from as many as 20 reputed schools of Dehradun. The campaign was launched at the Young Climate Savers workshop held at Welhams School here on Friday. The signatures that will be taken up in the banner will ultimately be submitted to the President as part of WWF's concern over dwindling number of tigers in the country.
Earlier, inaugurating the Young Climate Savers workshop, Principal Welhams Boys Dev Lahiri emphasised on the need for schools to take up the climate change issues alongwith the curriculum. "It is necessary to make future generation aware of the important global problem which is threatening the very survival of the planet earth", he observed.
Delivering his talk on the policy implications linked to climate change, AS Negi former Additional Chief Conservator of forests spoke in detail about the history and science of climate change.
Referring to the impact of climate change, Prof Ramesh Sharma Head of the Department Environmental Sciences HNB Garhwal University called for collective efforts to conserve Himalayas identifying it as the prime watershed for the several of north Indian states.
Ravi Singh Secretary General WWF India, Wing Commander Mahesh C Pandey Director Operations WWF India, and Jitendra Singh Rawat Education officer WWF India were other prominent speakers at the workshop.
Aimed to sensitize the teachers at various schools of Dehradun on the importance of protection and conservation of environment, the workshop were prominently attended by teachers from Kasiga School, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, The Heritage School, Rashtriya Indian Military College, Brightlands, The Asian School, Hilton school, GRD Academy and Shri Guru Ram Rai Public School. The WWF will also be taking the teachers to Asan Conservation Reserve as part of the programme.
