JAWAHAR NAVODAYA

VIDYALAYA
SARAIPALI, MAHASAMUND
(CHHATTISGARH)

Aim :- To show that Save the tigers – Save the Biodiversity.

Required material:-
1) A plywood board
2) Plaster of paris
3) Thermacoal sheet
4) Drawing paper
5) Some Toys of Animals

Presentation:-

What is biodiversity?

biodiversity stands for 'the multitude of animal and plant species'.

This diversity refers both to the variety of life forms within a certain ecosystem as well as the
genetic diversity in these species.Biodiversity depends on environmental and climatic
circumstances and the ability of organisms to adapt to these.

Why is biodiversity important?

Like other species, mankind and her environment depend on nature for countless matters.
Food, water, and medicines for example, are ingredients taken from nature which we require
in our daily lives.Especially in our food production, our dependance on nature is apparent

Biodiversity & Tiger

No Tigers = No Forests = No biodiversity =No clean Air & Water = No You & Me

• The biodiversity found on Earth today consists of many millions of distinct biological species.
The year 2010 has been declared as the International Year of Biodiversit y & year of Tiger

Why is Tiger in biodiversity

important?

a. National Pride: We pride ourselves as a modern nation and an emerging economic super
power that deserves to stand shoulder to shoulder with developed nations. What kind of
message will we send to the world if we cannot even save our National Animal? Just as
important, if we lack the commitment or the sagacity to save so charismatic an animal as the
tiger, will we be able to save anything else?
b. Preserving nature’s balance: Thousands of ‘lesser’ species share the tiger’s habitat. By
taking steps to save the tiger we also save all these species, which are vital for maintaining
the balance of nature.

c. Ensuring our ecological security: Protecting nature is not a luxury but a vital necessity.
Hundreds of rivers that we depend upon for irrigation and drinking water have their origins in
forests that have been protected in the name of the tiger. If tigers disappear, the political will
to save these forests will erode further. Mining and timber mafias will then degrade and
destroy them, and, in the process, put all our lives at risk.

d. Preserving something irreplaceable: The tiger is a priceless gift of nature. If it

disappears, a part of India’s uniqueness will be lost forever.

e. Ethical reason: The tiger is an extraordinary creation of nature that has survived along
with us for millennia. It has as much of a right to continue to exist on our planet as we do.

F. Role in food web :- Tiger is a perfect  carnivore   and feeds on a variety of wild animals.At times
though it has been seen to feed on grasses for dietary fibre with the fruit of the slow march tree
beingthe favourate .The diet  a tiger usually consists of 35  to 90 pounds of meat in one sitting and if
the hunt is not finished being eaten, the tiger returns to the carcass   when it feels hungry. The tiger
diet consists of the following   that constitues portion of  the tiger food web

. 
g. Tiger Food chain:- be defined as  process of the transfer of energy  from one  trophic level toFood
chain can another   through the process of eating and being eaten.The different  members in each
trophic level either act as predators or consumers  and finally the decomposers  set in to 
decompose the organic remains and return the elements to nature.There  are different types of 
food chains like Tiger food chain in forest, grazing food chain, detritus food chain and parasitic food
chains, aquatic food chains etc.

And by the way, let’s not forget that saving forests and wildlife is enshrined in our
Constitution!

Constitutional Provisions

48A. Protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding of forests and wild
life.—The State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the
forests and wild life of the country.

51A. Fundamental duties.— It shall be the duty of every citizen of India— (g) to protect
and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have
compassion for living creatures;

Reason For Extinction

1) Deforestation & Habitat loss :-
Across all of Asia, vast forests have been cleared for agriculture. As forest space diminishes,
tigers can't find the prey they need to survive. As a result, tigers have begun to eat the
livestock belonging to villagers. Three sub-species have become extinct in the last 60 years -
the Bali, Caspian and Java tigers. Nearly half of all wild tigers belong to the Bengal sub-
species, found in India and several of its neighbours. .

2) Poaching :-
tiger's coat sells for as much as $20,000 on the black market. Tiger bones, claws,
eyes and even the whiskers command high prices for use in Eastern potions and
 elixirs. To fulfill the demand, the world's last tigers are being illegally trapped,
poisoned and shot by the poachers and then smuggled across international
boundaries. To protect their livestock villagers kill the tigers

3) Human activities are the principal cause of declining tiger numbers.

Hunting was a major cause of mortality in the past; both for trophies and as part of
organised pest control measures

4) . Climate Change ----The recent phenomenon of global warming is also

considered to be a major threat to global biodiversity.[example coral reefs -which are
biodiversity hotspots- will be lost in 20 to 40 years if global warming continues at the
current trend An expected sea level rise of 28 cm above 2000 levels may cause the
remaining tiger habitat in the Sundarbans to decline by 96 percent, pushing the total
population to fewer than 20 breeding tigers, according to the study

5) For Medicines- The demand for remedies made from tiger parts has
increased due to increasing affluence in Asia, and laws preventing international trade
in tiger parts are largely ignored. Hong Kong is the main importer of tiger products,
with tiger bone the most used part. The bones are crushed to be used in anti-
inflammatory drugs for rheumatism and arthritis, amongst many other uses. The
trade in tiger skins is also increasing Tigers are poached for their highly prized skins
and body parts, which are used in traditional Chinese medicine
 Effect on the Biodiversity
1 ).Tigers need extensive, intact landscapes and act as an umbrella species — by
saving tigers you save other plants and animals that share their range .
2 ).Tigers…are predestined by their perch at the top of the food web to be big in size
and sparse in numbers. They live on such a small portion of life’s available energy as
always to skirt the edge of extinction, and they are the first to suffer when the
ecosystem around them starts to erode.”

There are about 3,200 tigers left on Earth. Four species of tigers have already faced
complete extinction, which leaves five species to be saved. Fortunately, the United
Nations has named 2010 the “Year of Biodiversity,” and has created a list of ten
critically important species that are to be watched closely during the next 12 months
— the tiger is number one on that list.

The 2010 Year of the Tiger will mark an important year for conservation efforts to
save wild tigers, with WWF continuing to play a vital role in implementing bold new
strategies to save this magnificent Asian big cat

Steps ,How to Save tigers

• Scared, lonely, sad and hungry, jumping at the smallest sound, waiting for his
mommy to come back. But maybe she is not coming back. Save our tigers, there are
just 1411 - is the tagline of the video being telecast on television all over India.

a)Protect forests:- In order to save tigers forests need to be protected.

Apparently the species are becoming extinct because of the loss of their natural habitat.

“Do not cut down the  forest with its tigers and do not banish the tigers from the forest;
the tiger perishes without the forest and the forest perishes without its tigers”  -
Mahabharata, 400 BCE, Udyogaparva.
b) Stop poaching
c) Awareness
1) Self Awareness

2) Society awarenss

3) By government

Self Awareness
10 THINGS WE CAN DO!

1.  Be well informed.

2.  Be an ambassador for tigers:

3.  Understand the roles of the Central and State Governments:

4.  Be a watchdog

5.  Use your social network:

6.  Support conservation NGOs

7.  Start a school outreach programme:

8.  Use your core skills:.

9.  Write letters to the editor:

10.  Follow up:

Awareness by school Programmes

Some of the ways are:
a) Designing material:
Use your creativity and imagination to spread the word for tiger conservation. Help us design:

a) Posters

b) Banners

c) Wallpapers
e) Make short films

f) Animated videos

g) Original background tracks for videos

h) Email your ideas to kkpatel@live.in

b) Raising awareness amongst students

The youth of today is the future of tomorrow. You can help us brighten our future by spreading
awareness in schools and colleges. Form societies/nature clubs to support tiger conservation and
organise talks/programs to spread the message further. Contact us and we will be glad to help you
with the creative content you need to take your zeal forward

c) Short papers/articles on wildlife

If you have a flair for writing and deep interest in wildlife and environment related issues, choose a
theme for your article from the below mentioned topics:

Personal experiences with tigers.

Tourism for tigers- Does it work?

Building local support for tiger conservation.

Building political support for tiger conservation.(With a word limit of 1,000 words)

d) Assist in nature education activities & camps

Discover and appreciate the wonders of nature by helping our various state offices conduct nature
camps and other nature education activities. These camps and activities strive towards sensitizing
individuals towards nature conservation and environmental protection.

e) Work with local communities/in the field

If you wish to work for tiger conservation on the grassroots level, you can help us with our activities
in the various landscapes. This requires higher time commitment and flexibility to travel.

Kids Tiger Club J.N.V.Mahasamund

Society awarenss
Effective communications -Harness communication resources to educate and
engage key audiences and mobilize multi-sector support for tiger conservation

1) 'Save the Tiger' campaign .Use computers , tv , To spread the message of save
the tigers .Some net sources are……..
2) www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/savetiger

www.saveourtigers.com/
projecttiger.nic.in/whyshouldwesavetiger.htm

save-tiger.blogspot.com/ -

www.savethetigerfund.org/

By government

a) Project Tiger -In the late 1960s, Guy Mountfort, an English

conservationist and a founder of World Wildlife Fund (now called World Wide
Fund for Nature), was able to convince Prime Minister Indira Gandhi that the
status of the tiger was so precarious in India that urgent steps had to be taken
to pull it back from the brink of extinction.

b) Tiger Reserves- Initially, 9 Tiger Reserves were created under

Project Tiger. Today, there are 38 Tiger Reserves in 17 states. For more
information on Project Tiger, visit http://projecttiger.nic.in/

c) Constitutional Provisions 48A. Protection and improvement

of environment and safeguarding of forests and wild life.—The State shall
endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests
and wild life of the country.

spread this message and save our treasure….

Hello Indians….

This is Navodaya tiger kids club…Request to all of you that

being a human being, it is our moral duty to save the
treasure of the earth….trees, animals and all..

TIGER yes our national animal is on risk…they are so

beautiful and innocent but they are only 1411 in numbers
becoz of us…WAKE UP and do your co-operation to save
them….otherwise we and our future generation will can see
them in only books….

GOD WILL NEVER FORGIVE US….

Save Tigers
Save Human Beings
Save Our Environment

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I am thankful first respected KKpatel & A.Baxla

Madem who inspired me to make Save the Tiger
Project , Which I really enjoyed doing .Thanks are
also due to respected,SkPradhan sir, V.K.Patel Sir
who created interest in me & constantly encouraged
me to do this project
I am most thankful to our Principal madam
Manju Sharma , I wouldn’t have been able to complete
the project without their valuable guidance .
Mention must be made of my friend ...........
who tirelessly helped me in completing the work.

Prepared by

Sneha Sahu & Samriddhi

Tiger, Tiger!

Tiger, Tiger!
Tiger, tiger, burning bright!
Dreadful is your present plight!

God’s mighty act of your creation

Filled Blake’s mind with fascination!
You are our national animal,
No other creature is you equal.
In deep forests you’re no longer found.
Your roars there no longer resound.
You are Goddess Durga’s mount,
All this does no longer count.

Tiger, tiger, burning bright!

Dreadful is your present plight!

Now your body is your enemy!

It is seen in terms of money.
Alive, some admirers you may please,
Dead, you’re worth lakhs of rupees!
The money is such a temptation,
In hunting you where’s hesitation?
Hunting you is no great art,
A steel trap, a bullet through the heart!
Your skin ladies wear for vanity—
An act devoid of all sanity!
It adorns a tycoon’s drawing room wall
Or the floor of some palace hall.

In China your genitals, ground to powder,

Restore men’s drive and power.
Your bones are used in medicines.
Your flesh and fat cure rheumatism.
Your skull is transformed into a trophy,
Your teeth hang in charms and jewellery.

Tiger, tiger, bright as flame!

Your extinction would be our shame!
In jungles may you thrive again!
May this wish not be in vain!
Lord of beasts, long be your reign.
Your blood jungle trails never stain.
May greedy plans of poachers fail.
May they spend their lives in jail.
May posterity still get to see
Your beauty, power and majesty.

Tiger, tiger, bright as flame!

Your extinction would be our shame!
6)
Threats to biodiversity for Tigers
Formerly, ungoverned hunting, poaching, collecting, and prosecution were important causes for the decline of animal

and plant diversity.

Today one of the large threaths to biodiversity is the fragmentation of nature reserves. Large scale clearing of primary

forest and expansion of the agricultural acreage are most to blame for this.

The harmful results of fragmentation are worsened by increased acidity, over-fertilization and drought, as these cause a

further decline in the quality of the remaining habitat.

• Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or on the entire
Earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems.