MADHAVA VANAM - BIODIVERSITY PARK
Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are fundamental to ecologically sustainable development. Biodiversity is part of our daily lives and livelihood, and constitutes resources upon which families, communities, nations and future generations depend. Biological diversity is fundamental to the fulfilment of human needs. Loss of biodiversity has serious economic and social costs for any country. Biodiversity has been destroyed substantially in India, during recent times due to anthropogenic activities. Biodiversity Park is nothing but the effort to make balance between the nature and the mankind. As it is clear that the most important factor behind extinction and disappearance of any flora and fauna is human population and such kind of unbalance has disturbed the whole ecological and biological world.
The TKMMC campus is uniquely situated in the biologically diverse and fertile upper Kuttannadu region, in the coastal area of Arabian Sea, which is known for its verdant surroundings and a salubrious climate. With the focus of preserving and nurturing the biodiversity in the campus, a Biodiversity Park Project, fondly called as ‘Madhava Vanam’ was initiated as a green initiative (Harithamadhavam) under auspicious of Department of Zoology. The project is in tune with the conservation ethos of the Indian society. In the years to come this park will be an island of biodiversity conservation within local community.
Aims and Objectives
The Biodiversity Park has been established keeping in view so many points regarding conservation of flora and fauna.
The northern part of the campus, comprising an area of about one acre is demarcated as a green zone consisting of a novel concept of following features:
