Foresters across the mountainous northeastern Indian state of Nagaland will help roll out a unique programme of environmental education, co-developed by researchers at the 探花直播 of Cambridge.
Foresters across the mountainous northeastern Indian state of Nagaland will help roll out a unique programme of environmental education, co-developed by researchers at the 探花直播 of Cambridge.
鈥, jointly developed by researchers at the 探花直播 of Cambridge and the Hearth Advisors, a division of Canta Consultants LLP will form the central education platform within a programme of tree plantation drives, waste management and recycling that engages students, communities, village councils and towns across an area that contains about a quarter of all India's forests.
Designed for students between the ages of 9 and 15, the Pani Pahar curriculum has been freely available to teachers and schools since 2020. 探花直播aim of the curriculum is to engage students in experiential learning and to instil in them a sense of responsibility towards water conservation, and environmental sustainability more generally. 探花直播curriculum preparation and instructional design was led by the Hearth Advisors, based on research conducted at the 探花直播 of Cambridge.
Young Nagaland forestry graduates under the Mobius Young Professional Programme are being trained by the Hearth Advisors to impart the Pani Pahar curriculum in schools, collect data on 鈥榠ndigenous knowledge and practices in forest management/natural resource management鈥 and contribute to an international research initiative 鈥榯o translate indigenous knowledge into concrete policy action鈥 launched by the Indian government at COP 27.
探花直播foresters will also be given hands-on training and work experience on various aspects of forestry projects by a team from the Nagaland Forest Management Project (NFMP). 探花直播NFMP is a development project 鈥渢o improve forest ecosystems鈥 supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) of the Japanese government.
探花直播Nagaland project is led by Cambridge alumnus听Atoho Jakhalu, who is Director of the Climate Studies and Knowledge Solutions Centre in the Government of Nagaland, supported by the Government Department of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Hearth Advisors, as well as YouthNet, and funded by the Mobius Foundation.
鈥淲e anticipate the success of this project in Nagaland will set a strong foundation to be followed for the rest of the other seven North Eastern states of the Indian Himalayan region (which has a quarter of India鈥檚 total forest cover and therefore has a huge role to play in keeping up with India鈥檚 climate commitments especially in the forestry sector),鈥 Jakhalu听said.
鈥楶ani Pahar 鈥 Waters of the Himalayas' grew out of a collaborative research project between the 探花直播 of Cambridge, 探花直播Centre for Ecology Development and Research in India (CEDAR) and the Southasia Institute for Advanced Studies in Nepal (SIAS). 探花直播project explores the changing landscapes and escalating water crises of the Indian Himalayas. It combines academic research led by Cambridge Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education Professor Bhaskar Vira and Dr Eszter Kovacs then at Cambridge鈥檚 Department of Geography (now at 探花直播 College London) with contemporary imagery by photojournalist Toby Smith, which has been exhibited in the UK and India.
探花直播curriculum, developed by the Hearth Advisors, aims to help students understand water resources and sustainability and how these are impacted by climate change. 探花直播detailed lesson plans encourage reflection and research on the human causes of water scarcity, and some of the effects of environmental change on humans and our shared resources. It also helps students understand the meaning of activism, recognise some of the challenges associated with activism, and begin to associate activism with the needs and issues of their school.
鈥淭hese school materials are designed to allow young people, who are highly mobilised through the school strikes for climate, to develop a critical engagement with these issues, with learning resources and educational materials that are targeted at different stages of the secondary school curriculum,鈥 said Vira. 鈥淲e wanted to show the links between our research on water scarcity and broader concerns about environmental change and crises.鈥
探花直播curriculum has three sets, one for each level, involving 10-hours of contact time with students on each level. 探花直播curriculum is targeted at students of junior, middle and senior level.
探花直播curriculum was launched in India in 2020, although Vira says it could easily be incorporated into the school systems of other countries, including the UK. 探花直播resources are free to download and use, and have been released through creative commons licensing.
Funding for the research project and exhibition was provided by the UK鈥檚 Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme, which was a joint initiative of the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Funding was also provided by the 探花直播 of Cambridge鈥檚 Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account. 探花直播Oxonian India Foundation funded the graphic design of the curriculum materials.
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