Conservation Education Centre

[1] The Conservation Education Centre is located on the BNHS Nature Reserve in Goregaon, Mumbai, India.

The BNHS Nature Reserve lies between the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Film City.

[3] In 1993 the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) initiated a three-year Conservation Education Project (CEP) in Mumbai, Tamil Nadu and Bharatpur.

The project was funded by Department of International Development, U.K. (formerly known as ODA) in technical collaboration with Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), U.K.

[3] The outcome of the study was to provide remedies for reducing the biotic pressures involving local stakeholders.

Corporate Programmes at CEC are customized employee sensitization workshops that include wilderness camps, eco-days celebrations and volunteering opportunities.

Activities such as tree planting, habitat restoration, clean-up drive and awareness campaigns are also conducted.

[5] These workshops consist of presentations on carbon footprints, green lifestyle biodiversity plot study and E-waste.

The USP of the Bombay Natural History Society has been conservation through scientific studies, which form the basis of environment education imparted by CEC.

[11] The project involved a complete and comprehensive awareness-attitude survey of visitors, staff and locals at the Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala.

Based on the results of this survey, recommendations were made for new educational activities that could be carried out, new exhibits to be installed to raise the awareness level and outreach programmes to improve community relations.

[10] This encompassed the development of new educational material such as displays, signage and audiovisuals as well as training workshops for teachers.

[10] The project was commenced in January 2006 and involved bringing groups of underprivileged children through NGOs for an all expenses paid visit to CEC.

[10] On the eve of World Environment Day, the closing ceremony was organized at BNHS's Conservation Education Centre, wherein the book Green Guide for Teachers was launched by the hands of Smt.

The bilingual book was funded by MMR Environment Improvement Society (MMREIS) and Sir Dorabaji Tata Trust.