This presentation is about an innovative science exhibition on a specially designed 16 coach AC train, traveling across India from 5 Jun to 22 Dec, 2012.

1. NAME - RAJLAXMI
BATCH - 2012-14
IIBM PATNA

3.  Science Express Biodiversity Special is an innovative and
unique mobile exhibition mounted on a specially designed 16
coach AC train, traveling across India from 5 June - 22
December 2012.
 The current decade (2011-2020) has been declared as the
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity and United Nations
Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification. The
exhibition aboard the train is based on the theme
'Biodiversity'. It is a collaborative initiative of Department of
Science & Technology (DST) and Ministry of Environment &
Forests (MoEF), Government of India.
 The exhibition aims to showcase the wide array of biodiversity
in the country and the conservation measures adopted
thereof.

4.  The Science Express – Biodiversity Special exhibition
was inaugurated at Delhi Safdarjung station on 5 June
2012, World Environment Day.
 Sheila Dikshit, Honorable Chief Minister of Delhi was the
Chief Guest of the ceremony.
 The function was hosted by Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan,
Honorable Minister of State (I/C) for Environment &
Forests.
 Inaugurated at 9:00 am.
 Smt. Sheila Dikshit and Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan
flagged off the train at 10:00 am after which the
exhibition was open for visitors.

5.  The event was graced by Dr. T. Ramasami, Secretary,
Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India; Dr.
T. Chatterjee, Secretary, Ministry of Environment &
Forests; Mr. D. N. Rajasekhar, General Manager,
Northern Railways and Dr. M. F. Farooqui, Additional
Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests.

6.  Station: Delhi Safdarjung
 Exhibition dates: 05.06.12 - 07.06.12
 Visitors: 2371

7.  Station: Patna
 Exhibition dates: 09.06.12 - 10.06.12
 Visitors: 19000

8.  Dept of Science and Technology(DST)
 Ministry of Environment and Forests(MoEF)
 Indian Railways
 National Council for Science and Technology
Communication(NCSTC)
 Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science
Centre(VASCSC)
 HSBC
 Centre for Environment Education(CEE)
 Indus Towers
 Nestle

9.  Bombay Natural History Society
 Center for Ecological Sciences
 G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and
Development
 Indian Council for Forestry Research and Education
 National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management
 National Museum for Natural History
 Wildlife Institute of India
 Wildlife Trust of India

10. India can be divided into 6 physiographic regions:-
 Mountains:-
India has 8 major mountain regions:-
 Himalaya
 Karakoram
 Patkai or Purvanchal
 Vindhya
 Satpura
 Aravali
 Western Ghats
 Eastern Ghats

11.  Indo gangetic plain:-
 Extend from Jammu Kashmir to Assam.
 Has 3 major rivers Ganges, Indus and Brahmaputra.
 World’s most extensive expanse of alluvium.
 Covers an area of 700 000 sq km.
 Four major divisions are Bhabar, Terai, Bangar and
Khadar.

12.  Thar Desert:-
 World’s 7th largest desert.
 Situated in Rajasthan, continuing into Pakistan.
 Covers an area of about 238 700 sq km.
 10% comprises of sand dunes, 90% consist of craggy rock
forms, compacted salt-lake bottoms and interdunal and
fixed dune areas.

13.  Highlands:-
 The Central Highlands consists of 3 main plateaus.
 The Malwa plateau spreads across Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh and Gujarat.
 The Deccan plateau lies in the south covering an area of
1.9 million sq km.
 The Chhotanagpur plateau spreads across most of
Jharkhand, and parts of Bihar, Orissa and Chhattisgarh.

14.  Coasts:-
 The Eastern Coastal Plain stretches from Tamil Nadu to
West Bengal.
 Width varies from 100 to 130 km.
 Divided into 6 regions viz the Mahanadi delta, the
southern Andhra Pradesh plain, the Krishna-Godavari
deltas, the Kanyakumari coast, the Coromandel Coast,
and sandy coastal.

15.  The Western Coastal plain extends from Gujarat through
Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala.
 Ranges from 50 to 100km in width.
 Divided into 2 major parts viz Konkan and Malabar
Coast.

16.  Islands:-
 Two major islands are Andaman and Nicobar
islands, and Lakshadweep islands.
 The Lakshadweep islands lies 200 to 300 km off the
coast of Kerala in the Arabian Sea.
 Has an area of about 32 sq km.

17.  The Andaman and Nicobar islands are located 1,255 km
from Kolkata and 193 km from Cape Negrais in Burma.
 The Andaman Islands consists of 204 small islands across
a total length of 352 km.

18.  Pollution:-

19.  Overpopulation:-

20.  Deforestation:-

21.  Climate change:-

22.  Poaching:-

23. International Union for Conservation of Energy(IUCN)’s
list of endangered animals include:-
 Mountain Gorilla:-
 One of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla.
 Found in Central Africa.
 As of Spring 2012, the estimated total
worldwide is 790.

24.  Ethiopian Wolf:-
 Canid native to Africa.
 Found at altitudes above 3000m
in the Afro-alpine regions of Ethiopia.
 Fewer than 500 remain today.
 Blue Whale:-
 Largest known animal.
 Around 30m in length and 180
metric tones in weight.
 Only about 5000 to 12000 blue
whales worldwide as per a 2002
report.

25.  Asiatic Lion:-
 One of 5 major big cats in India.
 In 2012,Gujarat govt reported 411
Asiatic lions in Gir forest.
 Giant Panda:-
 Native to Central Western and
South Western China.
 A 2007 report shows 239 pandas
living in captivity inside China
and another 27 outside the country.

26.  Asian Elephant:-
 Largest living land animals.
 Distributed in South East Asia from
India Borneo.
 In 2003,the wild population was
between 41410 to 52345.
 Tiger:-
 Largest cat species, around 3.3m
long and weigh up to 306kg.
 Global wild population estimate
is between 3062 to 3948.

27.  Reduce
 Reuse
 Recycle

28.  Reforestation

29.  Judicious use of non-renewable resources

30.  More use of renewable resources