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Educational Tour to Yamuna Biodiversity Park

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We started our journey at sharp 9:00 am towards Yamuna Biodiversity Park and we reached there within an hour as traffic was less. Staff Members of Yamuna Biodiversity Park welcomed us and told us about the importance of protecting nature. They told us that an average human being consumes 400-500 litres of oxygen per day, the cost of which is around 13 lakh rupees per day. The cost of affording oxygen of one year is around 48 crore rupees. If humans will destroy whole wildlife, then there will be no oxygen present naturally. Then in such a scenario, people will have to buy oxygen or die. The prices quoted above are variable. Imagine upto what level the prices of oxygen will shoot up in future, when its demand will be more than the supply. In order to avoid such scenario, we should conserve and protect our nature. After a brief orientation, two staff members and our teacher accompanied us for sightseeing. We saw a net house and green house which are used for growing seeds in any season o
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Visit to Yamuna Biodiversity Park

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 Field trip report - Prabhleen Kaur   I got the wonderful opportunity to explore Yamuna Biodiversity Park, Wazirabad, North Campus.   What we saw, observed, experienced, and understood at Yamuna Biodiversity Park   Why do we need to protect nature ? An average human takes about 450-500 litres of oxygen per day and presently, the price of buying it is 13 lakh rupees per day. If we continue to exploit nature, then time will come when whole wildlife will get destroyed. Then , people will have to buy oxygen or die. So, in order to avoid this scenario, we must conserve and protect nature. Almost a decade ago, Yamuna Biodiversity Park was barren land and its soil was salty and clayey. How did barren land got converted into fertile land ? The barren land was converted into fertile land by the process of phytoremediation. In the above picture, there is an egg of   an insect on a leaf, which is yellow in colour. Karonda Tree This is a Karonda Tree and there are over riped Karondas
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