BIODIVERSITY CLUB
The establishment of the Biodiversity Club at Government College, Attingal during the academic year 2015–2016, under the initiative of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board, represents a proactive institutional commitment to biodiversity sustainability, climate resilience, and carbon neutrality. The club functions as a vital platform for promoting conservation awareness, ecological restoration, and participatory environmental governance by actively collaborating with local self-government bodies to address region-specific environmental challenges. A flagship initiative of the club is the creation of ‘Santhisthal’, a carefully designed man-made forest ecosystem envisioned as a protected grove that nurtures rare, endemic, and endangered plant species while providing habitat for associated fauna. Over time, Santhisthal is expected to evolve into a carbon-sequestering green sink, contributing meaningfully to micro-climate regulation and the college’s broader carbon-neutral goals. Under the coordination of Dr. Shanimon S., Biodiversity Club Coordinator, the college has also undertaken systematic documentation, mapping, and digital archiving of its rich on-campus biodiversity resources, including flora and fauna, through the global citizen-science platform iNaturalist. This scientific mapping not only strengthens conservation planning and monitoring but also integrates local biodiversity into global ecological databases, thereby reinforcing the role of educational institutions as living laboratories for sustainability, biodiversity stewardship, and climate action.
- Preservation and propagation of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Species
- Conservation of biodiversity on the college campus with student participation and support from local self-government.
- Propagation of endemic fruit plant species to invite birds and small animal diversity to the sport.
- Fruit plants like the mango tree, jackfruit tree and guava tree were planted on the campus.
- Conducting awareness programmes on biodiversity conservation outside the campus.
- Campus to maintain greenness and cleanliness.