Community led eco-institute for agroecology and biodiversity

Abstract

Ecosystem is intimately linked to human well-being throughout human history. Humans depend on the services provided by ecosystem for their sustenance, livelihoods, and survival. But with rapid Urbanisation, there has been lack of engagement of human with his natural environment. There has been disconnection between them and natural environment. The direct consequence of such disconnection is the intensified estrangement from the nature and the gradual loss of people’s appreciation to the nature regarding their reliance on the natural environment. This phenomenon was described by Pyle as the “extinction of experience” syndrome, which is the formation of apathy towards environmental concerns because of people’s alienation from the nature due to the homogenization and reduction of local flora and fauna in their living place. Ecological Sites now, all over the world face critical threat due to this lack of concern from people and Thol Bird Sanctuary, a inland wetland located 40 km from Ahmedabad centre, face the same threat today. It is inevitable that if actions are not taken now, the wetland will turn into another dead urban lake of Ahmedabad and next few years. This projects aims to Take that action, by placing a amalgamation of government and non-government authority in place, with participatory design at its front. It encourages locals to take part in the conservation and imparting the same knowledge and concerns to the urban dwellers at the same time.