Guwahati students document 1,517 species in biodiversity survey

School students in Guwahati documented 1,517 species during a month-long biodiversity survey. The exercise aimed to build a permanent, real-time climate-resilience database by turning students into citizen-scientists. By involving young people in systematic species documentation, the initiative promotes grassroots environmental awareness and generates locally-owned ecological data useful for conservation and climate-adaptation planning.

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Citizen-science and biodiversity-database model; illustrative example for environment/ecology answers.

Key facts

Guwahati school students documented 1,517 species.
It was a month-long biodiversity survey.
Aim: a permanent, real-time climate-resilience database via student citizen-scientists.

Relevant forState PSC · UPSC

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