Tree census by students at Chennai, Tamilnadu

Posted Date: 25-Jun-2011	Category: Tamilnadu Information	Rating:
Author: Kiran Kumar	Member Level: Gold	Points: 10 (Rs 4)

Tree census the most important project began in Chennai under its first phase covering the educational institutions by students, read on to find out more details on the project and the assistance rendered to it

First tree census of Chennai started few days back in the city with the help of College students which was started with a aim to get the data about different varieties of plant species growing in the city, the first phase of this census project by Urban forestry department started by collecting data from institutional campuses and later on in the next phase others places like avenue trees and others in parks of the city.

Loyola College, Stella Mary's College for Women, Queen Mary's College for women, Pachaiyappa's College and Presidency College where few of the institutes among the 23 institutes whose volunteers involved in the tree census along with NGOs, who were given forms for the survey to be filled from which data received will be developed in to a database from each educational institutions which will be used in the afforestation planning in future.

During the launch meet held at velachery it was stated that Chennai will be the first among the metros in the country which will conduct one such survey on tree census. Also it was acknowledged that thought he state's green cover was at 19.65%, Chennai only covered 4%.

Centre for Floristic Research of the Madras Christian College in Tambaram, which was part of this project will assist in monitoring the gain and loss of tress in the city due to reasons like natural calamities and Infrastructural development will report data on heritage trees.

After 1853 this will most likely be the next to record on plants, which was then done by Hugh Cleghorn, Forest conservator in the book 'Hortus Madraspatensis'.

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