Creating Urban Green Spaces (UGS) in Educational Institutions: A pilot project in Gurudas College, Kolkata-700054, West Bengal, India

Mitu De; Goutam Kumar Pahari; Ripan Chandra Das

doi:10.52756/ijerr.2019.v19.003

Authors

Mitu De Department of Botany, Gurudas College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Goutam Kumar Pahari Department of Botany, Gurudas College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Ripan Chandra Das Department of Botany, Gurudas College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52756/ijerr.2019.v19.003

Keywords:

Biodiversity, college campus, medicinal garden, urban green spaces (UGS)

Abstract

Urban green spaces (UGS) supply ecosystem services such as biodiversity, climate regulation and other benefits. Urban green spaces are essential for the quality of life, health, and wellbeing of citizens. Urban green spaces provide a habitat for both flora and fauna. Creating herbal garden(s) or gardens with ornamental plants within the campus is a great way of increasing the green space in a campus. Not only does it help in conserving biodiversity it provides an opportunity to the students to know about their local plant genetic resources. This paper is a based on a pilot project in Gurudas College where faculty and students members of the NSS and Vasudha units increased the green space in the college campus. They created a medicinal garden and also helped in maintaining the ornamental garden.

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