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Embrace and En-hance the Earth’s Beauty.Don’t litter on roads,don’t throw plastics in oceanand keep the surroundings clean.She (The Earth) should feel very special on Valentine’s Day!!

Director’s Corner

- Dr. Vinitaa Apte Founder Director TERRE

Aniket S Kelkar and Yash-want S Kelkar adopted Ban-yan and Chafa Trees in the memory of their daughter, Late Anandi Aniket Kelkar at Smri-tivan - Warje, Pune. Ajinkya A

Kelkar, brother of Late Anandi took the entire responsibility of the adoption. The family also showed a thoughtful gesture by doing bone burial instead of bone immersion (which is a hin-

du ritual). The family believes that the life of Late Anandi will be rooted in the tree to nurture it.

On 16th Janu-ary 2019, the fourth edition of TERRE Olympiad (2018-2019), the National level online envi-ronment-based quiz competi-tion was celebrated with the grand Award ceremony in Dr. Sarabhai Puli audio KV2 Cantt, Delhi.

Hon. Mr. Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India, graced the event as a chief guest, and awarded the students and schools in vari-ous categories. TERRE Olym-

piad 2018-19 was supported by TATA Motors and Symantec Solutions.

Dignitaries from Partner or-ganization and National Acad-emies were also present on the dais such as Mr. Vinod Kulkarni (TATA Motors CSR Head), Mr. Deepak Maheshwari (Syman-tec Director, Government Af-fairs – India, ASEAN & China), Mr. Santosh Kumar Mall (Kend-riya Vidyalaya Sangathan Com-missioner), Mr. Bishwajit Ku-mar Singh (Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Commissioner) and Dr.

13 JAN

Release of ‘SCCN Guidelines’ and ‘Carbon Neutral University Campus’ initiative

13 JAN TERRE Olympiad Award Ceremony

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Vinitaa Apte (Founder Director TERRE Policy Centre)

”We have started this Olym-piad in the year 2015 with a small number of participation, but it is now becoming one of

the popular online quiz. In the year 2019, we are certainly go-ing to cross our geographical boundaries and build strong association with neighbouring countries through Olympiad,” said Dr. Vinitaa Apte. “It is our

honor to have Hon. Minister HRD Mr Prakash Javadekar as a Chief Guest for the award cer-emony right from the 1st year of TERRE Olympiad,” she added.

“To overcome environmen-

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tal issues like natural disasters, pollution and climate change, our youth needs to be motivat-ed for sustainable lifestyle and choices. This would encourage

them in developing eco-solu-tions by using their imagina-tion, intelligence and creativity for sustainable future. For this, there has definitely been an im-

pressive growth in environmen-tal sensitivity among them. Stu-dents should be environmental ambassadors”, said Mr. Prakash Javadekar

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After the grand Success of TERRE Olympiad 2018-19, TERRE policy Centre is launching now

“TERRE Olympiad - For Teachers”in collaboration with Earth Day Network.

‘TERRE Olympiad for Teach-ers’ will also be a National Level online environment awareness based Quiz Competition, which will be conducted on a fixed day of every month for next 18 months. The Exam format of this Olympiad will be similar to TERRE Olympiad for schools. After the teachers’ reg-istration, each teacher will receive unique ID and password to login the exam portal, where he/she will

have to solve 10 MCQ environment-based questions in 5 min. Each question will contain 2 marks and teacher with minimum 18 marks in minimum time will be selected as the winner of month. Winner will be awarded with certificate and an online shopping voucher worth INR 750-1000.

TERRE Olympiad for Teach-ers will be conducted on TERRE Policy Centre’s official website :

www.terrepolicycentre.com from February 2019 to July 2020.

For any queries regarding the above competition please contact us :

terrepolicycentre@gmail.com

Contact: 020-25448650

(P.C: Samiul Kabir) Project Leader

The sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) is an insectivorous species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vul-nerable on the IUCN Red List, mainly because of habitat loss and degradation. It has also

Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus)

been called labiated bear be-cause of its long lower lip and palate used for sucking insects. Compared to brown and black bears, the sloth bear is lankier, has a long, shaggy fur and a mane around the face, and long, sickle-shaped claws. It evolved from the ancestral brown bear during the Pleistocene and through convergent evolution shares features found in insect-eating mammals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth_bear

Due to climate change this year winters in Maha-

rashtra feels like Kashmir !!

P.C Dhanraj Garad

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Set your thermostat a few de-grees lower in the winter and a few

degrees higher in the summer to save on heating and cooling costs.

Which among the following is key faunal species that is be-ing conserved and monitored in ‘Dachigam National Park’ ?

[A] Musk Deer [B] Golden Oriole [C] Yellow-throated Marten [D] Hangul or Kashmir StagIf you know the answer, send us at

terrepolicycentre@gmail.com

Last month’s quiz answer -Deforestation

Winner of Last Month QuizAmol Shinde

(amol_shinde@gmail.com)

Small Act, Green Impact

Question of the Month

Number of Month

As many as 429 tigers have been poached and killed since 2008 across the country, with the maximum of 71 in Madhya Pradesh during the pe-riod, revealed data obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

https://timesofin-dia.indiatimes.com/article-show/67559001.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

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The Environment CROSSWORD Down:1. Earth’s largest and most

populous continent

2. A type of reptile with huge size that became extinct about 65000000 years ago

3. Star shaped aquatic spe-cies

4. Practice of killing and trap-ping animals

5. A bird/ airline

Across:6. Scattered pieces of rub-

bish or remains

7. A type of fish

8. A small marine fish in the genus of hippocampus

9. A root vegetable

10. A female bird, especially of a domestic fowl

Increase your IQ and Knowledge by solv-ing this environmental-based Crossword and send it to info@terrepolicycentre.com