BF Study Tour
- Welcome. Where are you? KFB
- This Basecamp is owned and operated by SCT which is a trust, details are shown here
- What do we do here? Regen Agro & Conservation
- Specifically, what tour are we here for today? - BF Tour
- Facilities here - Point to Toilets, Drinking water, Wet waste, Dry waste (chips packets etc), after the tour, during free time pls keep within the perimeter / trail, strictly no entry or
stopping at Reserve forests
- There are several posters on the walls around here with picture of previous visitors and other important information. During your free time please have a look at them. There will be a little
quiz on the posters at the end of the tour
- I request you to please introduce yourself, your name, what you study/work, where you come from and how many saplings you have planted
- Today we will deal with 3 questions. I request you to read the first question and write it on the board
- What is a forest?
- What is the state of India’s forest?
- How many saplings to replace a tree? Does anyone have a guess? We will try and answer this question in the broken forest. Before we shift discussion to BF area please
- Assemble under board for a group photo
- Stop at Dry waste pit
- BF Area - What happened here? What do we lose when we lose a tree?
- 1 + 1.5 root mass = 2.5 trees
- Every tree lost reduces 3% further
- Not just India, 30% of Amazon is already lost
- Greta Thunberg
- 30-40 years of living root network conducts water and air deep into soil. No roots = no water
- Name water sources available to a farmer
- What about rainfall? How much does it rain in Mangalore?
- Habitat loss
- Biodiversity loss, example of tool box
- Can we repair? We can make chandra yaan, mangal yaan, but tree?
- Who owns these trees?
- Bambusetum
- Group photo
- 1500 world wide, 150 India, 68 here
- We have the biggest bamboo, smallest, creeper bamboo, black bamboo, blue bamboo and bamboo which gives wine to name a few
- Bamboo cools air by 2-3 degrees
- Releases 30% more oxygen than any other tree
- Giant Bamboo
- Growth 4ft or 1.2m per day, especially when there is lightening
- New poles reach their full 100ft height in 30-40days
- Poles can be harvested 5-6 years after planting
- The amount of biomass that a teak tree produces in 40 years, bamboo produces in 5 years
- Oxygen park -
- Why Basecamp planted bamboo in the first place?
- Root system of bamboo -
- acts as a conduit for rain water
- in 2022 we were terrified of the force of the water rushing down toward office area
- in 2023 the water flow reduced
- in 2024 flow is now a trickle and very clear
- Competition between bamboo and rubber?
- Root system of rubber is tap root
- Also plants do not compete at root level
- Competition is at canopy level
- Francis Miyawaki viewpoint
- Refreshments
- Introduce to lemon grass, vetiver, citronella, sugandhi
- Learning about North South determination
- Learning about Rain cycle
- Sunset hilltop
- Forest of Hope
- How many of you have a forest like this?
- Age of these 2 trees?
- Take as many pictures and say goodbye
- What can we do to save this last 3%? Listen to answers
- Individual level - Commit 1 day a week to work for nature. Take up a serious assignment during your holidays. Join your college or local temple/church eco groups. National level -
Join BNHS
- Giant Pejakai tree
- Where does the material for the leaves and branches come from?
- Use of this tree for farmer? Giant fertiliser plant
- Ingredients of forest compost
- 4 volunteers + 1 inoculant
- Protect trees that birds and bats love
- Carrying capacity
- Introduction to Puru and Regen Agro
- Lunch break 2-3.15pm, reassemble at office, last person to arrive to do 10 push-ups
- There is rope braiding, swings, rain shower (pls turn off after use)
- Use of dorm to take rest is permitted
- Those who submit a review entitled to a free sapling, cutting or bamboo toothbrush
- There is no password on the wifi here
- Point to Nursery where 50rs saplings / cuttings are kept
- Whistle at 3.10pm
- Give reference page to faculty
- Welcome back, we hope you enjoyed the lunch and free time.
- Those of you who wish to work for conservation in a systematic and scientific manner can sign up for an Internship with us or better still with Sammilan Shetty Butterfly park, you can scan QR
Code
- We recommend that you apply for a membership of BHNS India’s oldest and biggest conservation society by scanning QR code. Normal membership costs 1416rs but student memberships cost only
450rs, here is a sample of the world class Hornbill magazine that members receive.
- If you wish to contribute to the Staff welfare, you can ‘adopt a tree’. The money goes directly to the workers here
- We also offer other tours such as the Science of Laudato Si tour & Bamboo farming and applications tour
- You can also visit the basecamp with your family to celebrate your birthday, family picnics
- You can stay overnight in the dorm, sleep on the star gazing deck, take a forest night walk, early morning birding, trekking etc
- I now request you to kindly stand up and share with us what you liked and learnt from your visit here today. Please be brief so that everyone can get a chance to speak.
- I thank you for your visit and hope to see you again soon
Bamboo Study Tour
- Welcome. Where are you? KFB
- This Basecamp is owned and operated by SCT which is a trust, details are shown here
- What do we do here? Regen Agro & Conservation
- Specifically, what tour are we here for today? - Bamboo Tour
- Facilities here - Point to Toilets, Drinking water, Wet waste, Dry waste (chips packets etc), after the tour, during free time pls keep within the perimeter / trail, strictly no entry or
stopping at Reserve forests
- There are several posters on the walls around here with picture of previous visitors and other important information. During your free time please have a look at them. There will be a little
quiz on the posters at the end of the tour
- I request you to please introduce yourself, your name, what you study/work, where you come from and why does bamboo interest you?
- Today we will deal with 3 questions. I request you to read the first question and write it on the board
- What are the bamboo's available here
- Why did Kanthavara choose bamboo?
- Bamboo treatment and applications
- Assemble under board for a group photo
- Stop at Dry waste pit
- Stop at Forest Compost lines
- BF Area - What happened here? What do we lose when we lose a tree?
- 1 + 1.5 root mass = 2.5 trees
- Every tree lost reduces 3% further
- Not just India, 30% of Amazon is already lost
- Greta Thunberg
- 30-40 years of living root network conducts water and air deep into soil. No roots = no water
- Name water sources available to a farmer
- What about rainfall? How much does it rain in Mangalore?
- Habitat loss
- Biodiversity loss, example of tool box
- Can we repair? We can make chandra yaan, mangal yaan, but tree?
- Who owns these trees?
- Bambusetum
- Group photo
- 1500 world wide, 150 India, 68 here
- We have the biggest bamboo, smallest, creeper bamboo, black bamboo, blue bamboo and bamboo which gives wine to name a few
- Bamboo cools air by 2-3 degrees
- Releases 30% more oxygen than any other tree
- Giant Bamboo
- Growth 4ft or 1.2m per day, especially when there is lightening
- New poles reach their full 100ft height in 30-40days
- Poles can be harvested 5-6 years after planting
- The amount of biomass that a teak tree produces in 40 years, bamboo produces in 5 years
- Oxygen park -
- Why Basecamp planted bamboo in the first place?
- Root system of bamboo -
- acts as a conduit for rain water
- in 2022 we were terrified of the force of the water rushing down toward office area
- in 2023 the water flow reduced
- in 2024 flow is now a trickle and very clear
- Competition between bamboo and rubber?
- Root system of rubber is tap root
- Also plants do not compete at root level
- Competition is at canopy level
- Francis Miyawaki viewpoint
- Refreshments
- Introduce to lemon grass, vetiver, citronella, sugandhi
- Learning about North South determination
- Learning about Rain cycle
- Sunset hilltop
- Forest of Hope
- How many of you have a forest like this?
- Age of these 2 trees?
- Take as many pictures and say goodbye
- What can we do to save this last 3%? Listen to answers
- Individual level - Commit 1 day a week to work for nature. Take up a serious assignment during your holidays. Join your college or local temple/church eco groups. National level -
Join BNHS
- Giant Pejakai tree
- Where does the material for the leaves and branches come from?
- Use of this tree for farmer? Giant fertiliser plant
- Ingredients of forest compost
- 4 volunteers + 1 inoculant
- Protect trees that birds and bats love
- Carrying capacity
- Introduction to Puru and Regen Agro
- Lunch break 2-3.15pm, reassemble at office, last person to arrive to do 10 push-ups
- There is rope braiding, swings, rain shower (pls turn off after use)
- Use of dorm to take rest is permitted
- Those who submit a review entitled to a free sapling, cutting or bamboo toothbrush
- There is no password on the wifi here
- Point to Nursery where 50rs saplings / cuttings are kept
- Whistle at 3.10pm
- Give reference page to faculty
- Welcome back, we hope you enjoyed the lunch and free time.
- Those of you who wish to work for conservation in a systematic and scientific manner can sign up for an Internship with us or better still with Sammilan Shetty Butterfly park, you can scan QR
Code
- We recommend that you apply for a membership of BHNS India’s oldest and biggest conservation society by scanning QR code. Normal membership costs 1416rs but student memberships cost only
450rs, here is a sample of the world class Hornbill magazine that members receive.
- If you wish to contribute to the Staff welfare, you can ‘adopt a tree’. The money goes directly to the workers here
- We also offer other tours such as the Science of Laudato Si tour & Bamboo farming and applications tour
- You can also visit the basecamp with your family to celebrate your birthday, family picnics
- You can stay overnight in the dorm, sleep on the star gazing deck, take a forest night walk, early morning birding, trekking etc
- I now request you to kindly stand up and share with us what you liked and learnt from your visit here today. Please be brief so that everyone can get a chance to speak.
- I thank you for your visit and hope to see you again soon
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Best and free carbon sequestering machine
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So once again how many saplings to replace this tree?
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A forest in good health stops the spread of fire