Kids for Tigers",  the Sanctuary Tiger Programme is conducting an Environmental Leadership Workshop for Teachers on July 28.

Today, India's national animal, and natural India at large, are both threatened by habitat destruction, incessant poaching, and de-notification of protected areas. At this critical time, "Kids for Tigers", the Complan presented Sanctuary Tiger programme is holding a workshop for school educators to ensure that the next generation gears up to save our wildlife, forests, and natural resources.

Teachers from more than 60 schools have been invited to attend this vital Environmental Leadership Workshop that will deal with the newly introduced Environmental Studies (EVS) curriculum in schools. The workshop will be inaugurated by Mr I B Srivastava, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF), Wildlife, Government of Karnataka.

The workshop
The content of the workshop has been designed by educators and conservationists, and this interactive forum will provide teachers an opportunity to share their own concept of environmental education, with special emphasis on EVS and the applicability of the curriculum with conservation in the "real world". For instance, the connection between saving tigers, forests and rivers will be brought out for teachers who will then be able to translate such learnings for the benefit of students in class.

The Kids for Tigers Programme, now in its seventh year, has selected this year's theme to be "Saving India's Big Five," with special emphasis on our national animal, the tiger. The Big Five 'indicator species'- the Tiger, the Rhinoceros, the Lion, the Elephant and the Leopard- are gravely endangered. This year's theme will be tackled within the broader context of climate change, as global warming has been seen to have accelerated beyond predictions, and this will have a significant impact on the survival of these species, their habitats and ultimately on the survival of millions of humans who live on the subcontinent.

For the past six years, Kids for Tigers, the Sanctuary Tiger programme has been working with schools to change the way India treats its natural heritage. 'Kids for Tigers' demonstrates how protecting the tiger improves human life by protecting our purest water sources and how protecting your own neighbourhood helps protect the Earth. For more details on Kids for Tigers, India's fastest growing youth wildlife programme, being implemented by Sanctuary and sponsored by Complan, visit www.kidsfortigers.org