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Responsive: Women attending a seminar on bio-diversity awareness at Thoppukollai in Pudukottai. PUDUKOTTAI: Women in and around Thoppukollai village near here got a rare opportunity to visit the Forestry Extension Centre in the village and to have a glimpse of various trees grown there, courtesy an awareness camp on ‘bio-diversity’ organised jointly by the Organisation for Women Emancipation and Eradication of Poverty (OWEEP) and the Peace Trust, Dindigul. Most women said that though they were residing in the periphery for several years, they never had a chance to see the trees – sandal, thorn-less bamboo and tamarind. They understood not only the importance of increasing the green cover but also the technique of growing trees in a dry condition. The Managing Director of OWEEP, M. Padmini Mohan and Radha, a resource-person, expressed serious concern over global warming and explained the importance of growing trees. They said that they had chosen two villages Thethampatti and Imanampatti in the periphery and motivated the women to participate in the camp. “Unless they see the well-grown trees, they will not understand its importance,” said Ms. Padmini Mohan. A number of environmentalists including S. Nayagam from Madurai, the Treasurer of the District Tree-Growers Association G. S. Dhanapathy and its secretary P. Thangasamy spoke on the conservation of nutrients of soil. Trees were the resources of natural food and conservation of bio-diversity, they said. They suggested that planting of sapling should become a habit on important days and festivals. Campuses of schools, colleges and other public places could be chosen, if adequate space was not available at their residences, they said. Pamphlets on the essential components of bio-diversity were distributed to the participants.
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