'ജൈവവൈവിധ്യ സംരക്ഷണ പരിപാലനം ജനങ്ങളിലൂടെ : സാധ്യതകളും നിയമവും' എന്ന പുസ്തകത്തിന്റെ പ്രകാശനം - ബഹു. കേരള മുഖ്യമന്ത്രിയില്‍ നിന്ന് ആദ്യപ്രതി ബഹു. തദ്ദേശ സ്വയംഭരണ വകുപ്പ് മന്ത്രി ഏറ്റുവാങ്ങുന്നു.

THOOVALSPARSHAM  - PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

WINNERS

"Ente thai" the unique plant monitoring app developed by KSBB is available in playstore.  Public can download and make use of the same to monitor the saplings planted especially under various schemes of Government Departments.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.nic.kerala.biomis.saplings

Shaji, the Tuber Man of Kerala bagged the India Biodiversity Award of 2020

Mr.Shaji. N.M. affectionately called as ‘Tuber Man of Kerala’ has bagged the India Biodiversity Award for the category ‘Conservation of Domesticated Species (Individual)’. He has collected a large number of tuberous plants from all over India, which he displays to tourists and the local community on his farm named ‘Kedaram’ in Kerala’s Wayanad District. Currently, Shaji has two hundred different types of tubers in his collection, including six wild varieties. His list of species has been included in the Edavaka PBR of Wayanad District. He has educated other farmers and students of various agricultural institutions too on the value of his crops. He encourages school children to come and see his collection and explains to them the nutritional and medicinal properties of the tubers. Shaji deserves to be called a model farmer with an ultimate degree of social consciousness which is evident from his highly passionate activities. Shaji not only has his collection of tubers but also a pool of information on all classes of tubers starting from Dioscorea, Cassava and yam and as many varieties and cultivars as possible.

Kerala State Biodiversity Board has prepared  the People's Biodiversity Registers (PBRs) in  all the 1034 local bodies viz., 941 Grama Panchayats, 87 Municipalities and 6 Corporations