Observations

4 points: biodiversity or elements of it are included in the school curriculum

Biodiversity or Nature Awareness is Included in the academic syllabus and School Curriculum as well in both Indian Government and private schools

Indicator Performance = 4

Education and awareness - number of outreach or public awareness events

Methodology Number of outreach or public awareness events held in the city per year Scoring range: (based on the CBI user manual) 0 point: 0 outreach events/year 1 point: 1 - 59 outreach events/year 2 points: 60 -149 outreach events/year 3 points: 150-300 outreach events/year 4 points: >300 outreach events/year

No proper data is available for any public awareness programme but there might be some programmes

Indicator Performance = 1

Total Performance = 34/72

Observations

 Unplanned urbanisation. affecting the natural areas  Pollution, land reclamation affecting the eco system.  No baseline study for species count has been done.  Strategies and action plans and distribution map of invasive species to be developed to address the high and medium risk species.  Lack of data in biodiversity.  No LBSAP formed by the authority.  Lack of interaction with the public