355-360The paper
describes the process, approach and results of participatory based biodiversity
learning and creation of an environment among children and traditional healers,
pastoralists and wisemen for making the knowledge network. In this endeavor,
the students have been collaborated with the farmers by taking the help of
regional transfer of technology centers. These students have led the campaign
in organizing biodiversity contests among school children and learning with
village community. The objective behind the effort was to inculcate the
interest among college and school children towards biodiversity use and
conservation and thereby reduce the rate of knowledge erosion with the help of
local wisdom.The paper introduces issue
of collaborative learning on biodiversity between children and village wise men
and reflects some lessons learned about the knowledge networking in the
society. It also discusses some possible factors behind creation of good
environment of learning between wise men and children in forms of participatory
approaches applied. The obtained results will support the participatory
biodiversity based education and learning programmes for the sustainable
development