April 22, 2023 is the 54th World Earth Day, and the theme of this year's Earth Day is "Cherish the Earth, Harmony between Man and Nature". To further guide the whole society to establish the ecological civilization concept of "respecting nature, adapting to nature and protecting nature", promote the construction of beautiful Qianshan, and jointly build an earth home where people and nature live in harmony, Tianzhushan Global Geopark and Shuzhou Primary School of Qianshan City will jointly hold a series of thematic publicity activities for the World Earth Day 2023.
As the 29th International Biodiversity Day was
approaching, Tianzhushan UGGp held a series of science popularization activities
to celebrate the day, with the theme of “ Building A Community of Life on Earth”.
On May 20th, Tianzhushan UGGp gave a lecture on birds
in Tianzhushan Geopark Museum. 40 students from Meicheng Central Primary School
listened to the lecture and visited the geopark museum. They learnt different
species and characteristics of birds in Tianzhushan area.
On May 21st, Ms. Song from Anqing Medical College led
30 students to identify and discover surrounding common Chinese herbal
medicines in Qianshuihe National Wetland Park, letting students to get closer
to the nature.
On May 23rd, a lecture on three types of rocks of
Tianzhushan UGGp was given in Pailou Central Primary School. 40 students
attended the lecture and learnt about the granite landform, ultrahigh pressure
metamorphic belt and paleontological fossils of Tianzhushan UGGp. After the
lecture, the students were led to visit Hanchangchong UHP geosite.
This series of science popularization activities aimed
to show biodiversity of Tianzhushan UGGp to students, and upgrade their
awareness to protect the nature and environment.