Protecting endemic, indigenous plants, animals

St Benedict's College Boys' Secondary School, Kirkop, is participating in another Comenius project entitled 'Endemic and indigenous species and their protection'. The other participants are a private school in Limassol, Cyprus, and a public school in Gravina, Italy.

The project's main aim is to increase students' awareness of endemic and indigenous plants and animals, as well as their protection. It will also expose the students to other cultures and encourage them to communicate with foreign students, both in English and Italian.

During the first week of March, two teachers and four students from the local school went on a four-day visit to Cyprus as part of the project. The main aim of this visit was for the three schools involved to present their research about endemic species in their countries. The information and photos collected through the research was shown through Powerpoint presentations.

As part of the project, the participants visited the Akrotiri Centre for Environmental Education, where they were given a talk about endemic species and watched an audio visual show. They also did fieldwork, planted about 30 endemic plants in the grounds of the Pascal Greek School in Limassol and visited places of historical importance.

The next project visit is planned to take place in Gravina, Italy, during the first week of May.