This is just one of the small changes taking shape among the tribal community living near tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. From requesting their parents to stop killing animals for food, to boycotting the tea vendor who uses teakwood to prepare the tea, students are becoming more conservation-conscious. This consciousness is now spreading to adults in the community: from tour guides to tribal women and government officials. And this has come through lessons in the ecosystem and biodiversity, courtesy the Conservation Education Programme run by the Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environmental Education and Research (BVIEER) in over 60 schools in the vicinity of three wildlife reserves at Bandhavgarh and Sanjay in MP, and the Dudhwa National Park in UP.