In recent years, we have started looking into urban ecosystems and how they shape biodiversity. Our reach till now has been conducting short projects on birds and dragonflies, but we are looking forward to long-term projects that address how pace of urbanization affect diversity and distribution.
Two such programs we have initiated are Pune Bird Atlas and Maharashtra Dragonfly Mapping projects. The Pune Bird Atlas Project is inspired from the Mysore Bird Atlas. We plan to conduct the project for three consecutive years to collect data on birds and land-use. We hope analysis will reveal bird hotspots, areas of conservation priority, habitat islands, and spatio-temporal variation in bird populations.
The Maharashtra Dragonfly Mapping Project is happening in phases. We are presently targeting Pune City and Marathwada Region (Aurangabad, Jalna, and Parbhani). The Maharashtra Dragonfly Mapping Project is a follow-up project of a study we conducted few years back. The MDM Project will bring out information on odonate richness and help us identify species hotspots.
Two such programs we have initiated are Pune Bird Atlas and Maharashtra Dragonfly Mapping projects. The Pune Bird Atlas Project is inspired from the Mysore Bird Atlas. We plan to conduct the project for three consecutive years to collect data on birds and land-use. We hope analysis will reveal bird hotspots, areas of conservation priority, habitat islands, and spatio-temporal variation in bird populations.
The Maharashtra Dragonfly Mapping Project is happening in phases. We are presently targeting Pune City and Marathwada Region (Aurangabad, Jalna, and Parbhani). The Maharashtra Dragonfly Mapping Project is a follow-up project of a study we conducted few years back. The MDM Project will bring out information on odonate richness and help us identify species hotspots.
Pune Bird Atlas
Pune Bird Atlas (PBA) is a systematic long-term effort to understand urban birds. PBA is replicating standard methods used in Mysuru Bird Atlas and Kerala Bird Atlas. Several people and institutes are involved in PBA.
Why Pune Bird Atlas?
What is Pune Bird Atlas?
How to Contribute to the Pune Bird Atlas?
Interested in Joining the Project?
Please register using the link below & we will get back to you: https://forms.gle/3CXWLubsvPX66LGg7
for further queries, you can write to <punebirds@gmail.com>
Contact: Pankaj (9422251272) / Siddharth (9405505902) / Pooja (9890946566).
Pune Bird Atlas (PBA) is a systematic long-term effort to understand urban birds. PBA is replicating standard methods used in Mysuru Bird Atlas and Kerala Bird Atlas. Several people and institutes are involved in PBA.
Why Pune Bird Atlas?
- Pune is a historic city on the edges of the Western Ghats (One of the global biodiversity hotspots & UNESCO World Heritage Region), surrounded by hills, birds, and birdwatchers
- Pune has a rapidly changing land-use, a growing metro city
- A lot of biodiversity documentation exists about the city, but no long-term research effort
- If we don’t it today, there is no way we will get the data on what existed/changed/went extinct!
What is Pune Bird Atlas?
- First-of-its-kind project to happen in the Maharashtra State to understand the distribution and abundances of birds in the city.
- The project spans across the city and plans for systematic bird-watching efforts.
- This scientific yet public participatory - citizen science project would document changes in distribution and numbers of our birds over a period of time.
- Adopting protocols from Kerala Bird Atlas (https://birdcount.in/kerala-bird-atlas/) & Mysore Bird Atlas (https://birdcount.in/mysore-bird-atlas/), we have 198 grids of 1.1 km × 1.1 km.
- We will document birds using global bird citizen science platform eBird.
How to Contribute to the Pune Bird Atlas?
- The exercise will be conducted mainly over weekends.
- As a volunteer you can spend any weekend you are comfortable with in observing & reporting birds in your neighborhood.
Interested in Joining the Project?
Please register using the link below & we will get back to you: https://forms.gle/3CXWLubsvPX66LGg7
for further queries, you can write to <punebirds@gmail.com>
Contact: Pankaj (9422251272) / Siddharth (9405505902) / Pooja (9890946566).
DRAGONFLY MAPPING PROJECTS
We have initiated dragonfly mapping project throughout the country with emphasize on Maharashtra State to begin with. The idea is to generate primary and authentic data on regional diversity and diversity dynamics. These are long-term and extensive insect mapping projects. We are in the process of developing standard sampling protocols which can be used throughout the country to understand Odonata diversity and dynamics.
Pune Dragonfly Project
The city of Pune is located on the edges of the Northern Western Ghats and has been a hub for ecological research. We have been studying dragonflies on Pune environs since 2011. Through our efforts we have added tremendous amount of information on dragonflies & damselflies of the Pune City. In our latest endeavor, we have started sampling larvae and come up with ecologically relevant dataset. The Pune Dragonfly Project is an on-going project with the lab.
Marathwada Dragonfly Project
The Marathwada Region of the Maharashtra State is considered as draught-prone rain-shadow zone of the State. In fact, Marathwada is blessed with some great mountainous forests, UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Ajanta & Ellora Caves), scrub and grasslands, and several lakes. Marathwada Region is a void in terms of Odonata information. The Marathwada Dragonfly Project aims at filling the gaps in knowledge, sensitizing people of the region to look after their wetlands, and creating an eco-centric generation.
We have initiated dragonfly mapping project throughout the country with emphasize on Maharashtra State to begin with. The idea is to generate primary and authentic data on regional diversity and diversity dynamics. These are long-term and extensive insect mapping projects. We are in the process of developing standard sampling protocols which can be used throughout the country to understand Odonata diversity and dynamics.
Pune Dragonfly Project
The city of Pune is located on the edges of the Northern Western Ghats and has been a hub for ecological research. We have been studying dragonflies on Pune environs since 2011. Through our efforts we have added tremendous amount of information on dragonflies & damselflies of the Pune City. In our latest endeavor, we have started sampling larvae and come up with ecologically relevant dataset. The Pune Dragonfly Project is an on-going project with the lab.
Marathwada Dragonfly Project
The Marathwada Region of the Maharashtra State is considered as draught-prone rain-shadow zone of the State. In fact, Marathwada is blessed with some great mountainous forests, UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Ajanta & Ellora Caves), scrub and grasslands, and several lakes. Marathwada Region is a void in terms of Odonata information. The Marathwada Dragonfly Project aims at filling the gaps in knowledge, sensitizing people of the region to look after their wetlands, and creating an eco-centric generation.
