Children have an innate curiosity about nature, but this is often lost while growing up. How can we nurture this curiosity and encourage children to explore the natural world? Birds may provide the answer, since they are colourful, accessible, culturally familiar and...
As the city expands vertically and horizontally, there is a rapid increase in urban wildlife getting disturbed, displaced and injured. Wildlife rescue and rehabilitation gives these smaller wildlife a second chance to live free in their natural habitat. Rehabilitation...
India has a variety of grasslands, from dry savannas, green sholas, to the flooded Terai. I work in one of these grasslands, one of the largest in the country – the Banni grasslands in Kachchh. These grasslands located very near to the border with Pakistan are...
Creating an avian habitat in and around an urban tank is a challenge. Nevertheless, since 2010 this is what PNLIT has been striving to do while overcoming man-made impediments. It began with stopping sewage inflow, feeding the lake with treated water and finding ways...
What is botanical illustration and how can it remain relevant in the age of the camera? Nirupa will talk about the art of painting plants—from sketching trees in the field, to creating detail with layer upon layer of watercolour. She will provide a look into the...
The Hornbill Nest Adoption Program (HNAP) is a community-based conservation initiative, through which tribal villagers protect nest trees of hornbills in forests around villages on the fringe of the Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunchal Pradesh, India. This area is a haven...
