SHOLA SKY ISLANDS

Citizen science and outreach

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Tirupati Bird Atlas

Tirupati is next to the biodiversity-rich Eastern Ghats and attracts ~150 million visitors annually. However, the number of citizen science data are extremely low. Being a city on the road to rapid development, we hope to collect systematic data across the landscape to provide biodiversity data to understand long-term changes and perhaps use for policy interventions.
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Ornithology Workshop Course

​India has a large number of amateur and semi-professional bird watchers today. This is highlighted by the 19,742 birdwatchers who have contributed  million sighting records of 1336 species of birds in the last 10 years. Very few students, however, pursue Ornithological research at a professional level - for PhDs or other degrees. There may be a dearth of advanced academic training avenues and content in India. Several like-minded Ornithologists from various institutions came together to create a workshop with teaching modules. More are expected soon. Details are here
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Sky island beatbox

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Capacity building

Tirupati is famous for the number of visitors it attracts,however  there are very few local resource people who can collect biodiversity data and mentor youngsters. We (with other resource people) hope to work with schools and colleges to train teachers and enthusiastic students, apart from other citizens from the city

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Sky Island photo story


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  • Home
  • About
    • Shola Sky Islands
    • Sholicola
  • Research Areas
    • Landscape Ecology >
      • Landscape mapping
      • Sky Island Birds
      • Avian Malaria
      • LTEO
    • Bioacoustics >
      • Jerdon's Courser
      • Forest Owlet
      • Passive Acoustics of Shola birds
      • Automated bird song detection
      • Detecting rare species with acoustic arrays
    • Bird Biogeography >
      • Peninsular birds
      • Forest Owlet
    • Citizen Science and Outreach >
      • Tirupati Bird Atlas
      • Capacity building
      • Sky Island Photostory
      • Sky Island Beatbox
    • Completed Projects
  • People
  • Publications
  • Opportunities
  • Media Coverage
  • Gallery