[Taxacom] Indian biodiversity video

[John Grehan]

oops - looks like the link was lost. Here it is for sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRBRAsdYuTY


On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 3:11 PM John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com> wrote:

> For those interested, the following link is a short YouTube video titled
> "Makunda Nature Club - Opening our eyes to the biodiversity around us" It
> is a local effort by the Makunda Christian Leprosy and General Hospital. It
> is within an area of high biodiversity and yet many of the forests are
> rapidly disappearing. They note that the area has not been studies since
> the British naturalists of the late 19th century and so they are working to
> find out what species are present.
>
> With relatively few resources they have  achieved some results with a new
> bird record for India (purple throated sunbird), a spider not recorded in
> over 120 years, and some new coreid bugs. They are also emphasizing the
> importance of local communities living within the jungle to understand the
> need for avoiding destructive practices and losing the very resource on
> which they rely. This led to the establishment of the Makunda Nature Club
> to help young people be aware of their environment through field trips that
> help them understand the interdependence of species. But some major
> challenges remain as they have not been able to get a collecting permit
> from the local government to establish a biodiversity collection.
> Altogether a very professional presentation (better than some TV
> documentaries) and some nice wildlife (including gibbons).
>
> John Grehan
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> trying to offset lack of local knowledge and understanding with an
> educational program for
>