[Taxacom] Indian biodiversity video

[Mary Barkworth]

John, thank you for that video. It is great. Does anyone know of something similar for deserts and cities? OK, cities are not what we think of as "natural" ecosystems but they are the ecosystem best known to many of today's humans.

Mary

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From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> On Behalf Of John Grehan
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 12:18 AM
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Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Indian biodiversity video

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
>
>
>
> trying to offset lack of local knowledge and understanding with an 
> educational program for
>
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