[Taxacom] Indian biodiversity video

[Prathapan Divakaran]

Thank you John for informing about the good work.

On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 9:36 AM Mary Barkworth <Mary.Barkworth at usu.edu>
wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> On Behalf Of John
> Grehan
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 12:18 AM
> To: taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> 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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