tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10091593427579241042024-03-19T05:14:10.067-07:00with nature alwaysBeing an ornithologist cum wildlife biologist I would rather prefer to attach my friends with nature in this blog.Dr.Himani Kalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02359537975731479911noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009159342757924104.post-66399809321832858522012-04-25T04:10:00.004-07:002012-04-25T04:12:11.402-07:00When our turn will come to give back to Mother earth...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Has anyone noticed....the frequency of earthquakes in last few
months??? or you must be giving an eye to news related to nature's
fury....floods, volcano eruption, drought etc..etc....don't you feel
that its a clear indication that now its our turn to pay back to our
mother earth.....it doesn't mean that we will start celebrating days
like..earth day, world environment day, ozone day....recent one is
Greenathon. For an environmentalist like us, all days should be Earth,
ozone or environment day.<br />
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In my Recent trip to Sahayadris from where Western Ghats starts, made me
feel like what I am giving to my planet. Am I doing enough to save my
nature and natural resources? No, I think answer is no, nothing....the
work I am trying to do is not enough. One of my friend who is very
passionate about wildlife conservation is doing way beyond his
capabilities despite the fact that he doesn't have the proper degree in
his hand, still he is worried about conservation. When he can try his
level best, then why not others?<br />
My trip to Sahayadri was to assess the impact on few migratory bird due
to some developmental activity which is going on there, but when I
reached there and saw the impact...it was awful, not on birds but on the
entire landscape. Blasting, digging, red soil all over which was making
the low visibility in the area...........it was soooo painful and made
us think whether we should take up the study or not? Now, we are doing
the study coz we want to come up with the proper conservation action
which has to be taken out while carrying out all these developmental
activities. <br />
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my stay, I came across few threatened species of flora and fauna and
was surprised how and why government has given permission for this
activity? Government has certain rules and regulation before initiating
such activities but alas! this activity has not been included under EIA
norms. Still wondering why? <br />
Due to some official constrain I
cannot write detail in this blog but I strongly believe if government
think of renewable energy resources also, then before initiating the
proposed project, see the proper impact on the environment.........<br />
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<br /></div>Dr.Himani Kalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02359537975731479911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009159342757924104.post-91722833100438524472011-07-17T23:13:00.001-07:002011-07-17T23:13:24.032-07:00I would love to be a fool.......http://www.foolsforforests.org/english/join/tyf.phpDr.Himani Kalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02359537975731479911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009159342757924104.post-59089220440457833122011-06-02T03:36:00.000-07:002011-06-02T03:36:52.386-07:00Ways to Dialogue..........<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";"> This workshop cum field visit was organized by an NGO called “Lok-hit Pashu Palak Sansthan (LPPS) that is working with Raikas for the welfare of this community in the vicinity of Kumbhalgarh WLS. Being with Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) my colleague and I was asked to share our research as well as “what we are doing inside and outside the protected areas for the benefit of local communities and on conservation aspect”. Other participants were from Kalpvriksh (NGO from Pune) and Sahjeevan (NGO from BHuj-Kachchh) along with few members of Maldhari community from Banni Grassland (Kachchh- Gujarat). This Maldhari community was invited to share their views about the conservation of grasslands in extreme western part of country. Apart from this they did share their notion about Forest Right Act (2006) and how they are managing their resources in sustainable manner. </span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">Neema Pathak from Kalpvriksh was very clear in telling about the Forest Right Act, Individual Property Right (IPR) and Community Property Right (CPR). Many things are very much clearly mentioned in the Act but some of the NGOs are trying to misinterpret the information available and the local community vivaciously grasping this information. It is so disheartening to see how the real facts are getting distorted!!!!! I wanted to tell many things but I didn’t find it as a suitable platform. Though, it was very difficult for me to keep myself quiet, and I did communicate with local community but in a different perspective. One thing which came up, was the management aspect, it’s not that local community cannot manage their resources but lack of collective efforts or you can say lack of UNITY is becoming a major problem. Most of my friends think that these tribal and local communities are innocent people but increased impact of technology and politics has grown its root deeper at the village level and that is where their innocence is paying interest. Literate people are taking advantage of their innocence and lack of accord to earn their bread. It’s so ridiculous! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSweGELN90sO-Gx28ThBvQYLFDU16glhs2eNaseqaslmAwJkpbip00OFZrHSMM7Ny9qeDGcNocPKcVfCTJ2cx9rU9PZpTgYOz1d2QFjJsbEVIf6BLMJWPUoP8EQorPXDTu7toJKPZhyphenhyphen7e/s1600/DSCF5321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSweGELN90sO-Gx28ThBvQYLFDU16glhs2eNaseqaslmAwJkpbip00OFZrHSMM7Ny9qeDGcNocPKcVfCTJ2cx9rU9PZpTgYOz1d2QFjJsbEVIf6BLMJWPUoP8EQorPXDTu7toJKPZhyphenhyphen7e/s320/DSCF5321.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi529aTLHDN2nPZ4ZC58c7RLufG0gKJvslTn157Z3ExWTYt0EeDjZMJGV24Tp8zcPxcqweuJB2ln9DMRVlRIgGrs92_glbvKxNvzCpTJg94J_4N1o4b-c_0HGIXGFwNZXtkf3WBsaHHSpkW/s1600/DSCF3093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi529aTLHDN2nPZ4ZC58c7RLufG0gKJvslTn157Z3ExWTYt0EeDjZMJGV24Tp8zcPxcqweuJB2ln9DMRVlRIgGrs92_glbvKxNvzCpTJg94J_4N1o4b-c_0HGIXGFwNZXtkf3WBsaHHSpkW/s320/DSCF3093.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">I am a wildlife biologist, I do care about the forest and practically I am against any type of developmental activities inside the forest, I do believe in natural flow of nutrient and natural regeneration of forest but on the other hand I do aware of the rights which are being asked by local community. Here comes my concern of transient the information, passing on the right information and in precise way should be the criteria in engaging these people with us. Dialogue with respective department and local community should be in agenda. If government has brought some Act for the welfare of the tribal community, then we all should join hands together towards the sustainable management and conservation of our resources. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3xIVJwWzsS-KWJSljG0auLIsCYF2orPRNGh1ROHmsUa1Iv-1sdm3rqnkMOCC5SxgV4C9u9m4ncA00c8FOG5CPh16hTPFuV3Ouf0WWjaWw3CGgKm2yZmSFMbBck25h6AWtlJ8jctDRaoc3/s1600/DSCF2772.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3xIVJwWzsS-KWJSljG0auLIsCYF2orPRNGh1ROHmsUa1Iv-1sdm3rqnkMOCC5SxgV4C9u9m4ncA00c8FOG5CPh16hTPFuV3Ouf0WWjaWw3CGgKm2yZmSFMbBck25h6AWtlJ8jctDRaoc3/s320/DSCF2772.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">Some of the NGOs are behaving like a rival of forest department. In this way the differences and clashes between the forest department and local community cannot be filled. These NGOs should work like cement instead of working like a negative catalyst. Overall these resources are all ours and it’s our duty to conserve these resources in sustainable manner. If economic growth is necessary for the country then same thing should apply for the tribal also and I don’t think anyone will deny this fact of economic and social uplifting of local and tribal community but in this social and economic uplifting one should never forget our environment and sustainable use of natural resources. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPU3cksT-yV1forfZvU-wgVcNU_RVGtIsj9Z42iCpb1_YEKNTh4E7YaMPzOq0vTqqeV8IOqMAvZ-x7lueDLhmAWpIFY2nUPjoqMv-e9u8LI34FXgj2GSAw37xxEEkaMv189Gdg53YtEOaC/s1600/DSCF2756.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPU3cksT-yV1forfZvU-wgVcNU_RVGtIsj9Z42iCpb1_YEKNTh4E7YaMPzOq0vTqqeV8IOqMAvZ-x7lueDLhmAWpIFY2nUPjoqMv-e9u8LI34FXgj2GSAw37xxEEkaMv189Gdg53YtEOaC/s320/DSCF2756.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
</div>Dr.Himani Kalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02359537975731479911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009159342757924104.post-82443984570337872022011-05-30T01:18:00.000-07:002011-05-30T01:18:53.238-07:00pictures from Sitamata WLS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">River Karmoi in Sitamata WLS</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look like a Golf Course na!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valley of Flowers...isn't it???</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a red beauty.......</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">early morning of winter season.....</td></tr>
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</div>Dr.Himani Kalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02359537975731479911noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009159342757924104.post-78441899034434638762011-05-24T23:47:00.000-07:002011-05-24T23:47:27.676-07:00A Majestic abode for Wildlife………..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="2050"/> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> <style>
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It is supposed to believe that Goddess 'Sita' had spent her few years of exile in this area, hence this sanctuary named as Sitamata WLS with three perennial rivers in its account.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeloIiqcKlEVuR4M7ho-nm4RFNqPzcdMBvJfajPcKSDIZ_bpRxAYx-Od352Z1qg2nAfXm17NqQgKl4s2aZURAe2YjJtYy10sU0-lX0hVbcgH7m7tusBgvWvi5ASyi8drWV3yf0xV3XlUR/s1600/DSC_0057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeloIiqcKlEVuR4M7ho-nm4RFNqPzcdMBvJfajPcKSDIZ_bpRxAYx-Od352Z1qg2nAfXm17NqQgKl4s2aZURAe2YjJtYy10sU0-lX0hVbcgH7m7tusBgvWvi5ASyi8drWV3yf0xV3XlUR/s200/DSC_0057.JPG" width="133" /></a><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> This sanctuary has its immense importance in Southern Rajasthan mainly because it forms the northwestern limit of Teak-bamboo forests and the fauna occurring there in. It is exceptional for diversity and interspersion of habitats, which includes area of teak stands, wetlands, perennial streams, gentle undulating mountains, natural deep gorges and fine grooves of mixed woodlands. The location of this sanctuary being at the inter junction of the Aravalli, Vindyan hill ranges, and Malwa Plateau makes it zoo-geographically important and more unique as floral and faunal elements of both ranges could occur.</span> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo78KAJJEjOGW-jS-p4FokBeAw4Qq66ND1K6bZTe3mLfa1i1Ho8z8IYASxhV3vqYqNpXuY2UVm1ZcqNM1Eu4UhLGJh1btFM_nz32MJUvDDyU6Kbn09t5w5K2S3BGLkG7f4XRxvosko8bMG/s1600/DSC_0049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo78KAJJEjOGW-jS-p4FokBeAw4Qq66ND1K6bZTe3mLfa1i1Ho8z8IYASxhV3vqYqNpXuY2UVm1ZcqNM1Eu4UhLGJh1btFM_nz32MJUvDDyU6Kbn09t5w5K2S3BGLkG7f4XRxvosko8bMG/s200/DSC_0049.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">This majestic Wildlife Sanctuary (SWLS) lies in the districts of Chittaurgarh, Udaipur and newly formed Pratapgarh district in the southwest region of Rajasthan State extending upto 422.95 km<sup>2</sup>. Three perennial river i.e. Jakham, karmoi and Sitamata wet the sanctuary through out the year. General topography presents a picture of tangled wilderness of ridges, plateaus, valleys with network of streams and at places fairly wide plains.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">The climate is characterized by distinct winter, summer and monsoon season.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LiKuwE_mD_AkaxP9FBV8Vwle38Y6fY-xMekRh_KBQrqcoe2WANxIANn8fnyKxPnArqoLpIhF5QUYp2Hzv94ojqx37H0N8R3HAbO0kd2Edk3I-woEy9zdNahrnrXB7B6aZmTJPAxk_MuI/s1600/DSCF0311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LiKuwE_mD_AkaxP9FBV8Vwle38Y6fY-xMekRh_KBQrqcoe2WANxIANn8fnyKxPnArqoLpIhF5QUYp2Hzv94ojqx37H0N8R3HAbO0kd2Edk3I-woEy9zdNahrnrXB7B6aZmTJPAxk_MuI/s200/DSCF0311.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwWgDzO6XL6ddFxFVVAutehvYgnAhL7t0Ie8uWOFPA8eZNqSxtPRYtHdXNjA-bikCSKif33E-ymOTBHN913K8my23ZTUuvDJMZwj21F-lKBZHKIBDjeVjQh0BUV4WkTSXllLsdRsbmxp7/s1600/DSCF4253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwWgDzO6XL6ddFxFVVAutehvYgnAhL7t0Ie8uWOFPA8eZNqSxtPRYtHdXNjA-bikCSKif33E-ymOTBHN913K8my23ZTUuvDJMZwj21F-lKBZHKIBDjeVjQh0BUV4WkTSXllLsdRsbmxp7/s200/DSCF4253.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The winter commences from November and becomes cold in December –January with the minimum temperature of 6<sup>o</sup>C. Summer starts from mid March and the heat become intense in April with the maximum temperature of 45<sup>o</sup>C. Rain showers from mid June and continues up to mid September. Sometimes winter showers also occur in January-February.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bauhinia racemosa</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bolssom</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4gIorfbQocD4kHSkWyTtRRKcfkm1oCK2AEKW0nC_um9tQ1kjhGaSan661f0yDLS-Fb4tBLTEfnJGgKiwJ0fg3UvlSj29ejRGwIQu9Arn2j2Sl4Tq8J5TylSGv0IU4xadntxgBMtmm0pU/s1600/DSCF0468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4gIorfbQocD4kHSkWyTtRRKcfkm1oCK2AEKW0nC_um9tQ1kjhGaSan661f0yDLS-Fb4tBLTEfnJGgKiwJ0fg3UvlSj29ejRGwIQu9Arn2j2Sl4Tq8J5TylSGv0IU4xadntxgBMtmm0pU/s200/DSCF0468.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Peristylis spp.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivk1fD8_0UDwJntqJn6V0ucpzWPSJbTVC-h8fAtO8jNsURE1IBlq7YcP1f1BPoXIEcr0Ddi3E2va6rhre4tRDtX65QOzLyFuEfBSbc-a8bj2DYk1XX7saJD9Hs38Wxm31NTFUAzztW1ofC/s1600/DSC_0138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivk1fD8_0UDwJntqJn6V0ucpzWPSJbTVC-h8fAtO8jNsURE1IBlq7YcP1f1BPoXIEcr0Ddi3E2va6rhre4tRDtX65QOzLyFuEfBSbc-a8bj2DYk1XX7saJD9Hs38Wxm31NTFUAzztW1ofC/s200/DSC_0138.JPG" width="131" /></a><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> When talk about </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Rajasthan, only scene comes in mind is vast sand dunes, desert, dry areas but seeing this sanctuary would surely surprise everyone by seeing network of three rivers Jakham, the Karmoi and the Sitamata and accompanied lush green riparian vegetation is main characteristic of this sanctuary.All this have resulted in diverse micro and macro habitats that are home to quite a few conservation significant floral species like <i>Sterculia urens,</i></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"><i>Dendrocalamus strictus, Chlorophytum tuberosum, Buchanania lanzan, Desmostachya bipinnata, Gloriosa superba</i> and Orchid like Vanda </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">and <i>Peristylis</i>.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">This entire geographic feature makes this sanctuary perfect abode for more then 300 species of birds including Indian Pitta, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Black-naped Monarch, Verditer Flycatcher, Ultramarine Flycatcher, three type of Kingfisher and major attraction is Stroke-billed Kingfisher in the riverine, Tit species like Black-lored Tit, Great Tit, small birds like munias and winter visitors like warblers, and even can see dancing Indian Peafowls everywhere in the monsoon season. </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Butterflies like Lime butterflies, Mormon, Blue Tigers, Grey, blue, peacock and chocolate pansy can be seen feeding on many flowering </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">species. </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJG8sHARjpTih5bc_ovb8DSIqagcfW1OJp-wWD4IIJWPbnm5qeNzIPTMrzA2jyuyFyqmLx2xXv9eH6kq3QXs2SdYyGQk0TZ7iExWQhSrDF9nd3xE4k7f4do-Z59t9qYPLTUTT5BSHtEnAO/s1600/DSCF4175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJG8sHARjpTih5bc_ovb8DSIqagcfW1OJp-wWD4IIJWPbnm5qeNzIPTMrzA2jyuyFyqmLx2xXv9eH6kq3QXs2SdYyGQk0TZ7iExWQhSrDF9nd3xE4k7f4do-Z59t9qYPLTUTT5BSHtEnAO/s200/DSCF4175.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Tiny spiders are of course can bring joy of being in the forest.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> Mammals like Palm and Small Indian Civet are an attraction in the night feeding on some fruiting trees. Jungle Cat and smallest Rusty-spotted Cat is also a feature of attraction in the sanctuary along with endangered Four-horned Antelope. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waterfall near Sitamata Temple</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">One could ever imagine a walk in the forest listening chirping birds all over, fishes and even small crabs in the river, water is so clear that one can even see river-bed full of small pebbles, deep gorges and valley and after that a small water fall. It’s so comforting to be in this protected area. I would advise to all my friends to take some time off from their busy life and visit this place at least once in their life. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div></div>Dr.Himani Kalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02359537975731479911noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009159342757924104.post-87895900354257574942011-05-11T08:47:00.000-07:002011-05-11T08:47:14.375-07:00Just for doing sake...."environmental education'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Two days ago,I had meeting on "How to bring kids close to nature"? Sounds interesting, right? Unfortunately, it was little disappointing. Teachers thinks nature camps can bring kids close to nature, absolutely true, but what activities do they think they can cover during that time. Most of the teachers were forcing me to include questions from the syllabus...like what type of leaf? aestivation, petals, corolla, etc..etc..I was trying to explain them, if I were a kid I would certainly not go for this type of nature camp where I will have to do practical which I would have done in the laboratory. My whole time went up in letting them understand the fact that nature camp does not mean to carry out practical work instead of doing some creative activity like identify bird calls, trying to identify animals tracks and signs, trying to search bird's nest, tryig to identify stars etc.etc.. But it is an unfotunate fate of our education system that they always want to run on the same trek.<br />
I am trying to bring the change by getting myself involved in all the planning, and to execute them in the field. Keeping my fingers crossed for the next meeting.<br />
</div>Dr.Himani Kalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02359537975731479911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009159342757924104.post-24955890058220107972011-05-02T03:57:00.000-07:002011-05-02T03:57:23.799-07:00http://www.ruffordsmallgrants.org/rsg/projects/himani_kala<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">My Own Project on one of the endemic and vulnerable bird of India "White-naped Tit (<i>Parus nuchalis</i>)"...facing threat from various anthropogenic pressure. Mining, cutting, lopping and above all migratory livestock, all are prevailing in its habitat consequently resulting into shrinking of its habitat i.e. Tropical thorn forest of India.<br />
For more, please visit website of Rufford foundation.</div>Dr.Himani Kalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02359537975731479911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009159342757924104.post-30160384530658583582011-04-28T04:50:00.000-07:002011-04-28T04:50:40.183-07:00Marine Reserves now! | Greenpeace International<a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/oceans/marine-reserves/marine-reserves-pledge/">Marine Reserves now! | Greenpeace International</a>Dr.Himani Kalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02359537975731479911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009159342757924104.post-61616729466135515062011-04-26T08:41:00.000-07:002011-04-26T08:41:46.055-07:00New Greenpeace study reveals dirty energy behind internet and wireless communications growth | Greenpeace India<a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/news/New-Greenpeace-study-reveals-dirty-energy-behind-internets-and-wireless-communications-growth/">New Greenpeace study reveals dirty energy behind internet and wireless communications growth | Greenpeace India</a>Dr.Himani Kalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02359537975731479911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009159342757924104.post-24351348042759414752011-04-21T06:14:00.000-07:002011-04-21T06:14:51.286-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">I am working on White-naped Tit, an endemic and highly vulnerable species of India. Today while analyzing some data I just came to know about the habitat fragmentation is the major cause for it's population decline. Habitat fragmentation may sound a common word but originated from a chain reaction of small factors.Mining, stone crushing, cutting, lopping above all ever increasing human and livestock population posing threat to the survival of this species. </span></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White-naped Tit (Parus nuchalis) in it's habitat</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Conservationist always blame economical growth, but forget to involve local communities when talk about conservation. Local communities who themselves facing a threat of unavailability of resources, is in dilemma of this concept of "Conservation". Whether they are only responsible for degradation of habitat like cutting and lopping or we are responsible for our economical growth which is actual criminal behind all this degradation.</div>Dr.Himani Kalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02359537975731479911noreply@blogger.com0