Wild Wheels!
This is a collection of my photographs, thoughts and articles on my wildlife education and conservation associations over the years! Some stories from the field..... and if you want to help support this please do drop me a line - its all thanks to your contributions that the work is even possible... :) YOU make the CHANGE in CONSERVATION!
Monday, January 27, 2020
Monday, January 21, 2019
How it all Began
I should have put this article a long time ago - but somehow it never happened..... Anyway, here it is
http://www.zoosprint.org/zooprintmagazine/2012/december/4-7.pdf
http://www.zoosprint.org/zooprintmagazine/2012/december/4-7.pdf
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Scientific Paper on Hunting by HGEC Kids - THEY ROCK!
I am so very proud to present the Hoolock Gibbon Eco-Clubs first paper. Its been an amazing ride. You can read it at www.threatenedtaxa.org - one of the best open access peer reviewed international scientific conservation journals available today.
http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2015/September/o421926ix157729-7743.pdf
and here is some news about it too....
northeast story
http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2015/September/o421926ix157729-7743.pdf
and here is some news about it too....
northeast story
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
The Amazing Amur Falcon
Thanks to our work at Chizami, we (Go Wild, Dustyfoot Productions and NEN) were called in to help out with another conservation initiative by Conservation India and Nagaland Wildlife and Biodiversity Conservation Trust - this time to help save the Amur Falcons from getting slaughtered at the Doyang reservoir.
I created a small booklet on the Amur Falcon as well as an Amur passport activity booklet that could be used by the kids in the field. Along with our 'under the canopy' training manual we conducted an intensive 4 day workshop to train the locals, village elders and potential educators. This led to the formation of three clubs that are now running the 'Friends of the Amur Falcon' education program.
Do check out the Video and Website for more : https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oTgYL2vbKa8
http://www.nagalandconservation.in/conservation-education/
I created a small booklet on the Amur Falcon as well as an Amur passport activity booklet that could be used by the kids in the field. Along with our 'under the canopy' training manual we conducted an intensive 4 day workshop to train the locals, village elders and potential educators. This led to the formation of three clubs that are now running the 'Friends of the Amur Falcon' education program.
Do check out the Video and Website for more : https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oTgYL2vbKa8
http://www.nagalandconservation.in/conservation-education/
Monday, October 6, 2014
Publications by Our Hoolock Gibbon Eco-Club Kids (Chizami) ......(does us Proud Part II)
The kids and the trainers have learnt so much about wildlife and in many ways have surpassed us - It is amazing to see tangible outcomes from this venture. For the first time butterflies of Chizami have been documented and a small booklet came out and within 6 months a reprint with 215 butterfly species photographed and identified from Chizami. Then a Bird book with 90 recorded species - and this from a region that has seen severe losses due to hunting.
Along with that Haiku poems printed in Sanctuary cub Magazine - a snapshot of the issue here.
The kids and the trainers have learnt so much about wildlife and in many ways have surpassed us - It is amazing to see tangible outcomes from this venture. For the first time butterflies of Chizami have been documented and a small booklet came out and within 6 months a reprint with 215 butterfly species photographed and identified from Chizami. Then a Bird book with 90 recorded species - and this from a region that has seen severe losses due to hunting.
Along with that Haiku poems printed in Sanctuary cub Magazine - a snapshot of the issue here.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Chizami - Hoolock Gibbon Eco-Club Does us Proud Part I
HGEC in Nagaland is our first Eco-Club in a region that is rife with wild meat hunting. Our kids at the North East Network, Chizami under the expert guidance of Seno and Akole with our trainers Alo and Peter have done a fantastic job. Here are a few pictures from 2010 - 2014
Thanks to Rita for pulling me in to this awesome adventure
Peter Payal and Alo after a day in training
Peter helping Neelesh capture and document local fish
Rita Banerji and Maya Khosla from Dusty Foot Productions (the founders of this program) and Payal from Go wild Workshops with the first batch of HGEC
Two years later the Junior batch of kids working on poster presentations
The senior Batch working on a scientific Paper
The Junior Batch being introduced to freshwater conservation with Neelesh from IISER
Learning how to make bio-maps
Using Binoculars is fun
especially when they are upside down!
Taking classroom learning to the field
Macro in Cameras is a challenge but the children master it under the expert guidance of Rita and Shilpi from Dusty foot productions
Check these sites out for more details -
http://zoosprint.org/ZooPrintMagazine/2012/December/4-7.pdf
http://dustyfootindia.com/?page_id=556
http://northeastnetwork.org/event/course-environment-chizami
Check these sites out for more details -
http://zoosprint.org/ZooPrintMagazine/2012/December/4-7.pdf
http://dustyfootindia.com/?page_id=556
http://northeastnetwork.org/event/course-environment-chizami
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