This year it is OK. unless there is a reasonably informed public is there we may loose a lot of our wealth of forests etc Sivakumar
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:37 PM, ButterflyIndia group < [email protected]> wrote: > > ButterflyIndia > http://groups.google.com/group/ButterflyIndia?hl=en > > [email protected] > > Today's topics: > > * URGENT - A DAY FOR THE WILD - 1 messages, 1 author > http://groups.google.com/group/ButterflyIndia/t/11d62bbbc70815d8?hl=en > * Yeoor photographs - butterfly festival - 1 messages, 1 author > http://groups.google.com/group/ButterflyIndia/t/8b32e3737c74702e?hl=en > > > ============================================================================== > TOPIC: URGENT - A DAY FOR THE WILD > http://groups.google.com/group/ButterflyIndia/t/11d62bbbc70815d8?hl=en > > ============================================================================== > > == 1 of 1 == > Date: Mon, Feb 16 2009 6:04 am > From: "Tejal V." > > > VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED on MahaShivratriDay (Monday, 23 Feb 2009) for > Vigilance in the forest areas of Mumbai & Thane, Maharashtra, India > > 23rd Feb 2009 is MahaShivratri, like every year a vigil will be kept by > various individual volunteers, NGOs along with Forest Department(FD) at > forest areas falling in Mulund, Thane, Borivali region for Sanjay Gandhi > National Park(SGNP) & Vasai region for Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary > (TWLS). As you may be aware during MahaShivratri day, people enter from > different directions to visit the temples in these forests. Some get inside > the forests to gamble, drink, roam about, also deliberately put fire... > while doing so the wildlife gets disturbed, forest fires occur, litter is > spread all around, etc. Every-Year vigil has reduced all this to a great > extent. > > I would keep a vigil at Ramnagar-Yeoor Range(Mulund-Thane) in SGNP & > coordinate with individual volunteers, NGOs & the FD for this region. > I*nterested > individuals ready to volunteer can call at 9833707598 or write at * > [email protected] > > There is always a need for more volunteers & this year is no different in > fact *very few* have confirmed so far, I wonder what stops birders & nature > lovers from giving out time for the forests they visit so often for > education & entertainment. Though MahaShivratri falls on Monday this year, > am sure you can take an off & do some special duty!! There are many who > visit forest areas regularly for nature watch & taking out just one day > for the forests should not matter. Lets have individuals watching wildlife > also help to protect the forest areas for the wildlife. > > Do forward & inform all others in your contact residing in Mumbai & Thane > to > give a day for the wild. > > Thanks, > Tejal Vishweshwar > Coordinator for Ramnagar-Yeoor Region, SGNP > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<< > Nurturing Grounds > art .ideas .actions > 9 8 3 3 7 0 7 5 9 8 > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > " We cannot have ecological movement designed to prevent violence against > nature, > unless the principle of non-violence becomes central to the ethics of human > culture." - Mahatma Gandhi > > > > > > > ============================================================================== > TOPIC: Yeoor photographs - butterfly festival > http://groups.google.com/group/ButterflyIndia/t/8b32e3737c74702e?hl=en > > ============================================================================== > > == 1 of 1 == > Date: Mon, Feb 16 2009 8:21 am > From: Rajesh Sachdev > > > All photographed at Yeoor, Thane > -- > Regards > Rajesh Sachdev > Wildlife Activist & Photographer > Mumbai, India. > http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/wild_mumbai/ > www.rajesh-sachdev.blogspot.com<http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/wild_mumbai/%0Awww.rajesh-sachdev.blogspot.com> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/leoparguy/ > > > > > > ============================================================================== > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ButterflyIndia" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] or > visit http://groups.google.com/group/ButterflyIndia?hl=en > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<butterflyindia%[email protected]> > > To change the way you get mail from this group, visit: > http://groups.google.com/group/ButterflyIndia/subscribe?hl=en > > To report abuse, send email explaining the problem to > [email protected] > > > ============================================================================== > Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/?hl=en > -- yours sincerely V K Sivakumar --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
