Sadly it focusses only on Fauna and Flora is badly missing & neglected.
On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 08:58, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding for inf. pl. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 at 15:57 > Subject: Citizen Science in ecology in India - an initial mapping and > analysis > To: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Apologies for Cross posting (from NatHist-India yahoo group)Dear > Friends,We are very happy to bring to your notice the final report of > our recently completed project 'Citizen Science in ecology in India' > that was carried out at the DST Centre for Policy Research at IIT Delhi.A > comprehensive, first of its kind, study of Citizen Science in > Ecology initiatives in India, the report provides detailed information of > 17 Citizen Science projects and offers insight and analysis that could > be of use to policy makers, researchers, scientists, media persons and > the citizen scientists themselves.The report has been uploaded to > academia.edu <http://academia.edu> and can be accessed from the following > link:https://www.academia.edu/39816694/Citizen_Science_in_ecology_in_India_-_an_initial_mapping_and_analysis > <https://www.academia.edu/39816694/Citizen_Science_in_ecology_in_India_-_an_initial_mapping_and_analysis>(For > list of contents please see below)If you are unable to access it for any > reason, pls do let us know and we'll email you the pdf.We look forward very > much to your comments and reactions and also suggestions of how this work > can be taken forward.---CITIZEN SCIENCE IN ECOLOGY IN INDIA - AN INITIAL > MAPPING AND ANALYSISLIST OF CONTENTS- Acknowledgements- Executive summary- > Introduction.. A brief history of Citizen Science.. Citizen Science in > ecology in India- Methodology- Analysis Part Ia. Subjects of researchb. > Time Framec. Data relatedd. Data quality- Analysis Part IIa. Citizen > Science as data collectionb. From within the establishmentc. Technologies > of Citizen Scienced. Voluntaritye. The Citizen Science nomenclature- > Conclusion- Annexures- References 82- List of Boxes1: Some notable outputs > from the Citizen Science projects2: On the relevance and potential of > Citizen Science in India3: On issues of data quality related to Citizen > Science4: On the central role being played by a certain set of > technologies5: On the logic and rationale of using the nomenclature of > ‘Citizen Science’best wishesPankaj and Naveen-- Pankaj Sekhsaria, > PhDAssociate Professor, Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural > Areas (CTARA) & Associate Faculty, Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), > IIT-Bombay.Member, Kalpavriksh Environmental Action GroupAuthor:- > 'Instrumental Lives - an intimate biography of an Indian > laboratory'(Routledge, 2019); https://tinyurl.com/y2bp5eoo > <https://tinyurl.com/y2bp5eoo>- 'Islands in Flux - the Andaman & Nicobar > Story (Harper Litmus 2017)- 'The Last Wave - an island novel' > (HarperCollins, 2014)Check: https://tinyurl.com/y8ggv6l5 > <https://tinyurl.com/y8ggv6l5>Recent paper:Media reporting on the protected > areas in Maharashtra, India: a thematic analysis, Journal of Threatened > Taxa, . __,_._,___ * > > > > > > *-- With regards,J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1>Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow > Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For > identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or > Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with > a species database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which > more than 1,70,000 images are directly displayed). The whole world uses my > Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of > more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also > author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. * > *-- With regards,J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1>Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than 1,70,000 images are directly displayed). The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFCwOmvC1e9yJgC9vvXN1fJi5DU4C%3DFR5_%2BuT9QcKx%2BPVg%40mail.gmail.com.
