"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
28 Mar 2017
The Maharashtra Forest Department will now coordinate with Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) to study the bird routes, migration patters and also nesting sites. This initiative has been specially taken for bird ringing.
This coordinated work will allow BNHS to compile the data and share the systematic compilation to forest department.
BNHS has been ringing birds since 1926 in various parts of the state. BNHS will now draft the protocol for bird ringing. It will provide assistance to non-governmental organisation and educational institutions to undertake such studies, said a BNHS press release.
The work of BNHS is known in the field of bird ringing since 1926 in various parts of the state. It will also draft the protocolol for bird ringing and would provide assistance to non-governmental organization and educational institutions and encourage them to undertake studies related to bird ringing.
While giving the information to the Times of India, Dr Deepak Apte, director, BNHS said, “BNHS has ringed over a million birds at different places in the Indian subcontinent. It has carried out numerous long-term projects like the Avifauna project and Bird Migration project focusing on the movement of population structure of the Indian Avifauna, and migration pattern of Indian birds and making its data bank respectively.”
"We hope the Government of India will also accept our request to make BNHS the nodal agency for bird migration studies at the national level," said Dr. Apte.
