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24th Indian Birding Fair: Dedicated to Butterfly Conservation

Bird Fair ! You must be wondering what can it do and how can it help conservation?

Here comes the answer! It can be a catalyst to restore a lake and mobilize public opinion in favour of avian conservation. The British Birdwatching Fair (hi, Tim Appleton, what next from your stables) did it for the Rutland Water in Leicestershire, UK. The Indian Birding Fair staged it at Man Sagar, a 400-year-old heritage lake at Jaipur, India.

The 24th edition of Indian Bird Fair is being dedicated to Butterfly Conservation. The species receive little attention in India as people remain unconcerned over the trees that serve as Host-Plants for these tiny and fast flying insects. They are smart pollinators and serve as true bio-indicators in environment, states Rahul Sharma, member of the Tourism & Wildlife Society of India (TWSI), main organizer of the Fair.

Why Wildlife Protection Act not allowing butterfly species survive well’

The 24th Fair publication is getting ready to include amazing reading stuff: longest migrant species, a single plant hosting many butterflies (in Sagwara, Dungarpur, Rajasthan as highlighted by Mukesh Panwar), butterfly parks in India and abroad, why the Wildlife Protection Act has not been allowing these species survive well, etc. Many topics are being covered to catch attention of readers. Galloping response to the event as WWF-India’s CEO, Ravi Singh conveyed in an email — be assured of our support.

Tigers can smile differently-courtesy butterfly

Dr. Dharmendra Khandal has highlighted couple of new species identified across the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve’s landscape:

Dakhan Tricolour Pied Flat and Desert Spotted Small Flat. He did it in association with Dr. Satish Kumar Sharma. He strengthened his contribution by sending a check-list of 59 species of butterflies that cause Tigers to smile differently there.   

Setting up Butterfly Parks

The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has briefed on how to set up butterfly parks. Dr. Raju Kasambe, its assistant director, has shared his plan. Its New Delhi based Conservation Education Centre has sent a narrative of host-plants for butterflies: Sohail Madan and Gita Yadav cheering up the scene.

Making e-event a lesson for many

Nishant Shukla, an edu-advocate for wild species, is dressing up the e-publication. He is tapping a new audience for a webinar on butterflies. Pramendra Khangarot, Senior Teacher at MGD Girls’ School, is willing to bat for the species. What would be a loss for a few thousand student-teacher fraternity (due to present conditions), the e-event can try to be a lesson for many. 

‘Let’s make butterflies darlings in our buildings’

The TWSI President, Anand Mishra has been drumming to canvass among the real estate captains to carefully plant such species of trees, shrubs, bushes and grass that should prove ideal habitat for butterflies. “I am sounding the bugle to make butterflies as our new darlings in all new buildings”, he stated to EB&W.  He belongs to the clan of Rs 3,000-crore group of real estate owners. Wow, if they do what they assure.

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