Nature education, outreach and capacity building

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We have been conducting Nature education programs like photo exhibitions, quiz programmes and nature awareness classes in schools and colleges. We have contributed lots of photographs and data to the Kerala forest department for various activities like the preparation of brochures, calendars, signboards and educational materials and are continuing to do so as exemplified in Munnar Wildlife Division, Thattaekkad and Shendurney WLS. We conduct training sessions for the public as well as students on topics like bird watching, butterfly watching, wildlife photography, butterfly gardening, soft skills and language for ecotourism, taxonomy of butterflies, odonates, ants and other ecologically important invertebrates Hands-on training for ant taxonomy was conducted for the forest and wildlife department and research students. Wildlife photo exhibitions are regularly conducted for schools on the biodiversity of Western Ghats. Our members are active in science communication to the community via various articles and publications in periodicals. We have published numerous articles in various nature magazines and have authored books for the public.