Collaborative
Nature Photo Walk Organized on Jan 5, 2020 by Natural Biodiversity Group
Vinay
Kumar Sharma
Chandigarh
Natural
Biodiversity is an online group working for the research and documentation of
Biodiversity and its related issues. The group is based on crowdsourcing
concept where resources from all spheres of life come together for the cause.
The group is accessible on facebook and has more than 8 thousand members from
91 countries of the Globe. It has about 80 thousands photographs mentioned with
date and place to understand the habitat and niche. The group organized a
nature\photo walk on Jan 5, 2020 in collaboration with TPAS, Photomania, Social
Substance and Forest Hill Resort. About 50 participants walked for four hours
on the trails located in the forest hill report, near Naya Gaon, Mohali to
document the flora & fauna and to tie bond with nature. The participants
included Professional Photographers, Retired, Doctors, Engineers, House Wives,
Kids etc. Mr. Amit and Deepika who were coordinating on behalf of Forest Hill
Resort expressed that the event went as per their expectation and their agenda
of getting a taste of hills to people was fulfilled. Dr. Arun Bansal from
Panjab University apprised that the group clicked hundreds of photographs and
was delighted to be part of it. Dr. Upendra Goswami, PGI brought in his family
and mentioned that his daughter has learnt a lot from the excursion trip and he
was able to document many species. Mr. Parveen Jaggi said that he would
consider this trip as a Reiki trip for actual action next time. Overall the
event was marked as success by all the stakeholders and all departed with a
hope to may hay again and only better next time.
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