Small Donations - Ecology and Conservation

This collection contains donations from 8 individuals and organisations that have worked in the field of ecology and conservation.

1. Zafar Futehally was a prominent environmental conservationist, most notable for writing extensively on ornithology and being the founder-editor of The Newsletter for Birdwatchers. He was also one of the founding members of the Bangalore Environment Trust in 1987.

2. L Shyamal is an independent researcher working at the intersection of biology and computation. He is also a Wikipedia editor, often improving articles related to Indian natural history.

3. N S Adkoli was an Indian Forest Service officer, who worked in Karnataka.

4. Bharat Bushan Mamidi is the founder of Centre for Action Research and People's Development.

5. Vijay Thiruvady was a co-founder of Bangalore Environment Trust along with Zafar Futehally and Satish Dhawan. He was also a tree expert, often conducting nature walks in the city.

6. Pandit Shriram Sharma (1892 -1967), was the editor of 'Vishaal Bhaarat' (one of the most acclaimed Hindi magazines of its time), and also the author of books on Indian wildlife and the freedom struggle. He wrote in Hindi, his books on wildlife include Jungle ke Jeev and Shikar. He was a contemporary of Jim Corbett, and Pearl S Buck.

7. Monica Jackson was a scottish climber who has written about mountaneering and conducted anthropology research at Kollegal, Karnataka. She grew up in BR Hills and was the daughter of coffee planters Ralph Camroux Morris and Heather Née Kinloch.

8. Michael Lewis is a professor of Environmental Studies at Salisbury University and writes often on ecology and environment history in India.