Small Donations - Ecology and Conservation

The collection contains material donated by different donors related to history of ecology and conservation in India. Series one contains papers of Zafar Futehally who was a prominent ornithologist and writer. Futehally was involved with BNHS, NLFBW, BET, WFF, MoE etc and has worked on writing about birding and conservation of ecosystems in India. It includes birding diaries that belonged to Thomas Waterfield who was a birder based out of Pune. Series two contains material from L Shyamal who is a birder who is also involved with citizen science and open access digital archives. It contains material related to local birding networks in cities in India. Series three contains material related to NS Adkoli who was an Indian Forest Service officer, who worked in Karnataka. It contains a manuscript of Adkoli's autobiography. Series four contains material from Bharat Bushan Mamidi, it contains one citizen's report on Hyderabad's urban ecology. Series five contains material from V R Thiruvady, who was a member of the Bangalore Environment Trust. It contains material related to BET projects in Bangalore. Series six contains material from Asad Rahmani, it includes BNHS reports of floricans and Sarus crane. Series seven includes a manuscript in Hindi on wildlife in India by Pandit Shriram Sharma. Series eight contains correspondence from Monica Jackson, who is from BR Hills and was the daughter of RC Morris. It includes letters from Laeeq Futehally. Series nine includes transcripts of oral history interviews conducted with ecologists and wildlife biologists by the researcher Michael Lewis.