Hen fans from Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar have joined fingers beneath a undertaking — Ahmedabad Metropolis Hen Atlas (ACBA) — to organize Hen Atlas of Ahmedabad to review the varied hen species together with their distribution and abundance throughout town. This would be the first undertaking beneath which a hen atlas can be ready for any metropolis of Gujarat.
The undertaking has been initiated by Ahmedabad College in collaboration with the Hen Conservation Society, Gujarat (BCSG). It’s a long-term, not-for-profit and volunteer-driven initiative that has been joined by round 200 volunteers.
Devvratsinh Mori, an ornithologist and coordinator for the undertaking from Ahmedabad College, who can be a member of Gujarat State Board for Wildlife, stated that they’ve been engaged on the undertaking for the previous one yr. After making ready the protocol for the undertaking, Mori stated, it can now start on floor with subject surveys from Saturday.
“As per the protocol determined, we’re going to cowl the 400 sq. km space of Ahmedabad metropolis inside Ahmedabad Municipal Company limits. Based mostly on the variety of certified volunteers that we’ve got acquired, it has been determined to cowl 33% of town whereas dividing town into 61 grids measuring 3×3 sq. km to facilitate the hen surveys. Every grid is subdivided into 9 sub-cells, every protecting an space of 1×1 sq km,” stated Mori.
In keeping with Mori, in whole, 22 groups of volunteers have been fashioned and every group additionally has a coordinator who’s a senior skilled hen fanatic. The undertaking has been technically supported by Hen Rely India — an off-the-cuff partnership of organisations and teams working in direction of growing data about birds, and e-Hen — a web-based information depository of birds worldwide.
“The sector visits can be achieved in winters and summers to trace seasonal actions of the birds. Accordingly, the primary set of visits will happen in December and January whereas the summer season visits can be made in Could and June. The volunteers will feed their checklists on e-Hen. And after the visits, the information can be studied after which a analysis paper can be printed with the Hen Atlas of Ahmedabad metropolis,” Mori stated.
Professor Shomen Mukherjee, who teaches on the Ahmedabad College, can be related to the undertaking.
Mukherjee stated, “Ahmedabad would be the first metropolis in Gujarat to have its hen atlas. The cities of Mysuru and Coimbatore have their hen atlases. Complete Kerala state has its hen atlas. Pune metropolis has additionally began a undertaking to have its hen atlas. ”
Speaking concerning the undertaking and its significance, BCSG secretary Bakul Trivedi stated, “By means of such a (formal) research, we can perceive the range and abundance of birds within the metropolis.”
