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Spandan English Vitthal Final

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Photography with a purpose

The best thing about photographs are they take us back into time! They become part of our memory and sometime when we have missing memory of any event..they become memory itself. I always loved taking pics, since when the cameras were rare...(.our 3MP camera was praised by everybody then) to this time when we each have mobile camera . But pics have only one use before.....loaded somewhere to be seen in leisure. But it all changed for me.
We are making a biodiversity inventory at Spandan -the bip( biodiversity inventory by People). The minimum requrement, to be a part of the biodiversity inventory is just the pictures U clicked( with appx or exact date n place ).So now, I click and add my pictures to the biodiversity data at Spandan site.( www.Spandan-bip.org). My photography thus have a purpose now . The thing that I am doing something to help in conserving biodiversity motivates me.This has become a habit for me. Whenever I see a new plant/ new insect or bird...I think of this biodiversity inventory for which that species is a valuable data. I think the global biodiversity crisis is the responsibility of each of us and we should help in conserving it..however we can.
So If u also love photography..be a part of Spandan -the bip n help in saving biodiversity while U can!

Spandan, the bip: Web Resources

Website: 

Spandan, the bip - http://www.spandan-bip.org

Outreach and Public Relations Resources:

YouTube

• Public Service Ad on YouTube 

SlideShare

• Public Service Presentation in Hindi by Spandan, the bip Team
• Public Service Presentation in English by Vitthal Kudal
• Public Service Presentation in Marathi by Vitthal Kudal
• Advertisement in Marathi by Spandan, the bip Team
• Do You Know in English by Spandan, the bip Team
• Do You Know 2 in English by Spanan, the bip Team

Social Networking

• BLOG: Spandan, the bip
• Spandan, the bip on Facebook
• Spandan, the bip on Orkut
• Spandan, the bip on Twitter

Press Releases:

1. Spandan, the bip is launched (24 February 2010)

Logos:

Welcome to Spandan, the bip

Welcome to Spandan, the biodiversity inventory by people!

Citizens movement in biodiversity information management has finally began with the launch of Spandan, the bip on 23rd February 2010.

Spandan, the biodiversity inventory by people (http://www.spandan-bip.org) is conceived as the citizens movement with an aim to publish 100's of millions biodiversity observation records during the 2010, International Year of Biodiversity.

What is in name?

Spandan, is a Sanskrit word meaning alive and pulsating. Every biodiversity observation is in true sense a ‘living pulse’, which indicates that Mother Earth is full with life, and its environment suitable enough to support diverse life forms. Further, who else other than humanity can best record these ‘living pulses of Mother Earth’, which can in turn help in understanding nature and conserving biodiversity. Thus, we chose the name ‘Spandan, the biodiversity inventory by people’ to this ambitious project.

An appeal for participation:

Come join us in caring for nature, by sharing biodiversity observation records. You can participate to Spandan, the bip in various capacities.

• Contribute biodiversity observations: Every citizen of the globe is invited to contribute the biodiversity observation.

• Validation and Taxonomic Identification: Biodiversity experts can offer data validation and taxonomic identification services.

• Media and Public Relations: Spandan, the bip request individuals to contribute towards developments of print and electronic publicity of the project.

• Infrastructure: Members of IT industry and persons with programming skills are invited with offer for sustainable infrastructure for projects, mirroring, multilingual sites, and efficient search engine developments.

• International Coordination: Research institutions, civil society organizations, and federal agencies and local communities are invited to contribute towards international coordination of the project.

• Campaigns and competitions: Share your ideas for holding Spandan, the bip campaign and competitions. Help us coordinating one such campaign or competitions.
  

• Funding: Financial support to meet the project cost and towards holding campaigns and competitions from potential donors will be greatly appreciated.

• Strategic Partnerships: Spandan, the bip team welcomes institutions, organizations and initiatives with interest in biodiversity conservation and ‘free and open access’ to biodiversity data to become strategic partners in this initiative.
  

Contact US:
Coordinator
Spandan, the bip (the biodiversity inventory by people)
WORLD INSTITUTE FOR NATURE (WIN)
A 403, Palladium Grand, S.No. 17/1A/2
Dhanori, Lohogaon Road, Dhanori
Pune 411035, INDIA
Tel. +91 20 27028017
Email: spandan[at]worldnatureinstitute[dot]org