Schedule
Welcome back to the symposium on Bird Monitoring in India. This year once again, we have another exciting set of events lined up for two days. Like last year, the symposium will have keynote talks, mini-symposia on important thematic areas and speed talks by researchers and bird enthusiasts.
We invite the community to come participate and regroup to discuss exciting opportunities, milestones and challenges for Bird Monitoring in India!
Important dates:
- Symposium dates: 9 – 10 August 2024
- Deadline for registration for the symposium: 5 August 2024
Schedule
09 August 2024 – 10 August 2024
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DAY 0 : 08 August 2024 (Thursday) | |
Time | Event |
16:00 – 17:00 |
Pre-symposium event: Meet and greet and learn your way through Discord, fun polls and introductions.
Channel: #lounge |
DAY 1 : 08 August 2024 (Friday) – Monitoring Wetland Birds |
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Time | Event |
10:30 – 10:40 |
Welcome and Introduction
Channel: #09-aug-short talks |
10:40 – 11:00 |
Asian Waterbirds Census: India’s Status update
Channel: #09-aug-short talks |
11:00 – 11:20 |
Insights from a decade of Heronry monitoring in Kerala
Channel: #09-aug-short talks |
11:20 – 11:40 |
A decade of monitoring birds of Perur Lake, Coimbatore – An approach to Citizen Science
Channel: #09-aug-short talks |
11:40 – 12:00 |
Long-term monitoring of avifaunal populations of Thane Creek, Mumbai
Channel: #09-aug-short talks |
12:00 – 12:20 |
W3 (Winter Waterbird Week) – experiences and lessons from standardised mid-winter monitoring of migratory waterbirds in the EAAF (East Asian Australian Flyway)
Channel: #09-aug-short talks |
12:20 – 12:35 |
Discussion and Wrap up
Channel: #09-aug-short talks |
12:35 – 13:30 | BREAK [TEA / COFFEE] |
13:30 – 15:30 |
Speed talks and interaction
Channel: #09-aug-speedtalks |
DAY 2 : 09 August 2024 (Saturday) – Understanding causes of population change |
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Time | Event |
10:30 – 10:35 |
Opening comments and welcome to day 2
Channel: #10-aug-shorttalks |
10:35 – 11:20 |
Temperature, prey availability and the survival of Eastern Himalayan birds in primary and degraded forest: 14 years of long-term monitoring
Channel: #10-aug-shorttalks |
11:20 – 11:40 |
The race to save vultures in India
Channel: #10-aug-shorttalks |
11:40 – 12:00 |
Probable cause for high mortality of Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) at Kokrebellur Community Reserve, India
Channel: #10-aug-shorttalks |
12:00 – 12:20 |
Impact of power lines on bustards and/or birds in the Thar Desert
Channel: #10-aug-shorttalks |
12:30 – 13:45 | BREAK [Lunch] |
13:45 – 15:45 |
Speed talks and interaction
Channel: #10-aug-speedtalks |
15:45 – 16:00 |
Closing remarks and feedback
Channel: #lounge |
Mini-symposia themes
Day 1 | 9 August | Monitoring Wetland Birds
:30 am – 03:30 pm
Wetland birds/Waterbirds are one of the best bio-indicators due to their visible and easily measurable response to changes in wetland ecosystems. Their high visibility and abundance make them ideal for long-term monitoring to assess ecosystem health. India harbours a diverse range of wetlands that support a rich biodiversity, including a substantial population of migratory and resident birds. In India, while the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) remains a stronghold in maintaining systematic census data on waterbirds, the inclusion of targeted studies and citizen science data has given a much-needed boost to data-driven and robust conservation actions. This mini-symposium aims to provide an overall view of such waterbird monitoring efforts, which provides crucial information for planning sustainable and effective management actions for future conservation.
Short talks
G. Parameswaran, Perur Lake Forum
Talk title: A decade of monitoring birds of Perur Lake, Coimbatore – An approach to Citizen Science
Roshnath Ramesh, Heronry State Coordinator, Kerala Common Bird Monitoring Project
Talk title: Insights from a decade of Heronry monitoring in Kerala
Dhruv Verma, Wetland International South-Asia
Talk title: Asian Waterbirds Census: India’s Status update
Yong Ding Li, BirdLife International
Talk title: W3 (Winter Waterbird Week) – experiences and lessons from standardised mid-winter monitoring of migratory waterbirds in the EAAF (East Asian Australian Flyway)
Pranay Khadanga, Bombay Natural History Society
Talk title:Long-term monitoring of avifaunal populations of Thane Creek, Mumbai
Ankita Sinha, The University of Sheffield, UK
Talk title: TBA
Abstracts will be updated shortly.
Day 2 | 10 August | Understanding causes of bird population declines
10:30 am – 03:30 pm
In the recent years, the decline in bird populations has become a matter of global concern, with implications for ecosystems, biodiversity, and even human well-being. Many surveys in the recent past have reported declines of birds in response to environmental changes, and few of them have done a thorough investigation of the factors causing these declines. This mini-symposium aims to showcase some of these efforts and brainstorm ideas for students and researchers to target. The session will consist of talks from a wide variety of landscapes, covering important threats such as climate change, infrastructure, land-use change etc and a range of species ranging from bustards to vultures.
Keynote talk
Temperature, prey availability and the survival of Eastern Himalayan birds in primary and degraded forest: 14 years of long-term monitoring
Umesh Srinivasan, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science
Short talks
Sachin Ranade, Bombay Natural History Society
Talk title: The race to save vultures in India
Shantala Kumar/H N Kumara
Talk title: Probable cause for high mortality of Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) at Kokrebellur Community Reserve, India
Tushar Kankaria/Mohib Uddin, Wildlife Institute of India
Title: Effect of powerlines on bustards and birds in the Thar desert
Abstracts will be updated shortly