The following projects and activities are currently at the forefront of what we do at the Indian Foundation for Butterflies Trust:
Biodiversity Atlas – India Citizen Science Platform: Biodiversity Atlas – India is a species-based bioinformatics platform. It is designed for aggregating, displaying and analysing biodiversity data from tropical developing countries and other biodiversity hotspots such as India. It is a distributed platform of stand-alone, taxon-specific, natural history websites that give ownership and recognition to contributing naturalists. We extensively use this platform and the family of natural history websites that it drives for research as well as educational and other outreach activities. We currently run eight websites on this platform, on butterflies, moths, dragonflies and damselflies, cicadas, mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Know more about the BioAtlasIndia platform.
Biodiversity Atlas – India Field Guide Series: Biodiversity Atlas – India Field Guide Series aims to produce modern, authoritative, and multi-platform field guides that are integrated across print, mobile and online media. These Field Guides will assist a budding population of naturalists and citizen scientists in the identification, natural history and biology of species. The overarching goal is to contribute to the growth of biodiversity sciences in India through citizen science initiatives using biodiversity informatics. Read more ...
Biodiversity surveys in India's biodiversity hotspots: Currently, we are surveying insect biodiversity in Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh. In the past, we have done surveys in Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, and Nagaland, in addition to Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh. See our list of publications from previous works on biodiversity of these states.
Species Discovery: Our scientists, research associates and collaborators have discovered dozens of species of butterflies, moths, dragonflies and damselflies, cicadas, and other insects and invertebrates over the past few years. See the list of species discovered.
Biodiversity Fellowships: We offer mentored, full-time fellowships to budding scientists and conservationists. Read more about this fellowship programme.
Publication of books and brochures on Indian biodiversity: See our list of publications.