Has the flora and fauna around your house caught your attention during this ongoing lockdown?
With the aim of encouraging people to document the plants, animals, birds, reptiles and insects around them, in their residential areas, the Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Board (TNBB) has initiated a participatory activity.
Documenting homestead biodiversity would be a useful exercise in understanding the range, seasonality, variety and uses of various species available locally, the TNBB has said.
The contributions received will be acknowledged and valid information will be included in the People’s Biodiversity Registers (PBRs) after verification.
Residents who are interested in documenting the biodiversity around their homes can access the form on https://forms.gle/UwRSJb8MmTD67eG87
Any number of observations can be submitted by a participant. Entries for the same will be allowed till 5 p.m. on May 31. Further queries can be mailed to tnhome.biodiversity@gmail.com.
