ENVIS Resource Partner on Avian Ecology, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and Conservation Education Centre (CEC)- Mumbai, are organizing a Free Online Webinar for amateurs.

Topic: - How can we know what animals know and why do we care?

In the talk, the speaker would offer two side perspectives on how we use technology to understand different aspects of animal behaviour and the need for carrying out such studies. His examples will include large scale studies on the topic of migration, collective behaviour and animal societies. The speaker would also link some of the research questions in the context of Indian wildlife. Towards the end, he would also discuss new and fresh ideas which could help us all contribute towards studying and protecting our beloved wildlife of India.

Date: 1st June 2020

Speaker: Hemal Naik (PhD Candidate at the Department of Collection Behaviour, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour, Konstanz, Germany)

Time: 7:30 pm- 8:30 pm