Participants are invited to the Online Quiz Competition on Biodiversity by Bombay Natural History Society. The last date of participation is November 15, 2024.
About BNHS
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), founded on 15 September 1883, is one of the largest non-governmental organisations in India engaged in conservation and biodiversity research. It supports many research efforts through grants and publishes the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Many prominent naturalists, including the ornithologists Sálim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley, have been associated with it.
Today the BNHS is headquartered in the specially constructed ‘Hornbill House’ in southern Mumbai. It sponsors studies in Indian wildlife and conservation, and publishes a four-monthly journal, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, as well as a quarterly magazine, Hornbill.
BNHS is the partner of BirdLife International in India. It has been designated as a ‘Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’ by the Department of Science and Technology. Its headquarter is in Mumbai and has one regional centre at Wetland Research and Training Centre, near Chilika Lake, Odisha.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF& CC), Government of India, had selected the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) as an EIACP (Environmental Information, Awareness, Capacity Building, and Livelihood Programme) Resource partner on Avian Ecology. Since its inception the focus of EIACP has been on providing information to decision makers, policy planners, scientists and engineers, research workers, etc. all over the country.
Competition Details
On the occasion of “Bird Week (05th – 12th November, 2024)”, the EIACP Programme Centre (PC), Resource Partner (RP) on Avian Ecology at the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS-EIACP) is organizing an “Online Quiz Competition”.
Kindly note that certificates will not be provided for this competition.
Eligibility
The competition is open to all age groups.
Theme
Know Your Biodiversity.
How to Participate?
Interested participants can participate online via this link.
Participation Deadline
Th last date of participation is November 15, 2024.
Contact
Email: eiacp[at]bnhs[dot]org
Click here to view the official notification of Online Quiz Competition on Biodiversity by Bombay Natural History Society.
