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Butterfly Monitoring Programme for Karnataka

 

Why to monitor butterflies?

 

Butterflies contribute to major ecosystem services such as pollination, serve as food source for higher organisms like reptiles and birds, act as environment indicators for pollution, landscape changes, climate change etc. They are extremely sensitive to changes in the environment. They live on plants, which are affected by the change in climate. Hence diversity of butterflies in a locality serves as the best bio-indicators of impact of climate change and it will be of great use to monitor the butterflies on a long term basis.  Monitoring involves identification and reporting of butterflies in different districts of the state. EMPRI has initiated a Butterfly Monitoring Programme for the whole state of Karnataka.

 

Identification is the first step to monitor the butterflies

 

As the butterflies are with diverse colour patterns, identity can be mistaken. Hence a colour based identification tool, a mobile APP (BIA) has been developed to enable the field identification of butterflies. This can be used by any common man in his mobile phone. Continuous monitoring in specific areas can be enabled through public involvement (school children, naturalists, youths, forest departmental officials etc.)
 

About Butterfly Identification App (Pathanga

 

In Butterfly Identification App (Pathanga), butterflies are categorized as per their major colours (black, orange, yellow, white, brown and blue). Colour button will guide you to the butterflies with same major colour on wings. The identification submitted by the user through BIA will get transferred to a Dashboard of the Karnataka State Climate Change Strategic Knowledge Portal (http://skcccempri.karnataka.gov.in) developed under DST-SPLICE project ongoing at EMPRI. The information on butterflies across regions, seasons and years along with the climate data will help to monitor the biodiversity of butterflies and correlate with climate change. Anyone interested to know more about the butterflies in Karnataka can access the Dashboard of the Karnataka State Climate Change Strategic Knowledge Portal.

 

How to download the Android Butterfly Identification App (BIA)?

 

  • Step 1: Take your android mobile and go to EMPRI website by typing EMPRI in Google search (https://empri.karnataka.gov.in/)
  • Step 2: Select Butterfly Monitoring Program (BMP/BIA) from the navigation bar at the top of the website.
  • Step 3: Click on the Pathanga- Butterfly Identification App  to download the apk file of the application.
  • Step 4: Once the apk is downloaded, open the file and install it on your android phone. 
  • Step 5: Open the BIA app installed in the mobile and provide permission to access the app.

 

The 'Green Index Tool' is currently being developed to measure environmental factors involved in various projects of the Government of Karnataka. This tool is a measure of environmental performance in any project. It is based on many environmental indicators such as energy efficiency, renewable fuels, water conservation measures and treatment, air pollution control measures, biodiversity conservation, carbon dilution and stabilization measures, climate change adaptation and other environmental factors. This program will be implemented from the current line in our state for the first time in the entire country. This enables the adoption of environmental factors for sustainable development in various governmental projects.

Click here to download the Green Index Tool Kit

 

Click here to download the Green Idex Tool Kit User Manual

 

Click here to download the Green Idex Tool Kit Report

 

Click here to visit the Green Index Portal (https://greenindex.karnataka.gov.in)

 

Karnataka State Climate Change Strategic Knowledge Portal (https://www.karccc.com) is a web-based platform to assist in capacity building and knowledge development that provides access to comprehensive global, regional, and state level information, data, and tools related to climate change and development.

KSCCSKP contains environmental, disaster risk, and socio-economic datasets, as well as synthesis products, such as the climate change adaptation methods, which are built and packaged for climate change thinkers on global climate change perspectives. Vulnerability, Risk Reduction and Adaptation of Climate Change methodologies to provide a quick reference source for development practitioners to better integrate climate resilience in development planning and operations. The portal also provides intelligent links to other resources and tools. Users can evaluate climate-related vulnerabilities, risks, and actions for a particular location on the globe by interpreting climate and climate-related data at different levels of details. The portal will serve to disseminate the information and data on the climate related aspects of the state of Karnataka. It will establish links with all knowledge institutions. The portal will serve academicians, researchers, policy makers and the public.

 

Karnataka State Climate Change Strategic Knowledge Portal

  

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