Some time back I had a request for a few high resolution images of critically endangered vultures found in India by a non profit organization. It may be noted that the population of vultures have drastically declined in India thanks to use of diclofenac by cattle farmers to treat cattle diseases which is highly toxic for vultures which feed on the carcasses of dead cattle. This particular organization was planning to use images of vultures to make posters for creating awareness amoung people to protect them.
After giving some of those images to them it occurred to me why not make all my images of subjects in nature which are labeled by as either Near Threatened, Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for use by non-commercial organizations working towards conservation of nature ?
This lead to quick scanning of all my images and tagging them with these key words for faster search of endangered subjects that I have photographed.
If you are a non-profit organization working on nature conservation and if you are looking for any of these high quality images I will be glad to donate them for free for this cause of conservation.
For more information visit this link below -
Ganesh,
This is a superb effort and this definitely serves as a one stop shop for many of us!
Comment by Pramod Viswanath — June 9, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
A noble gesture indeed Ganesh.
Comment by Chidu — June 28, 2009 @ 6:08 am
Ganesh, what does it take for profit organizations like ours who are running educational travel and ecotourism as a business ? We are looking at educating visitors about endangered species of Nilgiris Biosphere.. can you help us ?
Comment by Mahesh Sriram — August 15, 2009 @ 6:00 pm