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	Natural history - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In the 18th century and well into the 19th century, natural history as a term was frequently used to refer to all scientific studies, as opposed to political or ecclesiastical history.
		The term "natural history" alone, or sometimes together with archaeology, forms the name of many national, regional and local natural history societies that maintain records for birds (ornithology), mammals, insects (entomology) and plants (botany).
		The growth of natural history societies was also spurred due to the growth of British colonies in tropical regions with numerous new species to be discovered.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Natural_history (308 words)

	Encyclopedia: Bombay Natural History Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Bombay Natural History Society is the largest organisation engaged in
		This was perhaps the first collaborative natural history study in the world and it resulted in the collection of 50,000 specimens in 12 years resulting in the identification of several new species, 47 publications and an understanding of biogeographic boundaries.
		While the BNHS acts primarily as a society of wildlife enthusiasts in Mumbai, it is also involved in sponsoring studies in Indian wildlife and conservation.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bombay-Natural-History-Society (527 words)

	Places of Tourist Interest in Mumbai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bombay is the capital of Maharashtra and gateway to this beguiling sub-continent.
		The word Bombay (Mumbai) is derived from Mumbadevi, the patron goddess of the Koli fisherfolk, the oldest inhabitants of Bombay.
		Bombay was a cluster of seven islands called Heptanasia by Ptolemy in 150 A.D. Geologicaly, Bombay forms a part of peninsular India, which is considered to be the oldest part of the country.
	www.mumbainet.com /travel/interest.htm (1921 words)

	Read about Natural history at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Natural history and learn about Natural history here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		19th century, natural history as a term was frequently used to refer to all scientific studies, as opposed to political or ecclesiastical history.
		Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in
		London Natural History Society, Manchester Microscopical and Natural History Society established in 1880 and the Sorby Natural History Society,
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Natural_history (341 words)

	ABC News: Thousands Count Endangered Bird in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		BOMBAY, India Jul 17, 2005 — Carrying binoculars and notebooks, thousands of nature lovers and conservationists scoured semiarid grasslands of western India Sunday to count a bird considered on the brink of extinction.
		The International Union for Conservation of Nature said last year the bird was perhaps the most endangered member of the 22-species bustard family worldwide, and could be extinct within a decade.
		Director of the Bombay Natural History Society Asad Rahmani said the monsoon season was the best time to conduct the census since the bustards gather at breeding areas.
	abcnews.go.com /Technology/wireStory?id=946749&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (382 words)

	VP News Dream 2047 December issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The society’s mission is actually the late Dr. Salim Ali’s life-long passion: “Conservation of nature, primarily biological diversity, through action based on research, education and public awareness”.
		Encyclopedia of Indian Natural History, Edited by R.E. Hawkins, which was brought out on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the society, is also a valuable guide to natural history of the country.
		The library of the society containing 20,000 books, 120 theses and 5,000 bound volumes, including century -old books, is also the largest, authentic and uptodate source of information for any student or researcher of natural history.
	www.vigyanprasar.com /dream/dec2001/soundsociety.htm (1289 words)

	Natural History - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When Mother Nature rages, the physical results are never subtle.
		Because we cannot contain the weather, we can only react by tabulating the damage in dollar amounts, estimating the number of people left homeless, and laying the plans for rebuilding.
		Krakatoa tells the frightening tale of the biggest volcanic eruption in history using a blend of gentle geology and narrative history....
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /natural_history.htm (657 words)

	Bombay Natural History Museum - Mumbai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Bombay Natural History Society was founded in 1883 for the purpose of exchanging notes and observations on natural history and exhibiting interesting specimens.
		Today it is the largest non-governmental organisation (NGO) in the subcontinent engaged in the conservation of nature and natural resources, education and research in natural history, with members in over 30 countries.
		The Society's guiding principle has always been that conservation must be based on scientific research-a tradition exemplified by its late president, Dr. Salim Ali.
	www.mumbainet.com /travel/bnhs.htm (80 words)

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		Today it is the largest non-governmental organisation (NGO) in the sub-continent engaged in the conservation of nature and natural resources, education and research in natural history, with members in over 30 countries.
	www.toursforindia.com /destinations/maharashtra/bombaynaturalhistorymuseummumbai-tours.html (186 words)

	Bombay Natural History Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The foundation stone of the new wing of the Museum presently housing the Natural History section was formally laid in 1933 as part of the Golden Jubilee programme.
		The Natural History Section of the Prince of Wales Museum was under the management of the Society.
		Realising the importance of the Bombay Natural History Society's vital role in documenting and conserving India's natural heritage, the Government of India agreed to fund the building of "Hornbill House" to house the Bombay Natural History Society and its valuable collections of natural history specimens representing India's faunal biodiversity.
	www.indianngos.com /b/bombaynaturalhistorysociety.htm (815 words)

	Bombay Natural History Society - Wikipédia
		La Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) est la plus grande organisation de recherche environnementale du sous-continent indien.
		Le 15 septembre 1883, huit habitants (six Anglais et deux Indiens) de Bombay se retrouvent dans le Victoria and Albert Museum et se baptisent eux-mêmes la Bombay Natural History Society.
		Un quadrimestriel, The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society et un trimestriel, Hornbill.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bombay_Natural_History_Society (333 words)

	BNHS to protect National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) is celebrating National Wildlife Week from October 2 to October 9, 2003.
		The first initiative planned by the society is a signature campaign requesting the chief minister to remove encroachers, quarries and commercial activities from the park.
		The journal is 117 years old and is one of Asia’s oldest natural history journals.
	ww1.mid-day.com /news/city/2003/october/65300.htm (402 words)

	The Ultimate Robert Swinhoe - American History Information Guide and Reference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He spent his spare time in China collecting natural history specimens, and as the area had not previously been open to westerners many of the items he collected were new to science.
		As he was primarily an ornithologist many of his new discoveries were birds, but he also found new fish, mammals and insects.
		His brother Colonel Charles Swinhoe was one of the founding members of the Bombay Natural History Society in India.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Swinhoe (166 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Bombay Natural History Society
		In this undated photo released by the Bombay Natural History Society shows a Great Indian Bustard whose number is estimated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature at 500 in India...
		The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is working in India with the Bombay Natural History Society and the Haryana state government to expand a vulture care center in the town of Pinjore.
		Shinde was inaugurating the 100th volume of the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
	nonprofit.surfwax.com /files/Bombay_Natural_History_Society.html (1490 words)

	Environment Protection in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Bombay Natural History Society is today the largest non-government organisation (NGO) in the Indian sub-continent engaged in nature conservation research.
		CREATE is an autonomous centre, a non - government organization, for promoting and supporting initiatives for sustainable biosphere management through natural and human resource appraisal through Creative management initiatives and skills for sustainable environment, equitable use of natural resources for basic needs of present and future generations.
		Strides Society is a nonprofit voluntary organization founded by young professionals from Urban/Rural Development, Information Technology, Agriculture, Finance and Management to help the needy with its Innovative and Unique ideology to provide sustainable programmes to the needy people on issues like Health/Sanitation, Women & child welfare, Income generation, and education.
	indiafocus.indiainfo.com /society_and_culture/ngo/environmentprotection (351 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> Features -> 78 bird species face extinction in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) official Issac Kehimkar says that although extinction like evolution is a natural phenomenon, species extinction is no longer an isolated natural event, but a result of major human-induced changes in the world's ecosystems.
		Around 182 species of birds worldwide are listed as critical by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in its Red List, signalling that they are at risk of becoming extinct in the next 10 years or in three generations.
		BNHS's Important Bird Areas Ornithology officer Supriya Jhunjhunwala says that unless urgent action is taken the current rate of extinction (which is 50 times greater than the background natural rates), is predicted to rise 500 times in the next 100 years.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2001/04/03/03birds.html (437 words)

	Information About Mumbai, Bombay Natural History Society, Crowford Market, Essel World, Mumbai Film City, Bombay High ...
		Bombay was lucky or unlucky in having at this crisis a Chief Justice of exceptional caliber, Sir Norman Mcleod, who instead of multiplying Judges preferred to massacre suits and appeals.
		The Charter of the High Court also made it the supreme and final court of appeal in all cases, civil and criminal, decided by inferior courts, except such as possessed the requisite importance, pecuniary or legal, demanding a further appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
		Ever since the Constitution of the Privy Council as the Court of ultimate appeal from British India by a Statuette of 1833, the bulk of its business was from Indian appeals; so much so that for Indian appeals, a Judge or a lawyer of adequate Indian experience had later to be associated with the Committee.
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	Chandigarh Lab To Study Vulture Death
		The Vulture Care Centre, financed by a grant from the UK's Darwin Initiative to scientists from the ZSL, the RSPB and the Bombay Natural History Society, was opened in Chandigarh on February 7, according to New Scientist.
		Investigation into the deaths so far have been impeded by two factors (a) collecting sick or dead birds is extremely difficult and (b) Indian law prevents the export of tissue samples for study in foreign labs.
		But now, says Andrew Cunningham of the Zoological Society of London, "the super-abundance of uneaten animal carcasses poses a direct health threat and has led to an explosion in the stray dog population," which spread the rabies.
	www.indiatraveltimes.com /current/vulture_2.html (366 words)

	Bombay Natural History Society - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bombay Natural History Society - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Bombay Natural History Society contains research on
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Bombay_Natural_History_Society (348 words)

	Can Captive Breeding Rescue Vultures from Extinction? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The only way to save them is to begin a 20- to 30-year captive-breeding program, say conservationists who are racing to get the birds into safekeeping.
		Twenty to 30 years of captivity is the only option left to save three species of south Asian vultures from extinction, according to conservationists who are racing against time to get enough birds into safekeeping.
		It's a final bid to rescue the vultures from the brink of extinction.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2004/05/0511_040511_vultures.html (608 words)

	Mumbai History, History of Mumbai, Mumbai Information, Information to Mumbai, Mumbai History in Maharashtra - India ...
		Adjoining the Prince of Wales Museum is an institution of a different kind where collectors have been donating their prize specimens for over a century.
		One whole floor of Hornbill House, the Society's headquarters, is devoted to beetles and butterflies all neatly eaxonomized.
		It is possible to join the society as a temporary member for the duration of your stay in Mumbai.
	www.indiatravelnet.com /mumbai-museums/bombay-history-society.html (208 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| 'Breed vultures to save them'
		The alert comes in a paper published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, written by groups including the British Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Bombay Natural History Society.
		The birds used to play a vital social role by scavenging the carcasses of dead animals in the countryside and cities.
		Parsis in Bombay have already looked into the possibility of breeding vultures themselves, although the high cost has so far prevented them.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/3708078.stm (606 words)

	Asian vultures appeal - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Today, along with the long-billed vulture and slender-billed vulture, it is listed as critically threatened, ie within the category of birds most likely to become extinct in the near future.
		The American-based Peregrine Fund, and the Ornithological Society of Pakistan have discovered that this shocking decline is attributable to a drug, diclofenac, which is used to treat domestic cattle.
		We have been working with our BirdLife Partner in India, the Bombay Natural History Society, and the Zoological Society of London, to confirm that the drug is the major cause of declines in India and Nepal.
	www.rspb.org.uk /international/vultures/index.asp (235 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> Features -> '1186 bird species facing extinction' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mumbai: Around 1,186 bird species all over the world, including 78 in India, are on the verge of extinction, says the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS).
		Of these, 182 species are critical, indicating that they face a risk of becoming extinct in the next 10 years or three generations, BNHS sources said here citing a report of BirdLife International, a federation striving to conserve nature in over 100 countries under the leadership of Dr Michael Rands.
		“The current rate is 50 times higher than natural rates and is predicted to rise to 500 times higher in the next 100 years,” BNHS sources said.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2000/12/12/birds.html (486 words)

	Welcome To The BNHS Website
		In the 120 years of its existence, its commitment has been, and continues to be, the conservation of India's natural wealth, protection of the environment and sustainable use of natural resources for a balanced and healthy development for future generations.
		Past few decades the BNHS has shifted its emphasis from the documentation of India’s natural resources to providing the scientific basis for sound conservation programmes.
		ENVIS Centre at the Bombay Natural History Society was established in 1996 by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India.
	www.bnhs.org (429 words)

	Total Environment System :: Environment Conservation education centre for bombay natural history society
		Designed as part of a larger research facility, the centre is located within a forest.
		The entire building is reminiscent of a mud wall structure that seems to have grown naturally from the earth.
		Environment Conservation Education Centre for Bombay Natural History Society.
	www.total-environment.com /projects/project_environment.htm (132 words)

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