Namaste everyone my name is Aba bhagwat I'm a mural artist and art educator in Pune a city in Western India I wrote this essay on the salali biodiversity Park and bird sanctuary with Michelle Lobo an Australian cultural geographer and dharmaraj patil an ornithologist poet and activist from s salali Sanctuary Action Group as Indians or diasporic Indians we focus on the environmental struggle for bird worlds rather than River Development projects that recreate the pristine beauty of urban nature b
ut destroy the home of local and migratory bird species we are concerned about the violent impacts of global warming and and environmental pollution on more than 130 species of birds at this park named after Dr Salim Ali the world famous award-winning ornithologist oura focuses on how people who live in Pune as well as visitors to the city refuse this slow violence participatory art on the park wall marati poetry walks wons stins human chains chain fasting and Silent protests draw in people of d
iverse backgrounds including youth women and children we argue that these forms of embodied refusal privilege the diversity of birds that live or visit the park from far and wide the Baya weaver bird painted stalk Rudy shellduck red watert Laing blackheaded iies and so many more their migratory routes songs and home along the mura muta river are affected it is therefore urgent to illuminate the solidarity with the Brilliance of human and more than human worlds in and Beyond Pune our essay demons
t rates the potential of more than human love from the salali biodiversity Park and bird sanctu in the Indian city of Pune that places us within Urban nature and mobilizes Collective refusal as ethical everyday acts I promise that this essay will Fascinate You and throw light on importance of environmental activism so do give it a read thank you
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