Common Ground: Stories of Human-Wildlife Coexistence

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Common Ground: Stories of Human-Wildlife Coexistence

09:30 AM

February 19-25, 2024

Infosys Science Foundation

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Common Ground: Stories of Human-Wildlife Coexistence

Event

Please note: This photo exhibition is free for all to walk-in and view at the ISF office in Jayanagar, South End Circle on these dates:

19th – 23rd February | 9:30 AM to 8 PM

24th – 25th February | 9:30 AM to 6 PM

People often think about human-dominated and wild spaces as two entirely different worlds. However, with increasing anthropogenic pressures including climate change and shrinking natural cover in our planet, these realms overlap more often than we realize. In an attempt to highlight the many facets of human-wildlife interactions, this curated set of images by Nature inFocus showcases how human and wildlife activities and geographies overlap.

The exhibition raises awareness about the fact that even large-bodied species coexist with people and how such reciprocations extend to urban spaces and other human-dominated and human-used habitats. Birds, spiders, dolphins, leopards, elephants and tigers—the staggering number of species that humans commonly encounter and interact with warrants a wider public discourse, which the exhibition endeavors to facilitate.