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Natural History of South Asia is an electronic mailing list created in 1995 for discussing natural history in South Asia.^[1] The list name of NatHistory-India has remained but the geographic scope of the list was broadedened from India to South Asia. The discussion topics include :

biogeography, distribution, status, behavior, ecology, conservation, taxonomy of all biological taxa in the Indian subcontinent - birds, mammals, insects, herps, plants etc.^[1]

Members of the list include zoologists, botanists, ecologists, naturalists, members associated with conservation Institutions, NGOs such as the Wildlife Institute of India (WII)^[2], World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-India), Bombay Natural History Society, Wildlife Trust of India, Zoo Outreach Organisation (ZOO, India), World Conservation Union (IUCN), United States Fish and Wildlife Service.^[3] etc. and journalists. Users post regular news updates, discuss current issues, government policies, ask for and offer advise and help to each other. Postings on the list have led to public interest litigations and other legal actions by conservation groups. It is also a platform for debate on social issues such as the priority for humans versus wildlife.^[4]

The mailing list has been recommended by journals such as Indian Birds^[5] and organizations such as the Ecological Society of America^[6] and World Conservation Union (IUCN)^[7], and by individuals like Frederick Noronha.^[8].

This group has been a network of field scientists, activist groups and individuals, both from the government and non-governmental organizations. Having evolved into something much more then a mailing list since its inception, it is often referred to as the “Natural History Network” of India or South Asia.^[9]

1 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake prediction controversy
2 Bugun Liocichla
3 List details
4 See also
5 Cited References
6 References
7 External links

[edit] 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake prediction controversy

On 2004-12-04, Arunachalam Kumar, a professor at Kasturba Medical College, posted to NatHistory-India predicting an earthquake "within a week or two" based on whale strandings in Tasmania. After the earthquake on 2004-12-26, Internet bloggers as well as academics such as Jairaj Kumar Chinthamani discussed whether he may have successfully predicted the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.^[10]^[11]

[edit] Bugun Liocichla

The existence of a new bird species, later to be called the Bugun Liocichla, was first noted in a posting in 1996^[12] to the group. It was only in 2006, however that the species was formally described.

[edit] List details

The mailing address is nathistory-india@Princeton.EDU. The list is run on the Princeton University mailing list server and is administered by Vivek Tiwari, the founder and owner of the group.^[1]

The list may be joined by sending an email with body containing

subscribe nathistory-india your_email_address first_name last_name

to listproc@lists.princeton.edu

The archives are open and may be accessed over the web.