Collaboration
We share knowledge, experience, resources, and ideas because no single group can address conservation alone.
About the collective
Conservation is stronger when we work together.
BCI brings people, organisations, and institutions into a connected ecosystem for butterflies and their habitats.
Our purpose
A shared platform for a diverse movement.
Researchers, educators, citizen scientists, photographers, naturalists, conservation practitioners, schools, and local communities all contribute valuable knowledge and experience.
The Collective brings these efforts together to encourage collaboration, ecological learning, and collective action. We seek a future where conservation is strengthened through shared knowledge, meaningful partnerships, and deeper public engagement with the natural world.
Why now?
Good work should not remain isolated.
Across India, remarkable work is taking place to study butterflies, restore habitats, engage communities, and inspire a new generation of nature enthusiasts. But people working toward similar goals may be separated by region, institution, language, or access to resources.
BCI creates common ground: a place to connect, exchange ideas, learn from experience, and build projects that are locally relevant and nationally connected.
Our direction
One vision. Many local voices.
Our vision is a vibrant and connected ecosystem of people, organisations, and institutions working together across India.
Our principles
The values that guide participation.
Mutual Respect
We value scientific, local, cultural, institutional, and lived knowledge, and the people who carry it.
Scientific Integrity
Our communications and activities are grounded in sound ecological understanding and responsible practice.
Inclusivity
We welcome participation from across regions, communities, institutions, disciplines, and backgrounds.
Local Leadership
Local communities and institutions should shape and lead action within their own ecological contexts.
Learning & Exchange
The Collective is a space for open dialogue, reflection, generosity, and continuous learning.
A distributed collective
Local knowledge, national connection.
Members contribute in different ways—as knowledge partners, regional coordinators, community partners, educators, researchers, or volunteers. This distributed model allows local action to remain rooted in place while benefiting from shared experience across India.
What we do together
- Share observations, ideas, and learning
- Support habitat stewardship and butterfly conservation
- Promote citizen science and ecological learning
- Build partnerships across regions
- Encourage public engagement with nature
- Reflect, learn, and grow as a collective
Take part
There is more than one way to contribute.
Whether your strength is field observation, education, research, coordination, communication, or community building, there is a place for it here.