The Bombay Natural History Society is the largest organisation engaged in Conservation may refer to the following: Conservation ethic in relation to preserving ecosystems Conservationist Conservation movement Conservation law of physics Conservation of energy Conservation of mass Conservation in genetics This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...conservation For the suburb of Melbourne, Australia, see Research, Victoria. ...research in the The Indian subcontinent is the peninsular region of larger South Asia in which the nations of India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka as well as parts of Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and some disputed territory currently controlled by China are located. ...Indian subcontinent.

On September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ...September 15, Events January January 16 _ The United States Civil service, is passed January 19 _ The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service (Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas Edison. ...1883 eight residents of Bombay met in the then Victoria and Albert Museum and “constituted themselves as the Bombay Natural History Society. They proposed to meet monthly and exchange notes, exhibit interesting specimens and otherwise encourage each other.” According to born 16 August 1851 in Satara, India, died 25 April 1909 Edinburgh. ...E. H. Aitken (the first Honorary Secretary, September 1883_March 1886), Dr G. A. Maconochie was the ‘fons et origo’ of the Society and besides these two gentlemen, the other founders were Mr J. C. Anderson, Dr Sakaram Arjun, Mr J. Johnston, Dr D. MacDonald, Dr Atmaram Pandurang, and Colonel Charles Swinhoe (29 Aug 1836 _ 2 Dec 1923) Colonel in the British Army in India. ...Col. C. Swinhoe. Mr H. M. Phipson (second Honorary Secretary, 1886_1906) was also a part of the founding group and he lent a part of his wine shop at 18 Forbes Street available as an office for the BNHS.

In 1911 R. C. Wroughton a BNHS member and forest officer organized a survey of mammals making use of the members spread through the Subcontinent to provide specimens. 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.

Today the BNHS is headquartered in the specially constructed Hornbill House is Southern This article or section should be merged with Mumbai (Bombay) This article is about the city formerly known as Bombay. ...Mumbai. It is commonly known by its acronym, BNHS.

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. It publishes a four_monthly journal, entitled The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, as well as a quarterly magazine, Hornbill.

The BNHS logo is of a Genera Aceros Anorrhinus Anthracoceros Buceros Bucorvus Ceratogymna (=Bycanistes) Ocyceros Penelopides Tockus Hornbills (Family Bucerotidae) are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cows horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. ...hornbill named William which lived in the Society premises in the early years of its existence.

External link

• Official Site (http://www.bnhs.org/)