Hearty congratulations to all. Aarti On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 3:47:06 PM UTC+4, JM Garg wrote: > > Dear members, > We have completed 11 years on 17.6.18 with more enthusiasm and hard work > by inserting more than 50,000 images in last one year. We have not only > added images on species pages, but also used them for comparative purposes at > genera & family pages of around 55 families, along with corrections > of wrongly identified posts and identifications of unidentified posts in > these families, in last one year. > New species continue to be added unabatedly including a lot from > ornamental plants. We seek more and more participation and postings of new > plants from all concerned. > > I repeat what we said on completion of 10 years: > "Dear members, > It is really difficult to describe the long journey of 10 years of > Efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> in a few > paragraphs. It had all emotions of a pot boiler like joy, pain, satisfaction > etc. It started with a commitment to do something for the society in as > little a way as possible. As the movement grew, so did the ideas to do > something more. Lot of them got concretised during this long journey. As > everybody put their heads together, we did lot of things unheard of before. > Ours was a unique journey with no precedents. Naturally, it carried all the > thrills with it, as are associated with any first time adventure. It showed > what can be achieved even without a single penny being spent or any one > even meeting physically. It was a movement of thousands of people coming > together from diverse backgrounds and places, just like small streams > ultimately forming the sea. Result has been documentation of 12,000 species > with more than 2,50,000 images due to the efforts of our 2800 members & > others experts from outside. > And our commitment has not diminished, but only growing. Future is more > challenging than the past was. Let us all re-dedicate ourselves on this > occasion for building of the efloraofindia." > > Our sincere thanks to The Pillars > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/pillars-of-efloraofindia>, > > Subject/ Area Experts > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/subject-experts>, > Moderators > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/moderators>, Major > contributors > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/major-contributors> & > other members who are rendering selfless service on the group & made this > endeavour possible for the benefit of everyone. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2975 members & 2,90,000 messages on 31.3.18) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. >
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