A product of Ladybird Environmental Consulting (LEC) is a series ofnature based Mobile apps developed to promote nature study widelyacross the Indian Cities. This tree mobile app covers 50 commontree species found in metros such as Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi andHyderabad. The app has been developed to study climate changeimpact on urban biodiversity in Indian metros. Trees beingindicator species, a seasonal variation in their leaf fall,flowering or fruiting will provide indication whether climatechange is affecting Indian trees. These mobile apps are beingdeveloped under the U.S. State Department's International ExchangeAlumni programme- Alumni Innovation Engagement Fund's Project-Mobile Apps 4 Climate Change. Dr. V.Shubhalaxmi has been the solewinner from India who won the global competition wherein 1000proposals were submitted and only 53 finalists were chosen worldover. She alongwith her four team members; Dr. Swayamprabha Das,Dr. Ashutosh Richarriya, Dr. Anirban Gupta and Mr. Isaac Kehimkarhave launched student citizen science programme in 10 schools ofNew Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkatta and Mumbai. For this endeavour, theyhave partnered with WWF-India and Greenline.To learn more aboutthis initiative visit our project website www.inaturewatch.org Theapp is targeted towards young students who have taken fancy togadgets such as smartphones and tablets. The idea is to engagestudents by use of technology and assist them in their project workwhich could involve documentation of local flora. This app is alsoa tool for environmental educators specially teachers who sometimesdo not have access to natural history resources or persons. The appbrings tree identification to finger tips of its users thusproviding an alternate tool besides an expert or field guide. Theapp describes 50 species of trees along with their pictures of leaffruit, bark, common English and Latin name, height, geographicalrange, details about leaves, flowers, fruits, uses andassociations. The language has been kept non-technical howeverincase of unavoidable technical words, a glossary if provided toexplain these terms.Once you download this Android app either onyour smartphone or tablet, please keep updating your app as we willbe improvising and rectifying some of the technical and informationerrors. In case you come across a tree which is not available inthis app, we have provided list of books and online resourceswherein you could get your tree identified. Happy Treewatching!This app is a brainchild of Dr.V.Shubhalaxmi so saw the gap betweenlearner and educator, plus apathy towards environment by urbanpeople. Having worked for BNHS for 21 years, she left to start herown social enterprise- Ladybird Environmental Consulting . Hercompany specializes in environmental CSR. To learn more visit herwebsite www.ladybirdconsulting.co.in. This app is a hard work of 37people who worked on it besides the principal content developers;Mr. Isaac Kehimkar and Dr. V.Shubhalaxmi, the creative team ofLycodonFx did an excellent job of converting our dream idea into areality. In the domain of environment there are very few vendorswho are equipped with natural history know how and productexecution. In this regard LycodonFx is highly recommended to allthose who wish to develop new environmental products. Visit theirwebsite www.lycodonfx.com and see for yourself. Copyright (C) 2015.All rights reserved with Ladybird Environmental Consulting. Anyreproduction of any part of the mobile apps in print/electronicwithout appropriate permission is not allowed. Citation Vaylure,Shubhalaxmi, Isaac Kehimkar (Eds), Sameer Kehimkar, AlishaKehimkar, Amit Kehimkar (2014), Mobile Apps for Climate Change(v.1.0 iTrees)- U.S. State Department's Alumni InnovationEngagement Fund, Ladybird Environmental Consulting, Mumbai.

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