Tuesday, September 24, 2013

FOTOTHON FOCUS 2013.



FOTOTHON Focus:

Fotothon has decided to go PINK in 2013, the Fotothon focus this year is' Flamingos of Mumbai'.

Flamingo who make their annual trip to Mumbai in around the month of December every year normally are threatened by indiscriminate pollution of the creek and habitat loss. We will highlight information and try to create awareness about flamingoes and what can be done to ensure the pink beauties keep coming to Mumbai during their migration.

Team Ecofolks had decided from 2012 to use Fotothon event also as a platform to spread awareness amongst the photographer community about important issues relating to environment.

During fotothon 2012 the focus was on Leopards of Mumbai. Exhibitions were held at 15 location and over Two lakh people viisted these exhibition and understood about mitigation measures for man-leopard conflict.