This website collects data contributed by registered and authenticated users, who are requested to contribute images and associated data on Indian biodiversity through the data submission form as per the guidelines provided here. Additional textual data and observations may be submitted through the Biodiversity Atlas – India mobile app. All these data are displayed on the natural history websites under the Biodiversity Atlas - India web platform as a free, public-goods scientific resource for nature educational, outreach and scientific purposes.
Copyright of the images submitted to this website remains copyright of the photographers. The images and associated individual data observations are not shared outside of the website without the knowledge and consent of the contributors. However, the dataset of observations compiled through this web platform and mobile app may be used for scientific research and publications by scientists and naturalists, and shared with various government agencies such as state forest departments.