Here are a few of the critters we were surveying — got 135 birds, but all but about 11 were outside the church forests.
We got over 3000 insects as mentioned earlier, with a large portion Diptera and also Coleoptera. Of note many of the Coleoptera tend to be dung beetles (exact counts to follow) which may indicate the lack of modern hygiene within the church forests for ablutions. We are advocating for a toilet block at Zhara, since 120 live within this gorgeous green site, but there are no established toilet blocks. This patterns may shift the biodiversity of the insect fauna, as well as have other marked impacts on human health. We plan to return in the dry season to more carefully student the herbivores in the canopy, during flowering seasons.
