{"id":3160,"date":"2026-05-08T05:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T05:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/?p=3160"},"modified":"2026-05-08T05:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T05:59:12","slug":"city-nature-challenge-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/city-nature-challenge-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"City Nature Challenge 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Department of Zoology, Assam Don Bosco University, in collaboration with&nbsp;WWF India,<br>successfully organised the&nbsp;City Nature Challenge 2026&nbsp;from&nbsp;24th to 27th April 2026&nbsp;at the<br>Tapesia Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;City Nature Challenge (CNC)&nbsp;is a global citizen science initiative that encourages people<br>to observe and document biodiversity using digital platforms. The objective of the event was<br>to promote awareness about local biodiversity and engage students in hands-on learning<br>through nature observation and documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main event was held on&nbsp;24th April 2026, witnessing the enthusiastic participation of&nbsp;70<br>undergraduate and postgraduate students. The programme began with an introductory session<br>highlighting the importance of biodiversity documentation and citizen science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department expresses its sincere gratitude to WWF India for their collaboration and<br>support in organising this event. The active participation of students and faculty contributed<br>significantly to the success of the programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-a0c0773a wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Group-Photo_CNC_2026-1024x768.jpeg ,https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Group-Photo_CNC_2026.jpeg 780w, https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Group-Photo_CNC_2026.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Group-Photo_CNC_2026-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-3161\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" title=\"Group Photo_CNC_2026\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Zoology, Assam Don Bosco University, in collaboration with&nbsp;WWF India,successfully organised the&nbsp;City Nature Challenge 2026&nbsp;from&nbsp;24th to 27th April 2026&nbsp;at theTapesia Campus. The&nbsp;City Nature Challenge (CNC)&nbsp;is a global citizen science initiative that encourages peopleto observe and document biodiversity using digital platforms. The objective of the event wasto promote awareness about local biodiversity and engage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":3162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Photo-4_CNC_2026.jpeg",1600,1200,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Photo-4_CNC_2026-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Photo-4_CNC_2026-300x225.jpeg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Photo-4_CNC_2026-768x576.jpeg",768,576,true],"large":["https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Photo-4_CNC_2026-1024x768.jpeg",1024,768,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Photo-4_CNC_2026-1536x1152.jpeg",1536,1152,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Photo-4_CNC_2026.jpeg",1600,1200,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"hodzoo","author_link":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-zoology\/author\/hodzoo\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Department of Zoology, Assam Don Bosco University, in collaboration with&nbsp;WWF India,successfully organised the&nbsp;City Nature Challenge 2026&nbsp;from&nbsp;24th to 27th April 2026&nbsp;at theTapesia Campus. 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