d491dfa7-5906-47f7-91f8-ac7b3028d435 https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=koola_roadkils Mandar Pawgi Koola Wild Foundation

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kedarpawgi@gmail.com 2026-05-07 eng The India Roadkill Monitoring Project (www.roadkillmonitoring.in) is a collaborative effort between conservationists, researchers, and the common public. Its primary goal is to fill the "information gap" regarding animal-vehicle collisions in India, where data has historically focused almost exclusively on human casualties. The dataset addresses a critical gap in understanding the scale and distribution of animal-vehicle collisions in India, where road infrastructure often overlaps with ecologically sensitive landscapes.This dataset compiles georeferenced records of wildlife road mortality across India, generated through the India Roadkill Monitoring Project’s mobile app. Data collection follows a hybrid monitoring framework. Citizen science contributions enable large-scale spatial coverage, while systematic surveys conducted by trained observers provide more standardized data on roadkill occurrence. All records undergo quality control procedures, including taxonomic validation, geospatial verification, and data cleaning. The dataset is standardized using Darwin Core terms to ensure interoperability and integration with global biodiversity platforms.Roadkill represents a significant but underreported source of biodiversity loss, affecting a wide range of taxa. This dataset includes records of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, collected across diverse habitats such as forests, agricultural lands, wetlands, and urban environments. Each record typically contains species identification (to the lowest possible taxonomic level), geographic coordinates, date of observation, and supporting metadata, including photographs where available.The dataset enables the identification of spatial hotspots of road mortality, temporal patterns in wildlife-vehicle collisions, and species-specific vulnerability. These insights are essential for mitigation strategies such as wildlife crossings, road planning, and traffic regulation measures.Although the dataset may exhibit spatial and temporal biases inherent to citizen science approaches, it represents one of the most comprehensive efforts to document roadkill in India. By contributing to global biodiversity databases, it supports comparative analyses in road ecology and provides a valuable resource for conservation planning, ecological research, and infrastructure management. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html CC0-1.0 https://ipt.gbif.org/archive.do?r=koola_roadkils India 69.339546 91.58003 28.399344 11.643067 2018-07-02 2025-12-31 family Varanidae family Uropeltidae family Psittacidae family Pteropodidae family Bufonidae family Sylviidae order Cuculiformes family Corvidae family Leporidae family Trionychidae family Bovidae family Columbidae order Artiodactyla family Felidae family Muscicapidae kingdom Animalia family Canidae family Cuculidae order Galliformes order Anura order Passeriformes family Pycnonotidae order Pelecaniformes family Muridae order Chiroptera family Picidae order Lagomorpha family Viperidae family Suidae family Hystricidae family Cercopithecidae family Leiothrichidae family Herpestidae family Dicroglossidae family Pythonidae order Accipitriformes family Sturnidae order Primates phylum Chordata order Gruiformes family Alcedinidae order Columbiformes class Aves class Reptilia family Psammophiidae family Coraciidae order Charadriiformes family Passeridae order Carnivora family Viverridae family Sciuridae family Accipitridae family Boidae family Strigidae class Mammalia order Psittaciformes family Soricidae order Caprimulgiformes order Soricomorpha class Testudines family Burhinidae family Phasianidae order Rodentia family Typhlopidae family Rallidae family Tytonidae family Caprimulgidae order Strigiformes family Colubridae order Coraciiformes order Piciformes family Chamaeleonidae class Squamata family Elapidae family Ardeidae family Dicruridae family Cisticolidae family Hyaenidae family Agamidae class Amphibia family Meropidae asNeeded Mandar Pawgi Koola Wild Foundation

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mandarpawgi@gmail.com 2026-03-26T09:22:58.508+00:00 dataset Pawgi M, Joshi Y, Pawgi K (2026). India Roadkill Monitoring Project. Version 1.1. Training Organization. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=koola_roadkils&v=1.1 Pawgi, M., Joshi, Y., Deshmukh, S., Purohit, A., Pawgi, K., & Yosef, P. R. (2024). Monitoring roadkill in Amravati, India: A Citizen Science project. European Journal of Ecology, 10(2) 2024, pp. 8-20   d491dfa7-5906-47f7-91f8-ac7b3028d435/v1.1.xml