Sunjoy Monga


Sunjoy Monga is a wildlife photographer, conservationist, naturalist and writer based in Mumbai in India. He was born in Masjid Bunder.[1][2][3][4]

He has initiated an environmental awareness drive 'Young Rangers' amongst schools and school children across India.[5] He has also been chosen on the Tumbhi advisory panel.[6]

BibliographyEdit

Sunjoy authored book 'City Forest'. He is associated with the Bombay Natural History Society written columns in newspapers on the need for conservation, poaching, decreases in the city's flamingoe population, and the man-animal conflict in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

Sunjoy Monga has written a field guide titled 'Birds of Mumbai' that documents more than 350 species of birds seen in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.[7][8]

Other books written by Monga are:[9]

  • Kidz Birds In Urban India, Yuhina Eco Media Venture (Publisher), 2012, ISBN 9788192250939
  • Journeys Through Indias Last Wild Place, Yuhina Eco Media Venture (Publisher), 2011, ISBN 9788192250908
  • Wildlife Reserves Of India, India Book House Pvt Ltd (Publisher), 2002, ISBN 9788175083257[10]
  • Mumbai Nature Guide, India Book House Pvt Ltd (Publisher), 2003, ISBN 9788175083592
  • Young Rangers, Yuhina Eco Media Venture (Publisher), ISBN 1234567167920
  • City Forest Mumbais National Park, India Book House Pvt Ltd (Publisher), 2000, ISBN 9788175082977

ReferencesEdit

  1. "On the catwalk". The Times of India. 30 June 2004. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. Singh, Vijay. "Two new species of spiders found at Mumbai"s Aarey Milk Colony". The Economic Times.
  3. "Kingfisher gets trapped in nets on Lokhandwala lake". The Economic Times.
  4. "Into the wild with Sunjoy Monga". Hindustan Times. 5 December 2011.
  5. Suryanarayan, Deepa (28 January 2008). "Green they are, but not behind their ears". DNA India.
  6. "Wetlands to waste bins, Mumbai's diverse habitats house hundreds of bird species". www.cnbctv18.com. 18 February 2019.
  7. Israni, Natasha. "Sunjoy Monga talks about his book 'City Forest - Mumbai's National Park'". India Today.
  8. Monga, Sunjoy (February 2004). Birds of Mumbai. India Book House Pvt., Limited. ISBN 978-81-7508-391-2.
  9. "Sunjoy Monga". Waterstones.
  10. "Wildlife Reserves of India". www.goodreads.com.