Urban biodiversity is often discussed in terms of tree cover, lakes, or flagship species, but far less attention is paid to pollinators—the insects and birds that quietly sustain urban ecosystems. In Bengaluru, a rapidly urbanising city with a strong culture of citizen science, large volumes of biodiversity data are now being generated by the public. But what does this data tell us about pollinators in the city? This article draws from a data jam hosted by OpenCity in Bengaluru that explored pollinator observations using publicly available, citizen-generated datasets. By analysing long-term observation records and spatial data on land use and…
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is a final-year student of Communication Studies with a keen interest in urban ecology. As a young person who has been born and brought up in the city, she feels the responsibility to engage with the city's changing landscape. She is also working on her final year thesis which is an inquiry on the lack of unrestricted, accessible greenspaces in Bangalore.