INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIODIVERSITY - CHENNAI

International conference on "biodiversity in relation to food and human security in a warming planet": Chennai declaration. The conference held at the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai from 15 to 17 February 2010.
Chennai declaration makes a bridge of issues at global, national and local levels between the challenges for conservation and food security These include: 1) According economic value to the services nature and agriculture rendered and setting up mechanisms for payment for such services;
2) Acknowledging that the custodians of biodiverse resources are farmers and fisherfolk;
3) Finding markets for neglected but nutritious crops;
4) Including rural communities in biodiversity strategies;
5) Refocussing research and development priorities and promoting biodiversity literacy through public education to build an ethic of conservation.
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. BUREAU OF FOREST GENETICS TO COME UP IN DEHRA DUN A National Bureau of Forest Genetics is to be established in Dehra Dun under the Indian Council for Forest Research and Education to help protect the country’s diminishing forest resources.
A sum of Rs.20 crore was sanctioned for the project.
Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lake in India. It is located in Andhra Pradesh state, India. Kolleru is located between Krishna and Godavari delta. Kolleru spans into two districts - Krishna and West Godavari. MONSOON DELAY – PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS Science-based strategies could greatly help vulnerable farming communities
India’s agriculture as a gamble with the monsoons. About 60 per cent of India’s farms depend on rains, so the monsoons are indeed critical to India’s agriculture, which accounts for a sixth of the country’s economic output.
ICRISAT is a non-profit and non-political research organization that serves the poorest of the poor in the semi-arid areas of the developing world. Founded in 1972.Headquarters Patancheru, Hyderabad, India .
Climate change is real and its implications are going to be borne by all, most especially the poorest of the poor. The impact of climate change on rainfall pattern is not going to be a temporary phenomenon. This is only the beginning and delayed monsoons, unexpected rains and heavy downpours are likely to be the rule rather than the exception.
There is a direct link between water availability and poverty in the dry lands.