NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY CONGRESS
Date: 27-30 December 2012
Venue: Thiruvananthapuram
The country's first national biodiversity congress will be held here on December 27 to discuss various issues concerning biodiversity, ecology and environment with food security as the focal theme.Vice President Hamid Ansari would inaugurate the four-day "National Biodiversity Congress-India 2012" (NBC), jointly organised by the National Biodiversity Authority of India and State Biodiversity Boards at Kanakakunnu Palace in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
"Biodiversity for food security" would be the focal theme of NBC 2012, to be attended by a large number of experts, academics, researchers, stakeholders and students from within and outside the country.A special session on "Western Ghats in World Heritage Status: Challenges and Opportunities" was also planned to bring into focus serious threats faced by the Western Ghats and to gear up the conservation initiatives.
A Biodiversity Expo, as part of the Congress, would be inaugurated by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on December 21. Students' biodiversity congress and capacity building workshops would also be held as part of the event. Kerala Governor H R Bhardwaj, Union Ministers Jayanti Natarajan and Sashi Tharoor, Former President A P J Abdul Kalam, K Kasthuri Rangan and Sam Pitroda are expected to participate in the event.
Website: http://nbc-india.org
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