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Biodiversity Congress


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1 Division of Genetics and Tree Improvement, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun 248 195, India
2 Forest Pathology Discipline, Division of Forest Protection, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun 248 006, India
3 Chemistry and Bioprospecting Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun 248 006, India
4 University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, India
 

The 2018 International Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2018) focused on the theme ‘Biodiversity for ecological civilization’ through the philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. Over 800 delegates from India and abroad attended the event. The congress was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Sikkim, Pawan Kumar Chamling, who stressed the need for protecting the Himalayan biodiversity hotspots and suggested an organic India mission by 2050. The event hosted six plenary, ten technical and three poster sessions under six themes. In total, 27 invited plenary lectures were delivered by eminent scholars and 92 papers were presented by the delegates.
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Maneesh S. Bhandari
Division of Genetics and Tree Improvement, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun 248 195, India
Rajendra K. Meena
Division of Genetics and Tree Improvement, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun 248 195, India
Shailesh Pandey
Forest Pathology Discipline, Division of Forest Protection, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun 248 006, India
Vinay K. Varshney
Chemistry and Bioprospecting Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun 248 006, India
A. Biju Kumar
University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, India

Abstract


The 2018 International Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2018) focused on the theme ‘Biodiversity for ecological civilization’ through the philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. Over 800 delegates from India and abroad attended the event. The congress was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Sikkim, Pawan Kumar Chamling, who stressed the need for protecting the Himalayan biodiversity hotspots and suggested an organic India mission by 2050. The event hosted six plenary, ten technical and three poster sessions under six themes. In total, 27 invited plenary lectures were delivered by eminent scholars and 92 papers were presented by the delegates.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv116%2Fi6%2F885-887