INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME - INVESTING IN NATURE INDIA

Over the next four years, the National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) in Lucknow will work with BGCI as the coordinating institution for Investing in Nature - India (IIN - India).

The following are the details of some of the regional activities for India's national programme:
  • It will enable India to develop a database, network and website on about 140 botanical gardens of India, which will help in closer interactions among the botanic gardens for under taking conservation and sustainable use of plant diversity as well as in eco-education activities.
  • The authenticated database / website and linkage with global website will serve as the referral source / manual for those who are interested to know about the plant wealth and in-country conservation activities.
  • The database will also provide information on the status of demand and supply of important plant species of medicinal / aromatic / ornamental value, to various agencies in India.
  • About 60 persons from selected botanic gardens will be given intensive training in modern methods of conservation of plants. Such a programme is in line with the strategy now agreed by the Parties to the CBD (Cop Decision VI/ 2002). A total of six training programmes will be organized under this programme.
  • It will facilitate in establishing/ accomplishing state of the art facilities and blue prints for modern gardens, including three model education programmes, medicinal plant projects and a major new botanic garden project, probably a joint project with the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF)/ Botanical Survey of India (BSI) to develop the Botanic Garden of Indian Republic in Delhi.
  • A handbook of education in Indian Botanic Gardens will be published.
  • It will develop a national conservation programme through the initiation of a small grant programme open to botanic gardens throughout India.
  • It will assist members to protect the sovereign rights / IPR on their plant diversity resources.
Expected outcomes include:
  • A database, website established.
  • Ca. 600 rare or endangered plant species rescued from extinction through cultivation in Indian botanic gardens.
  • 100 botanic gardens involved in a new national botanic garden network in India.
  • 60 staff trained in Indian botanic gardens.
  • Handbook on education distributed to 100 botanic gardens in India.
  • One model development plan prepared for a historic botanic garden in a major Indian city, probably in Delhi.
  • 3 model medicinal plants and forest resource conservation programmes created.

IIN India-Profile
 

1. CORE MONITORING GROUP

Role : Core Monitoring Group (CMG) will look after the continuous review of the programme, schedule implementation and budget. If one of the members of monitoring team is not available, then the other two will continue to manage the program until a replacement is nominated/ agreed by NBRI and BGCI.

NBRI
Dr. P. Pushpangadan, Director, NBRI, Lucknow
Dr. Sudershan Kumar, Group Leader,
Bioinformatics, NBRI, Lucknow

BGCI
Dr. Mark Richardson, Director, Middle East & Asia
Programme, BGCI, UK.

2. PROJECT TEAM

IIN India team will be responsible for the implementation of the program activities. Dr. P.Wyse Jackson will be the International Coordinator. Dr. P. Pushpangadan will be the National Coordinator. Dr. Mark Richardson will be the BGCI contact/ focal point and Dr. Sudershan Kumar will be the NBRI contact/focal point in this program. The project team members are as follows:

International Coordinator
Dr. P. Wyse Jackson, Secretary General, BGCI, Kew UK.

BGCI Programme Coordinator/ Head of Middle East and Asia Programme
Dr. Mark Richardson, Programme Officer, BGCI, UK.

National Coordinator
Dr. P. Pushpangadan, Director, NBRI, India.

NBRI Contact Point/ Network Programme Coordinator
Dr. Sudershan Kumar, Scientist, NBRI, Lucknow.

Conservation Programme Coordinator
Dr. K. N. Nair, Scientist, NBRI, Lucknow.

Nodal Scientists for conference/ Training
Dr. H. M. Behl, Scientist, NBRI, Lucknow.
Dr. (Mrs.) S. Mehrotra, Scientist, NBRI, Lucknow.
Dr. S. K. Tiwari, Scientist, NBRI, Lucknow.

Nodal Scientists for Eco-education Programme
Dr. (Mrs.) K. Kulshreshtha, Scientist, NBRI, Lucknow.
Dr. A. N. Sarga, Scientist, NBRI, Lucknow.

3. ADVISORY COMMITTEE


Role: The Advisory Committee (AC) has been setup to advise the CMG. AC will meet once or twice in a year and its role shall be as follows:
  • To review the program activities.
  • To suggest new ideas/ methods of improvement if any for the consideration of the CMG.
  • To discuss future strategies and exploring possibilities of new collaborations/ programmes.
  • To suggest means for optimizing the use of research results so as to ensure maximum benefit to the country from IIN-India programme. Its members include
India

Dr. P. Pushpangadan, Director, NBRI, Lucknow
Dr. Sudershan Kumar, Group Leader, Bioinformatics , NBRI, Lucknow
Shri Sudhir Kumar, JS & Head ISTAD, CSIR, New Delhi
Dr. B.K. Ramaprasad, Jt.A., ISTAD, CSIR, New Delhi
Dr. O.P. Agarwal, Head, RPBD, CSIR, New Delhi
Dr. Sudeep Kumar, RPBD, CSIR
Dr. P.L. Gautam, Vice Chancellor, Pant Nagar University, Pantnagar
Dr. M. Sanjappa, Director, BSI, Calcutta
Dr. G.M. Nair, Director, TBGRI, Kerala
Dr. T. Madhanmohan, Director, DBT, New Delhi
Shri Darshan Shankar, FRLHT, Bangalore
Prof. Y.S. Pankti, Kumaon University Garden
Mr. Sudipto Chatterjee, WWF-India, New Delhi

Special Invitees

BGCI
Dr. Mark Richardson, Programme Officer, BGCI, UK.
 
 

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