National seminar-cum-meeting on the finalization of India's strategy for formulation of a SACNET loop under the BioNET INTERNATIONAL programme.  
 
 
 
Fig.14. LOOPS under the BioNET INTERNATIONAL programme.
 
 

BioNET INTERNATIONAL is a global network of interlinked sub-regional LOOPs (Locally Organized & Operated Partnerships) owned and operated by member countries. These LOOPs are dedicated to enabling developing countries to become realistically self-reliant in the skills of identifying, and understanding the relationships of the living organisms, which collectively constitute biodiversity and the natural environment. It is a network of people and institutions designed to enable the pooling and sharing of existing taxonomic resources via South-South cooperation, and building further taxonomic capacity through institutional strengthening and human resource development programmes of North-South partnerships.

A two-day national seminar-cum-meeting on the finalization of India's strategy for formulation of a South Asian Countries Network (SACNET) Loop under the BioNET INTERNATIONAL programme was organized by National Botanical Research Institute at New Delhi from 6- 7 June 2003.

Participants from various parts of the country participated and presented the country status reports on the following topics:

  1. An overview of BioNET INTERNATIONAL by Dr. Sudershan Kumar, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, UP.
  2. New tools for capacity building in taxonomy - Perspectives in development and conservation by Pierre Grard, B.R. Ramesh, Pondicherry 605001.
  3. Molecular Taxonomy-The state of the science & Future possibilities by Dr. P. K. Trivedi, Dr. S.A.Ranade & Dr. Pravendra Nath, NBRI, Lucknow.
  4. Taxonomy of Orchids by Dr. C. Sathish Kumar, TBGRI, Thriuvananthapuram.
  5. Herbarium Databases by K. Sambandan & H. J. Chowdhery, Central National Herbarium, BSI, Howrah.
  6. Development of mycology in India by Prof. D. J. Bhat, Head, Goa University, Goa.
  7. Status of Lichenology in India by Dr. D. K. Upreti, NBRI, Lucknow.
  8. Present Status of taxonomic work in India in relation to aquatic habitat by Dr. B. G. Kulkarni, The Institute of Science, Mumbai.
  9. Status & need of Taxonomic Research on Insect Biodiversity in India by Dr. Harjinder Singh Rose, Punjabi University, Patiala.
    Fig. 15. Partcicipants deliberating during the meeting at Delhi
  10. National Status of Butterfly Diversity & its Host Plant Selection in India by Dr. K. Murugan, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
  11. Marine Biodiversity in India by Dr. S. Raghukumar, NIO, Goa. 
  
 
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