Conservation
of Biological Diversity
Objectives
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Inventorying existing bioresources,
establishing gene banks and assessing threats to biodiversity
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Identification of priorities for maintenance
of existing biodiversity in the Himalaya.
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Identification and monitoring the processes
and activities responsible for depletion of biodiversity.
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Promoting people's participation in
biodiversity conservation.
Current Activities
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Studies on biodiversity, habitat fragmentation
and conservation in the protected and ecologically sensitive habitats.
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Bioresource inventory of the Himalaya.
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Establishment and maintenance of functional
arboreta in the Himalaya.
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Initiating biodiversity conservation
through peoples’ participation in the Himalaya.
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Studies on structure, composition and
changes of the vegetation in NDBR.
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Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve -
Landscape change, resource status and human dimensions.
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Evaluation and propagation of selected
endemic medicinal plants of the Himalaya.
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LEAD centre for Himalayan Biosphere
Reserves.
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Studies on species and community responses
to habitat alterations in Timber Line zone.
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Inventory of tree diversity in Namdapha
National Park.