International symposium on conservation of wetland biodiversity
SILCHAR, Dec 18: India is a megabiodiversity country and north-east, in particular, is a hotspot of biodiversity in the world being gifted with innumerable water resources in the form of wetlands, lakes and rivers with biodiversity of resources in them. It is also a fact that the depleting water bodies and fish resources along with bioresources are a matter of concern. In order to dwell deep into the problem, division of wetlands, fishery science and aquaculture in the Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics under the School of Life Sciences, Assam University, Silchar, organized a 2 day international symposium entitled ‘Frontiers of Wetlands, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research in the New Millennium’ recently. The focus of the symposium was on the present scenario, management and conservation of the wetlands and their bioresources which was deliberated by distinguished scientists in the field from across the country and abroad on a common platform. Lack of a comprehensive plans and programmes with regard to wetlands, in fact, prompted the holding of this international symposium.
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