‘Focus has shifted from plants’ profitability to ecological relevance’
LUCKNOW: Global warming, climate change and human interference in the ecosystem are the issues that have taken the centre stage in the ongoing international conference at CSIR-NBRI (National Botanical Research Institute) in Lucknow.
The four-day conference that started on Tuesday at the premier research institute is being attended by scientists and researchers from across the country and abroad.
“Traditionally, the focus was more on the profitability of the plants but now the focus is more on their environmental relevance among the scientific fraternity,” said Dibyendu Adhikar, a senior scientist who presented his research on impact of climate change on trees in Meghalaya.
“We stressed on keeping the discussion around the environment change. The decision was designed this way considering the fact that most of the speakers are botanist, and plants and environment are closely interlinked,” said Vivek Pandey, a senior member of the organising committee on Wednesday.
“Our eventual aim is to ensure that people working on different
› Religious rituals are a major contributor to water pollution but the issue is neglected because it is linked with religious sentiments.
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botanical aspect share their knowledge so that everyone can benefit from it,” Pandey added.
“Global warming and climate change not only harm humans but also plants. These changes do not have any immediate effect on plants, but it appears gradually over a period of time,” said a speaker while presenting his research at the conference.
Experts in the field are consistently working to ascertain the impact caused by these changes in plants. Besides global warming and climate change, experts also presented their studies on the impact on ecology caused by human intervention.
A professor from Rajasthan shared her research on the effect of religious rituals on the water bodies. “Religious rituals are a major contributor to water pollution but the issues is neglected because it is linked with religious sentiments,” she said.