The congress, to be held from December 27 to 31, focusses on including biodiversity in policy-making
In danger: Some of the exotic plants to be displayed at the Indian
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Malabar Botanical Garden Society, a grant-in-aid institution under the State government, will exhibit an assorted and rare collection of 32 aquatic plant species, most of them facing extinction, at the firs

In danger: Some of the exotic plants to be displayed at the biodiversity congress

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Malabar Botanical Garden Society, a Grant-in-Aid institution under the government of Kerala, will exhibit an assorted and rare collection of 32 aquatic plant species, most of them facing threat of extinction, at the first Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC) 2010, to be held on the Karyavatto

Nagercoil: The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2010 as the International year of biodiversity in its 61st session in 2006 to help create awareness of the importance of biodiversity through activities and events.

CUDDALORE: When the global warming is threatening the terrestrial eco-system, the marine plants are holding out the hope to humanity because these are the rich sources for pharmacology, food products and taxonomical studies.

Above all, these plants also have the potential for bio-fuel production.

Hence, the vision of the experts and the policy-makers is now directed towards the oceans to tap

MUMBAI: Be warned. Your child's seemingly innocent remote-controlled car that you would normally sell to the local raddiwallah could soon be categorised as e-waste. That is if the Ministry of Environment and Forests' (MoEF) draft on the disposal of hazardous e-waste is notified and made into a law.