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Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation Society (ABCS)
c/o National Bureau of Fish
Genetic Resources
(Indian
Council of Agricultural Research)
Canal Ring
Road, P.O. Dilkusha, Lucknow - 226 002 INDIA
Phone: (0522) 2442440, 2442441 Fax: (0522) 2442403
Email: nbfgr@sancharnet.in
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Aquatic biodiversity includes variety of life and ecosystems of freshwater, brackish water and marine environment. The human societies had long been depending upon aquatic biodiversity for food, medicine and other uses including commercial and industrial nature. The economic value of aquatic biodiversity is immeasurable and immense. In recent times, the factors like over-exploitation, pollution, habitat alteration and destruction, introduction of alien species etc., are overwhelmingly causing impacts and threats to aquatic biodiversity. There is necessity to put in place appropriate conservation strategies and actions to safeguard the aquatic biodiversity for the benefit of the present, as well as, future generations. The conservation oriented scientific pursuit and technology backed interventions would only address the pressing problems in protecting aquatic biodiversity and its sustainable use with the understanding of interdependence of organisms and ecosystems and human needs in the present day context.
There are several professionals, representing research Institutes, Universities, aqua-industries and NGOs who have been contributing for the enrichment of knowledge and conservation perspectives regarding aquatic biodiversity. It was felt necessary that there should be an appropriate platform to bring under focus all the knowledge available now and would be forthcoming in future to debate, disseminate and facilitate the conservation efforts on aquatic biodiversity. This aspiration culminated in the formation of an ‘Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation Society (ABCS)’ in 2006 (Regd. No. 1092/2006-07), with its Headquarters at the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), Canal Ring Road, P.O: Dilkusha, Lucknow-226 002.
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