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Fourth International Conference on Plants & Environmental Pollution

8-11 December 2010

LUCKNOW, INDIA

Conference Information
Most of the environmental concerns faced by the developed countries following industrial revolution and resultant economic boom and consumerism in the past are now spreading to the developing countries as well. Among the scourges faced by mankind today, environmental pollution is in the forefront. In the greater part of the last century, it was the fast pace of industrialization, galloping demand for energy and reckless exploitation of natural resources, in developed countries, that were mainly responsible for creating the problem of environmental pollution.

Current scenario is, however, vastly different, as widespread poverty, illiteracy and burgeoning population are leading to increasing environmental pollution at a pace which were unimaginable only few decades earlier. Climate change is the biggest threat faced by this planet since ‘Ice Age’. There is now worldwide concern about this impending disaster as geographical or political boundaries are no more relevant in the present scenario. When it comes to the hazards of environmental pollution, there is only a very thin dividing line between developed and developing countries. One pollutes and the other suffers, equally, if not more.

The Fourth International Conference (ICPEP-4) will be jointly organized by National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, India and International Society of Environmental Botanists (ISEB). This Conference aims to provide an international forum for serious discussions and deliberations on the burning problem of environmental pollution and the role of plants in pollution indication and
remediation and such related issues as biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, climate change and effects of pollution on agriculture, food productivity, forestry and human health. Some 300 eminent environmental scientists, academicians,
young research students, NGOs, government officials, and managers of industry are expected to participate in this prestigious multi-disciplinary Conference.

Over 100 distinguished environmental scientists and students from overseas, both developed and developing countries are expected to attend this conference.

India, with a population well over a billion people, is home to one-sixth of the humanity. It is a developing country, where its teeming millions suffer from poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition resulting in severe degradation in environmental quality and ill health. However, with its strong industrial base, sound infra-structure and phenomenal progress in science and technology, it is poised to become a developed country in not too distant future. It is, therefore, ideally suited to host a conference of this type and magnitude.

Because of its sheer size and population, what India does today, will have its impact on the entire planet tomorrow. This is more likely in the areas of environment, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Entire global community, therefore, has a vested interest in supporting and sustaining any move for protection of environment and biodiversity conservation in this country.

An International Advisory Committee with some of the most reputed and highly distinguished environmental and plant scientists has been constituted to guide and advice in planning and organizing this Conference.

Areas/disciplines of the Conference:

  1. Bio-indication & Bioremediation
  2. Environment & Biotechnology
  3. Environmental education, Mass awareness and Legislation
  4. Environmental Impact Assessment and Eco-auditing
  5. Environment and Biodiversity
  6. Plant Responses to Environmental Pollution
  7. Climate change
    1. Impacts on Forest Health and Ecosystems - in collaboration withInternational Union of Forest Research Organizations, (IUFRO) Vienna, Austria.
    2. Agriculture & Food Production.
    3. Aquatic Ecosystems.
    4. Human health.
    5. Role of botanic gardens in climate change research
  8. Contemporary environmental issues
    1. Palaeo-Environment
    2. Environmental impact on cultural heritage
    3. Environmental systems and Disaster management
    4. Bio-pollutants
    5. Indoor pollutants
    6. Bio-energy
    7. Sustainable agriculture
    8. Human settlements
    9. Alien Plant Invasion

Call for registration and abstracts has been issued and can be viewed and dowloaded from the links given below:

  1. Download the first circular - Call for registration and Abstracts: 1st circular.pdf (430 kb)
  2. Download the Registration Form only: Registration form.pdf

For detailed information, please visit their Website: http://isebindia.com