Dr.Mohan Singh, M.Sc., Ph.D., Founder President, SDA Co-ordinator & Head Departments of Botany, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences Seth.G.B.Podar College (University of Rajasthan) Nawalgarh -333042,INDIA Phone:0091-94 142 142 61 email:msbotany.jaipur@rediffmail.com Areas of Operation All over India and abroad. Our vision of sustainable developmentWe are committed to realigning nature’s operational processes to function within the limits of the natural balance that characterizes every bio-region. Cultivating the 'ground-up' (as opposed to 'top-down') activity that is essential for true ecological sustainability Our primary area of focus and expertise Organizational Background Human Development and Survival directly depends upon natural resources available to us. Critical changes are occurring in the environment putting our natural resources under stress. These days biodiversity is drawing more attention due to its speedy loss because of ill managed human development. Stability of any ecosystem depends upon variety of plant and animal species dwelling in particular area. So, we are going to loose majority of plant animal species prior to their identification. Protection of biodiversity in real sense is protection of human beings because only the rich ecosystem can facilitate efficient bio-geo-chemical cycling. Our main objective to establish this NGO - Sustainable Development Association (SDA) is to share our knowledge and experience not only with students in class room but also with children, women, illiterate / less educated persons including people of different stream and strata in the service to environmental problems either local, regional or national / international. Establishment of NGO will provide us open opportunity to reach any corner of our country to help needy people or those who are not aware of solutions of environmental problems. In this way we will be able to utilize energy of our students in right direction to serve even the people living far to teach them lesson of National Integration. To keep ourselves updated we would like to prefer to get communicated with rest of social organization to understand better the need of country or manifestations of environmental problems for their timely solutions. We have a very good team of researchers, lecturers, managers, students who are well coordinated / well organized and our eager top serve our motherland. This NGO will find sufficient strength and support from the Post Graduate Department of Plant Sciences (Botany, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences) situated in Podar College campus (Estd. 1922) at Nawalgarh – Rajasthan (India). Objectives 1. Environmental awareness, environmental awakening with help of local people 2. Sustainable human development activities across the country 3. Natural resource developmental activities and their publication to media to signify their importance for sustainable use 4. Serious efforts to protect threatened flora and fauna 5. Assessment of natural environment and the recent disturbances which are critical to human health and to the wild life 6. Establishment of environmental consultancy centre 7. Establishment of Advanced Centre for Plant Science Research with special reference to Ethno botanical aspects 8. In-situ and Ex-situ conservation of critically endangered and endemic medicinal plants 9. Establishment of Conservation Information Bureau (CIB) 10. Publication of Research Journal / Magazines / News Letter for efficient working / best organizational set up and for better communication including feed back also 11. Instant help during crises (Natural disasters – Flood/ famine / drought / Fire etc. 12. To establish Green Brigade of the Students and Volunteers in the service of country / mankind in favour to protect environment 13. Co-ordination centre set up to keep efficient communication with other national / international NGOs or Social organizations 14. Collection of authentic literature, Research Journals, Magazines including our manuscripts / books on herbal plant wealth of Ancient India 15. Defining ecological status as per IUCN red list category (Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically endangered, Near threatened, Least concerned, Data Deficient, Not Evaluated, rare, vulnerable, endangered) of threatened medicinal plant species. 16. Sharing technical knowledge and know – how with renowned Ayurveda Institutions foe identification and protection of potential medicinal plants 17. Establishment of seed bank cell (germplasm conservation) or propagation stock with help of NBPGRI (National Bureau of Plants& Genetic Research Institute), New Delhi. <Plesae send your views about this home page to conservplant@rediffmail.com