Madras University Post-Centenary Diamond Jubilee International Conference on

BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES

MANAGEMENT (ICBSRM-2018) March 12-13, 2018

www. unom.ac.in

Venue

Chepauk Campus, University of Madras Chennai – 600 005

Jointly organized by

Centre for Environmental Sciences (CES) and

Centre for Water Resources Management (CWRM)

University of Madras Chepauk Campus, Chennai – 600 005, INDIA

E-mail: icbsrmuom2018@gmail.com Contact: +91-44- 2539 9469/9558; 2538 0585 : Mobile: +91-9444895145/94444 14688

CONCEPT OF THE CONFERENCE

Our mother earth is an ideal habitat for wide variety of flora and fauna, which are

collectively known as Biodiversity. Biodiversity is a function of web of interactions taking

place between plants and animals. The interactions between them are very complex,

intricate and function in association with the abiotic environment. Since biodiversity is

the key for the structural and functional integrity of ecosystems and it is the foundation

for the very survival and sustainability of life on this planet, it is imperative to understand

the interactions and interrelationships that exist between plants and animals. Without

long term field studies, it is impossible to recognize and frame effective conservation

and management measures for the sustainability of biodiversity.

Being a tropical biodiversity hotspot country India possesses 7% of world biodiversity

(1,00,000+ fauna and 45,000+ flora) and has enormous potentials for a sustainable

future world. As per its marine natural and living resources are concerned, India has a

vast coastline of 7368 km2 and 2.02 million km2 of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

Surprisingly, compared to other part of the worlds, India’s marine natural wealth has

been relatively unexplored.

Today, human activities are greatly threatening diverse ecosystems especially the seas

and coasts of India through overfishing, destructive fishing practices, pollution and

waste disposal, agricultural runoff, invasive alien species, and habitat destruction.

Global climate change will make it worse. Due to climate change sea levels will rise,

water temperature will increase, oceans will acidify, and there will be more storms and

natural disasters.

Oceans are utterly under-protected, with only about 0.8% of the oceans and 6% of

territorial seas being in protected areas. India adopted the Convention on Biological

Diversity is addressing various challenges to the conservation and sustainable use of

terrestrial as well as marine and coastal biodiversity resources. Through the ecosystem

approach, the Managers and Policy makers focus on the proper management of marine

coastal ecosystems and biodiversity resources.

GOALS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE As part of Madras University Post-Centenary Diamond Jubilee celebrations,

the Centre for Environmental Sciences (CES) and Centre for Water

Resources Management (CWRM), are jointly organizing an International

Conference ‘Biodiversity and Sustainable Resources Management’

(ICBSRM 2018) to promote and disseminate the knowledge concerning

several topics related to current biodiversity issues and resources

management and possible remedies.

The richness of India’s biological resources is an asset that needs to be

cherished, conserved and judiciously utilized. One of the major challenges

before the country lies in adopting a system which helps in utilizing this

biodiversity for benefit of humankind without compromising on risking the loss.

There is an urgent need to generate knowledge about the importance of

biodiversity and its direct link with existence of life on earth. Human resource

development in the area of biodiversity management is of utmost importance.

Awareness about the issues related to biodiversity, especially amongst the

scientific community is required to be intensified to the cause of promotion

better of biodiversity conservation.

The experts will discuss and share their expertise to address various

environmental issues and possible remedies for effective management and to

utilize our vast biodiversity resources in sustainable manner.

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS

The University of Madras was established in the year 1857 along with Mumbai

and Calcutta Universities. Having served the cause of higher education and

research during its glorious years of existence, the University of Madras was

accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with the

five-star rating first, and later with an A rating. The UGC has recognized the

University as one of the centres for “Potential for Excellence" in the country.

The University of Madras is the mother of almost all the old Universities of

South India (neighboring states like Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh)

The University offers teaching and research programmes in its four campuses.

The 93 University Departments of study and research are spread over four

campuses organized into 18 Schools each of which offer Post Graduate

Courses in respective specialization, part time and full time Ph.D. Programmes,

Diploma and Certificate Programmes. The University imparts both Under

Graduate and Post Graduate Education through the 130 Affiliated Institutions

which spread over the 3 districts of Chennai, Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram.

ABOUT THE HOST CENTRES

The University of Madras has established a full – fledged Centre for

Environmental Sciences (CES) in 2007 and Centre for Water Resources

Management (CWRM) in 2015, with multi- disciplinary approach for carrying

out Research and Development (R&D), besides human resources development

programmes in order to offer effective short and long term solutions at local and

at a global scale on environmental and Water Resources management.

The mission of the Centres are to generate knowledgeable manpower and to

carry out high quality inter-disciplinary research leading to development of new

eco-friendly and sustainable technologies to provide solutions for various

environment and water resources management related challenges, thereby

transferring the knowledge to industries, stake holders and to policy makers for

formulating meaningful strategies.

Moving forward, the Centres established at University of Madras has been

conducting academic programmes and high-quality research that can resolve

outstanding both environmental and Water management issues in the country.

Further, academic programs and activities of the Centres at University of

Madras are designed to cater to the needs and challenges of major industrial

sectors and other institutions.

INVITATION The Centre for Environmental Sciences (CES) and Centre for Water

Resources Management (CWRM), University of Madras is cordially invite you

to submit abstracts for prospective papers and posters on topics of Biodiversity,

Ecosystem Management, Climate Change and other related Conference Key themes

listed below: BSRM 2018 anticipates more than 150 participants around the regional

countries with thought provoking Keynote lectures, Oral presentations and Poster

presentations.

KEY THEMES

Biodiversity: assessment, monitoring, conservation and management

Climate change, Global warming and adaptation/mitigation measures

Natural resources conservation & management

Blue biotechnology & Marine/Wetland biodiversity and Genetic resources

Biodiversity, habitat loss, and species extinction

Biodiversity and food security

Environmental pollution and control strategies

Application of geo-informatics in building biodiversity knowledge and

sustainable natural resource management

Environmental modelling and planning

Role of Non-Governmental Organizations to protect biodiversity and natural

resources

PRESENTATION TYPES ABSTRACTS AND POSTER: Author(s) are requested to send the abstracts of their original work which will be

considered for oral/poster presentation. The electronic files of the abstract should be

prepared using Microsoft Word (saved as MS word) with figures if any embedded in the

file. Author(s) should submit their abstracts only electronically via e-mail to

icbsrmuom2018@gmail.com.

Acceptance of the abstracts for oral/poster presentation will be communicated through

e-mail to the corresponding author. Abstract should be typed in A4 size paper on one

side only and 1.5 spacing using Times New Roman font of size 12 pt. It should not

exceed 300 words. The title should be as short as possible and the author(s) names

with initials in capital should appear below the title. The address must start from next

line. The name of the author presenting the paper should be underlined. Minimum of 6

keywords to be given below the abstract. The complete postal address, telephone, fax

number and e-mail address of the corresponding author should be indicated below the

abstract.

ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATION AND PRIZES: Oral presentations will be scheduled for 20 minutes, which includes 15 minutes for the

presentation and five minutes for questions. Posters should be prepared on flex with

standard size of 1m x 1m. We urge participants to consider presenting their work as

posters, as this format allows authors to interact with attendees and discuss their

research at length. Authors are requested to be available to discuss their posters during

scheduled breaks. Orals and Posters will be evaluated by the team of experts and three

(1st, 2nd and 3rd) best oral and poster presentation prizes and five consolation prizes

would be declared immediately after the sessions.

WHO CAN ATTEND?

Educators, teachers, students, policy makers, practitioners, UN agencies, non-

governmental organizations and community groups, academics and religious thinkers

that work in the field of Biodiversity and in Education for Sustainable Development can

attend this Conference.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

All selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings with ISBN.

Few papers, after peer reviewed may be consider for publication in the

relevant indexed journals.

IMPORTANT DATES

Last date for receipt of abstract : 15th February, 2018 Confirm abstract acceptance : 20th February, 2018 Early bird registration : 25th February, 2018

Early Bird Registration

(before 25th February, 2018)

Registration

(after 25th February, 2018)

Faculty (Academic/Research Institutes) : Rs. 1000 Rs. 1200

Delegates from Industries : Rs. 3000 Rs. 3500

Students & Research Scholars : Rs. 750 Rs. 950

Accompanying persons : Rs.500 Rs. 500

Foreign Faculty (Academic/Research Institutes) : $ 200

Foreign Students & Research Scholars : $ 100

Registration fee includes delegates kit, abstracts book, tea/coffee, snacks, lunch and dinner during the conference and should be paid along with the registration form. Registration fee is payable by Demand Draft of a Nationalized Bank only in favour of

“The Head i/c, Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Madras, payable at Chennai. Weather during the conference: The month of March in Chennai experiences

increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly

cloudy. Temperatures in Chennai are sufficiently warm and the average temperature

(max.) is about 32oC.

ACCOMMODATION: Accommodation would be arranged on request and would be

charged extra as per the request and availability. Those participants who wish to stay in

the hotels are requested to book their accommodation at least 15 days in advance on

actual payment basis. E-mail: icbsrmuom2018@gmail.com

REQUIREMENTS TO VISIT INDIA International delegates are requested to submit their application with require

documents to Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) for processing their visa

visit website: https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/

CHIEF PATRON Prof. Dr. P. Duraisamy Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, University of Madras

PATRON

Dr. R. Srinivasan Registrar

University of Madras

Dr. N. Godhantaraman Head i/c Centre for Environmental Sciences University of Madras

Dr. G. Bhaskaran Head i/c

Centre for Water Resources Management

University of Madras

Dr. R. Jaganathan, Department of Geography, University of Madras

Dr. RR. Krishnamurthy, Department of Applied Geology, University of Madras

Dr. S. Ramasamy, Department of Geology, University of Madras

Dr.V.Madhasureh, Centre for Natural Hazards and Disaster Management, University of Madras

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

CONFERENCE CONVENERS

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

International National

Dr. Shin-ichi Uye

Hiroshima University, Japan

Dr.Hans-Uwe Dahms

Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan

Dr. Philip (Chris) Reid

Marine Institute, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

Dr. Jun SUN

Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China

Dr. B. A. Venmathi Maran

University Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Sabah, Malaysia.

Dr. K.P.Sivakumaran

Primary Industries Research Victoria, Australia

Dr.Gopal Murugan

Centro de Investigaciones, Mexico

Dr. S. Senthil Kumar

College of Applied Science, Sultanate of Oman

Dr. A. Surendraraj

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait

Dr. S. Satheesh

King Abdulazig University, Saudi Arabia

Dr. (Ms) B.Meena Kumari

Chairperson, National Biodiversity of India, Chennai

Dr.T.Balasubramanian

CAS in Marine Biology, Annamalai University

Dr.K. Padmakumar

Kerela University for Fisheries and Ocean Science, Kerala

Dr.N. Rajendran

Kerala University for Fisheries and Ocean Science, Kerala

Dr.R. Babu Rajendran

Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappallai

Dr.P. Perumal

Periyar University, Salem

Dr. R. Balagurunathan

Periyar University, Salem

Dr. K. Venkataraman

Former Director, ZSI

Dr. Santhosh Kumar Sarkar

Universiy of Calcutta

Dr. C.Stella

Alagappa University, Karaikudi

Dr. T.T. Ajith Kumar

National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Cochin

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

HOW TO REACH CHENNAI Air: Chennai International Airport serves the Indian city of Chennai, being the fourth

busiest airport in India after Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. It is located about 15

kilometers southwest of the city centre. It is also well connected with all the major cities

of the world.

Train : Chennai Central, erstwhile Madras Central, is the main railway terminus in the

city of Chennai. It lies adjacent to the current headquarters of the Southern Railway, as

well as the Ripon Building, and is one of the most important railway hubs in South India.

The other major railway terminal in the city is Chennai Egmore, it connects the all the

places of southern part of Tamil nadu.

Tourist importance : Chennai is one of the most visited cities of India due its

attractions, such as Museum, Fort, Mahabalipuram (UNESCO heritage site),

Kancheepuram, Covelong, Vedanthangal birds sanctuary and Pulicat lake etc. featuring

the Dravidic and Gothic Architecture. Also features its temples and beaches, among the

historical and cultural significance sites.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

ICBSRM 2018 Conveners

Centre for Environmental Sciences &

Centre for Water Resources Management

University of Madras Chepauk Campus, Chennai – 600 005, INDIA

E-mail: icbsrmuom2018@gmail.com

Contact: +91-44- 2539 9469/9558; 25380585

Mobile: +91-9444895145/94444 14688

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BSRM 2018, Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Madras, Chepauk Campus,

Chennai – 600 005 along with Demand Draft.

Madras University Post-Centenary Diamond Jubilee International Conference on

BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (BSRM-2018)

Jointly organized by

Centre for Environmental Sciences (CES) and

Centre for Water Resources Management (CWRM) University of Madras, Chennai, INDIA

March 12-13, 2018

REGISTRATION FORM

(Format to be attached with Demand Draft)