From: Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan <[email protected]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pl. see a report on the National Consultation on‘Advancing the Science of Taxonomy in India for Biodiversity Conservation’, held at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore on 24 February 2010, published in the latest issue of Current Science.
http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/25jul2010/157.pdf Conservation and collection of insects in India are mutually beneficial, NOT harmful – a simple reality explained Conservation is directly dependent on collecting samples for research Kumar Ghorpade, CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 99, NO. 2, 25 JULY 2010 http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/25jul2010/163.pdf regards Priyan -- Enjoy

