Project
Field of research: Air pollution and climate change
Disciplines involved: Plant Ecology, Environmental Science, Eco-physiology and Botany.
Innovative activities: Develop educational modules for climate change adaptation based on science of pollution tolerant and climate resilient crops.
Duration: 2019-2022
Impacts on education: Deeper understanding on climate change adaptation and air pollution mitigation.
Questions/ issues addressed:
1. Simplified methods for screening pollution tolerant and climate resilient crops.
2. Selection of pollution tolerant and climate resilient plants in different climatic and edaphic environments.
3. Understanding of science of pollution tolerant and climate resilient plant species.
4. Development of e-books and e-documentaries for environmental education.
Outcomes expected:
1. Capacity development for screening pollution tolerant and climate resilient plants for climate change adaptation at local level.
2. Utilization of local plant resources for air pollution mitigation.
3. Selection of region-specific climate resilient crop varieties for ensuring food security to meet the challenges of climate change.
4. Enhanced awareness on climate change adaptation strategies.
Leader(s):
S Barik, N Singh, R Tripathi,V Pandey, A Raghavendra, S Saha, M Campos, X W ei, E Oksanen, M Hasanuzzaman, T Lumbsch
Steering Committee:
LS Shashidhara(India), AMCL Casas (Spain), MM Khandaker (Bangladesh), Usha Vijayraghavan (India), PC Abhilash (India), Sudhakar Srivastava (India), Soumit K. Behera (India)
IUBS National Committees involved in the project:
Indian National Science Academy (India); E Sharma,Kathmandu (Nepal); MA Herrera Campos (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Mexico), X Wei (Chinese Academy of Science and Technoloogy, China)
IUBS Scientific MemberOrganisations involved in the project:
1. ISEB, Lucknow, India (Prof SK Barik, Drs Nandita Singh, RD Tripathi, Vivek Pandey)
2. International Association for Lichenology, USA (Prof Thorsten Lumbsch)