Scheme on Research and Development (R&D) for Conservation & Development
The R&D Scheme for Conservation and Development is an important Decision
Support System for Policy and Planning of the Ministry’s programmers and
activities incorporating the key objectives for addressing environmental problems
and measures for conservation and protection of environment by building
indigenous capacities and strengthen manpower in multi-disciplinary aspects and
new and emerging areas of environment and ecology, generating information for
taking policy decisions, preparedness and basis for international negotiations,
supporting basic and applied research in environment, ecology and related fields,
and to facilitate database management on Research projects undertaken under
the Scheme on relevant thematic areas of the Ministry.
The SFC Document has been prepared for R&D for Conservation & Development
after rationalisation of the Scheme dropping certain sub-scheme components
such as Bio-safety (shifted under Conservation and Survey), Assistance to
Botanical Gardens (shifted under Conservation & Survey), Taxonomy Capacity
Building (TCB) also known as “All India Coordinated Project on Taxonomy”
(AICOPTAX) (shifted under Botanical and Zoological Survey of India under
Conservation & Survey) and merging National Natural Resource Management
System (NNRMS) with R&D Scheme. The thematic area “Use of Remote sensing
and geospatial technologies for inventory, assessment and management of natural
resources” of NNRMS has been included as one of the thematic areas of R&D
Scheme.
The R&D Scheme will support and fund R&D projects in important thematic
areas such as bio-diversity conservation (including Alien and invasive species,
Human-wildlife Interface), Ecosystems Conservation & Management (Mountain,
Forest, Coastal, Wetlands, Pastoral, etc) and Evaluation of Ecosystem Services,
Socio-economic issues of environment, Conservation and Management of
Landscapes and Ecologically sensitive areas including issues of sustainable
livelihoods, Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, Natural Resource
Management using remote sensing data, Climate Change: Vulnerability & Risk
Assessment, Process, Mitigation and Adaptation, Management of wastes,
Environmental health, Use of remote sensing and geospatial technologies for
inventory, assessment and management of natural resources etc.
The research projects will enable the Ministry to build database for finding
practical solutions to problems of environmental protection and management and
to generate information and knowledge from outcome of R&D projects used for
developing policies, strategies, action plans and in better management and
conservation of natural resources.
The total outlay for FYs 2017-2020 for the Scheme on R&D for Conservation &
Development is Rs 32.50 crores.