The Indian Association of the Club of Rome has decided to start an economic assessment of the northeastern biodiversity so that the natural resources in the region can be managed properly. The assessment will also be conducted in Jammu and Kashmir, Orissa and Jharkhand.
The founding secretary of the Indian Association, Ranjit Barthakur, said he will be involved in the assessment by providing advisory services to the state action plan bodies on biodiversity, job creation and climate change. Barthakur is also the investment advisor to Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi.
He said the Indian Association will also analyze the global economic crisis from an Indian perspective with active support from the International Club of Rome.
On November 9 last year, the Indian Association of the club was officially launched in New Delhi. The club's national associations are present in Europe, America and Asia. Along with the launch of the Indian Association, a two-day annual conference was also held in New Delhi on "Economics, Ecology and Values - Where the World and India Meet".
Prominent speakers at the conference were Union minister of state for environment and forest,Jayanthi Natarajan, chairman of National Knowledge Commission, Sam Pitroda, chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics, Lord Nicholas Stern and director of Smith School of Enterprise, Oxford University, Sir David King, among others.
Club of Rome, a prestigious group comprising prominent personalities from the field of world politics, science and business, was founded in Rome by an Italian industrialist Aurelio Peccei and Scotttish scientist Alexander King in 1968 with a mission to play a catalytic role in drawing attention to global tribulations among decision makers and advocate remedial measures.
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