Botanical Survey of India & NHM, UK, sign MoU

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New Delhi : Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and Natural History Museum (NHM), UK, on February 16, 2018, signed here a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of genetic/taxonomic studies, research and training, conservation in India including species and habitat conservation assessments etc.

The MoU was signed by Director, BSI, Dr Paramjit Singh, and Head of the Algae, Fungi and Plants Division, NHM, Dr Sandra Knapp, in the presence of Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr Harsh Vardhan, according to a PIB release.

The MoU will pave the way for BSI staff to work in Natural History Museum, London, and vice-versa and they will share fairly and equitably the benefits that may arise from the collection, study and conservation of the plant materials such as seeds, herbarium specimens and tissue samples and exchange associated data and images. NHM will help BSI in capacity building in areas of systematic botany and long-term conservation of plant genetic resources in India.