1 Department of Vegetable Crops, Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan-173230 (HP).
Regional Agricultural Research Station (SKUAST-K), Leh-194101 (J&K).
Biodiversity conservation aims to maintain the diversity of living organisms, their habitats and interrelationships between organisms and their environments. Biodiversity conservation is urgently needed because spp. are going extinct and many other are threatened and endangered. Conservation of biological diveristy has attracted considerable attention at the national and global levels during the last few years. Choosing appropriate method of conservation is crucial since biologically active entities are extremely liable and once lost cannot be replaced. This article explains the importance of biodiversity, essentials of biodiversity conversation and conversation strategies.
Biodiversity, germplasm, conservation