Kashmiri Scientist in First Global Soil Biodiversity Confab

Dijon, France: An international conference on soil biodiversity was held in Dijon, France, on Monday, with a young Kashmiri scientist, Ms Nazima Rasool, participating in the first ever four-day event. 

The conference concluded with the participants adopting the slogan: Don’t hurt the dirt, coinciding with the “World Soil Day” observed every year on December 5 by the United Nations. The Organization, in order to highlight the importance of soil health and biodiversity, has also decided to declare 2015 as the International Year of Soils. 

The event attracted scientists and researchers from around the world to discuss soil biodiversity and its links to ecosystem functions, including the European agricultural findings. 

The event also summarized the current state of knowledge and recent advancements in the science of soil biodiversity. 

Nazima who has done her research on the “effect of some alien invasive plant species on soil microbial structure and function,” said the goal of this conference was to promote scientific research on the role of soil biodiversity for ecosystem functions and ecosystem services: “Integrating such understanding into international environmental agendas, sustainable policy and land management decisions were the key issues discussed at the meet,” she said.

Nazima has expressed her gratitude to Professor Zafar Ahmad Reshi, Head Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Professor B. A. Wafai, ex-Head Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Professor G. H. Dar, Ex-Head Department of Botany and Professor Damase Khasa, Chairman, Centre of Forestry and Environmental Genomics, University Laval, Quebec Canada, who she said have supported her research generously. “Whatever I have achieved today has been possible only because of the guidance I’ve received from them from time to time,” she said.

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