Technology key to protecting biodiversity
Technology to collect, store, organise and analyse information is key to protecting India's biodiversity, according to the scientists and educationists who addressed a workshop on "Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Marine Biodiversity' at Loyola College here on Tuesday. "Marine biodiversity informatics can play a vital role in developing databases and designing computer software to manage and organise marine biodiversity data and information,' said National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) Chairman S. Kannaiyan. He rued the lack of a data management culture among most marine biologists, which resulted in data being lost and scattered among various scientists and institutions, and in various forms
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