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2 nd World Biodiversity Congress September 8-12, 2011, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME 8 th September 2011 Registration 15.30-18.30 hrs. 9 th September 2011 INAUGURATION OF THE CONFERENCE: YB Datuk Peter Nansien, the Assistant Minister of Environment, Govt. of Sarawak 09:30-10:30 KEY NOTE ADDRESS: Prof C R Babu 10:30-11:00 University of Delhi COFFEE BREAK 11:00-11:30 PLENARY LECTURE I : Michael Ceballos, Ph.D. 11:30-12:00 The University of Montana, Montana USA "Viruses: Evolutionary Monsters or Biological Entities with Self-Esteem Issues" PLENARY LECTURE II- Natalia Kirichenko 12:00-12:30 Krasnoyarsk, Russia “Virtual encyclopedia on taxonomic diversity of leaf mining insects colonizing native and alien woody plants in Siberia” LUNCH 12:30-13:30

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2nd World Biodiversity Congress September 8-12, 2011, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

8th

September 2011 Registration 15.30-18.30 hrs.

9th

September 2011

INAUGURATION OF THE CONFERENCE: YB Datuk Peter Nansien,

the Assistant Minister of Environment, Govt. of Sarawak 09:30-10:30

KEY NOTE ADDRESS: Prof C R Babu 10:30-11:00 University of Delhi

COFFEE BREAK 11:00-11:30

PLENARY LECTURE I : Michael Ceballos, Ph.D. 11:30-12:00

The University of Montana, Montana USA

"Viruses: Evolutionary Monsters or Biological Entities with Self-Esteem Issues"

PLENARY LECTURE II- Natalia Kirichenko 12:00-12:30

Krasnoyarsk, Russia

“Virtual encyclopedia on taxonomic diversity of leaf mining insects

colonizing native and alien woody plants in Siberia”

LUNCH 12:30-13:30

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 13:30-17:30 Hours

9th

September 2011 CONFERENCE HALL 1

TECHNICAL SESSION I - CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE UTILISATION OF

BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

13:30-13:45 OS 1 Clone Selection and Utilization of Makok naam (Elaeocarpus

hygrophilus Kurz) for Economic Benefit of the Community in Central

Thailand

Surachai Muchjajib , Udomlaksalaksana Muchjajib and Phakwan

Thongrak ( Thailand)

13:45-14:00 OS 2 Propagation And Conservation Of Bamboo Species Through In Vitro

Technique For Bamboo Forest Restoration And Sustainable Livelihood

Shyamal K. Roy*, JAM Azizul Haque ans M. Kamal Hossain ( Bangladesh)

14:00-14:15 OS 3 Ex Situ Conservation of Rare, Endangered and Endemic Plant Species

from Western Ghats (Sahyadris)

A. S. Wabale and S. D. Pingle

(India)

14:15-14:30 OS 4 Floristic Diversity of Akola Region (MS) India

D. G. Bhadange and D. K. Koche ( India)

14:30-14:45 OS 5 Monitoring Source Population of Tigers (Panther tigris tigris) in Pench

Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh of Central Indian Landscape

Aniruddha Majumder, K. Sankar, Qamar Qureshi and Y. V. Jhala (

India)

14:45-15:00 OS 6 Biodiversity Conservation of Threatened Medicinal, Aromatic and

Pesticidal (MAPs) Plants in Southeastern Nigeria

Nnamani ,C.V., Oselebe, H. O. and Ozor, A. O. ( Nigeria)

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Liliwirianis, N., Nurun Nadhirah Md. Isa & Sarina Hashim (

Malaysia)

15:15-15:30 OS 8 Habitat Sensitivity Mapping Of Wildlife In The State Of Selangor,

Peninsular Malaysia For Conservation Planning

Mohammad Imam Hasan Reza, 1Saiful Arif Abdullah,

3Shukor Bin

Md. Nor and 4Mohd Hasmadi Ismail ( Malaysia)

15:30-15:45 OS 9 Rare Species Of Pyrenomycetes From India

Kaste P.S. ( India)

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15:45-16:00 OS 10 Conservation of two critically Endangered tree species from western

ghats, india.

D.S. Pokle ( India)

16:00-16:15 COFFEE BREAK

16:15-16:30 OS 11 Investigation and Comparison of herbaceous species biodiversityin

Ancient locality of TolGilan and Marian(Case study: Gorganrod of Talesh

catchment, Gilan,Iran)

Keivan Saeb٭1

, RaziehJafariHajati1, Ali Keikani

2 ( Iran)

16:30-16:45

OS 12

Diversity and Habitat Utilization of Indian Peafowl in and Around

Bharathiar University Campus and v.o.c Park, Tamilnadu, South India

A.Agnes Deepa, M.Lena G.Shobana, C. Gunasekaran ( India)

16:45-17:00 OS 13 CCoonnsseerrvvaattiioonn ooff BBiiooddiivveerrssiittyy iinn tthhee WWeesstteerrnn GGhhaattss:: CChhaalllleennggeess UUnnddeerr aa

CChhaannggiinngg CClliimmaattee aanndd IInnccrreeaassiinngg AAnntthhrrooppooggeenniicc PPrreessssuurree

K. Shadananan Nair ( India)

17:00-17:15 OS 14 Biodiversity Conservation and Female Role : A case study in the

bordering villages of the Mihintale Sanctuary, Sri Lanka

M.M.R.S.Jayawardena1 and Sriyani Wickramasinghe

2* ( Sri Lanka)

17:15-7:30 OS 15 Rare Hyphomycetes Fungi From India

Hande D.V. ( Hande)

9th

September 2011 CONFERENCE HALL 2

TECHNICAL SESSION II – BIODIVERSITY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

13:30-13:45 OS 16 Indigenous Knowledge of medicinal plants and biodiversity

conservation: Does policy literacy matters?

Jasmine Edmund Andrew ( Malaysia)

13:45-14:00 OS 17 The Evaluation of Use of Wild Animals and Policy Research in Guangxi

Province Zhaojing ( China)

14:00-14:15 OS 18 Innovations In Endangered Species Legislation

Tom Hilditch ( Canada)

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14:15-14:30 OS 19 Sustainable utilization and structure of two Judas tree (Cercis

siliqustrum L.) sites in Lorestan province,Iran

Kambiz Taheri Abkenar, Tolabi negin ( Iran)

14:30-14:45 OS 20 Ethical Values Of Ecosystem Health Preservation From Islamic

Perspective

Abdurezak Abdulahi Hashi ( Malaysia)

14:45-15:00 OS 21 Manas and Kaziranga – Key Biodiversity Areas

J.R.B. Alfred ( India)

15:00-15:15 OS 22 Moral Sensitivity in Harmony with Bio- Diversity

Marietta B. Rasonabe ( Philippines)

15:15-15:30 OS 23 Product Development of Sano plants for Economic Benefit of the

Community Enterprise in Thailand

Udomlaksalaksana Muchjajib and Surachai Muchjajib ( Thailand)

15:30-15:45

OS 24 Genders Effect on Willingness to Pay for contribution in Shadegan

International Wetland Conservation

Sara Kaffashi, Mad Nasir Shamsudin, Alias Radam, Khalid Abdul

Rahim, Rosly Yacob ( Malaysia)

9th

September, 2011 CONFERENCE HALL 3

TECHNICAL SESSION III - MANAGEMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

13:30-13:45 OS 25 Estimation of Livelihood Alternatives: A Multi Stake Holders Perception

based on SLA (Sustainable Livelihood Analysis).

Adhikary, M M, Acharya, S K, Ghosh, Kanad, ( India)

13:45-14:00 OS 26 Visitors Expectation and Experience In Recreation At Tasek Bera,

Pahang

Sri Rahayu Mohd Sa ad, Zakaria Hashim & Mohd Salleh Daim ( Malaysia)

14:00-14:15 OS 27 Zoning Development In Krau Wildlife Reserve, Pahang, Peninsular

Malaysia For Sustainable Conservation Planning

Nur Hairunnisa Rafaai,Saiful Arif Abdullah,Shukor Md.Nor, Mohd

Hasmadi Ismail ( Malaysia)

14:15-14:30 OS 28 Global significance of Chotiari Wetlands Complex (Sangahr, Sindh,

Pakistan) and its wildlife

Muhammad Rais, Muhammad Zaheer Khan, Rab Nawaz, Ghulam

Akber and Saeed ul Islam (Pakistan)

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14:30-14:45 OS 29 Commodification of protected areas and it’s impacts - a case study with

reference to two national parks in karnataka, s. India

Dr. Antony P U ( India)

14:45-15:00 OS30 Determination of Desertification Intensity in Shore Deserts of Iran Using

GIS

H. Khosravi1 GH. Zehtabian

2 A. Raeesi

3 R. Masoodi ( Iran)

15:00-15:15 OS 31 Habitat Management Of Mihintale Sanctuary Through An Indicator

Species

S.L. Rajakaruna, S.wickramasinghe ( Sri Lanka)

15:15-15:30 OS 32 Assessment of Human-Elephant Conflict and Conservation Problems in

Golaghat District of Upper Assam, Northeast India

Awadhesh Kumar and Amarjit Lahkar ( India)

15:30-15:45 OS 33 The Fate of Angutan Conservation in Indonesia and Strategies for

Improvement

Elizabeth Linda Yuliani ( Indonesia)

15:45-16:00 OS 34 Career Opportunities in Botanical Gardens

Surender Kumar Bhardwaj ( India)

16:00-16:15 COFFEE BREAK

16:15-16:30 OS 35 Plant Indicators for Land Productivity Monitoring in Laos

Imam Basuki ( Indonesia)

16:30-16:45 OS 36 UUssiinngg llaannddssccaappee eeccoollooggyy iinnddeexxeess ttoo iinnvveessttiiggaattiioonn llaanndd ccoovveerr ssttrruuccttuurree ((

CCaassee ssttuuddyy:: CCiisseeffiiddrroodd BBaassiinn,, NNoorrtthh IIrraann))

AAllii AAkkbbaarr NNaazzaarrii SSaammaannii,, WWaahheedd KKiiyyaannii,, JJaahhaannggiirr FFeegghhiiii,, AAffsshhiinn

AAkkiizzaaddee (( IIrraann))

16.45-17.00 0S 37 SSppeecciieess rriicchhnneessss aanndd ccoommppoossiittiioonn ooff pprrootteecctteedd aanndd nnoonn--pprrootteecctteedd rraannggee

llaannddss ooff AAiirrdd zzoonneess aatt eeaasstteerrnn ppaarrtt ooff IIrraann (( IIrraann))

JJaabbbbaarr FFaallllaahhii,, PPaarrvviizz RReezzvvaannii MMoogghhaaddddaamm,, MMaahhddii NNaassiirrii

MMaahhaallllaattii,, MMoohhaammmmaadd AAllii BBeehhddaannii (( IIrraann))

17.00-17.15 OS 38 BBiiooddiivveerrssiittyy OOff SSoommee UUsseeffuull WWiilldd PPllaannttss IInn AAmmrraavvaattii RReeggiioonn ((IInnddiiaa))

Shubhangi N. Ingole ( India)

WELCOME RECEPTION 18.30 hrs

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10th

September, 2011

PLENARY LECTURE I - Subhash D. Pingle 9.00-9.30 India

“FRESHWATER ALGAE FROM MARASHTRA, INDIA”

PLENARY LECTURE II- Takatoshi Ueno 09:30- 10:00

Japan

“BIODIVERSITY AND ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL

FRIENDSHIP OF FARMING PRACTICES IN RICE PADDIES”

COFFEE BREAK 10:00-10:30

TECHNICAL SESSION I - CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE UTILISATION OF

BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (II)

ORAL PRESENTATIONS CONFERANCE HALL I

10:30-10:45 OS39 Biodiversity In Mount Singai: Ethnobotany Plants

H.Y.Khong 1*

, A. Sayok2, Joanna McLellan

3, Louisa McLellan

Malaysia)

10:45-11:00 OS 40 Indonesian university students and sustainable resource management –

assessing knowledge concerning environmental commons dilemmas

Sebastian koch, jan barkmann, leti sundawati, susanne bögeholz

(Germany)

11:00-11:15 OS 41 Biodiversity conservation and community livelihood. Reflections from

para reserve forests in bangladesh

Tapan Kumar Nath (Bangladesh)

11:15-11:30 OS 42 Forests, Biodiversity And Food Security

Terry C.H. Sunderland (Indonesia)

11:30-11:45 OS 43 The Salient Aspiration Of Women On Stabilizing Upland Java

Resources, Indonesia

Mangku Purnomo, Wildan Syafitri, Achmad Maryudi and Heiko

Faust (Indonesia)

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11:45-12:00 OS44 Distribution, Population and Food Habits of Indian Pangolin (Manis

Crassicaudata) In Potohar Plataeu, Pakistan

Tariq Mahmood, Nausheen Irshad, Khalida Jabeen, Riaz

Hussain,Malik Muhammad Munir and Muhammad Sajid Nadeem

{Pakistan)

12:00-12:15 OS 45 Role Of Wild Edible Fruits As A Food Resource: Traditional Knowledge

Deshmukh B. S. (India)

12:15-12:30 OS46 Role of NGOs in biodiversity conservation-a case study of nature

conservation society shrigonda, (m.s.), india.

A.B.Gore R.R.Sanap,S.D.Pingle (India)

12:30-13:30 LUNCH

13:30-13:45 OS47 Phylogenetics and Biodiversity Analysis of famous Red Sindhi and

Tharparker Cattle Breeds of Pakistan using Mitochondrial genome

Masroor Ellahi Babar, Tanveer Hussain, Nabeela Akhtar and Abdul

Wajid (Pakistan)

13:45-14:00 OS48 Diversity of Ethnobotanical Knowledge among the Bawm Tribal

Community of Bandarban District, Bangladesh.

Shaikh Bokhtear Uddin and Jabunnesa (Bangladesh)

14:00-14:15 OS49 Plant Biodiversity Resources Of Bangladesh And Its Sustainable Uses

M.K.Pasha (Bangladesh)

14:15-14:30 OS50 Human Resource Development To Increase Sustainable Agricultural

Production Under Global Climate Change

B.K. Narayana Swamy (India)

14:30-14:45 OS51 Comparison Of Protected And Non-Protected Vegetation Types By

Diversity Indices

Jabbar Fallahi, Parviz Rezvani Moghaddam, Mahdi Nasiri

Mahallati, Mohammad Ali Behdani (Iran)

14:45-15:00 OS52 Biodiversity of Prevalent Weeds in Amravati Region (India)

Shubhangi N. Ingole (India)

15:00-15:15 OS 53 Comparison ISSR and RAPD patterns of some brown olive populations

in Iran

Zahra Noormohammadi, Masoud Sheidai (Iran)

15:15-15:30 OS54 Myxobacteria isolated from Paya Maga,Lawas,Sarawak,Malaysia

Holed, J., Hii.M.M.,Tan,L.T. and Yeo,T.C.(Malysia)

15:30-15:45 OS55 Status and conservation possibilities of Papua New Guinea’s terrestrial

mammals

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David Lopez Cornelio (PNG)

15:45-16:00

OS56

Homalomena Schott (Araceae: Aroideae): a genus of ‘endless’ novelty

species in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Hoe Yin Chen, Wong Sin Yeng, Peter C. Boyce, Wong Mui Hung

and Margaret Chan Kit Yok (Malysia)

16:00-16:15 COFFEE BREAK

16:15-16:30 OS57 Diversity Of Bat (Mammalia, Chiroptera) And Record New Species In

The Southern Region Of Iran(Jahrom)

Ghassemi Frangis. Kargar Hosine. Shiva Amir hoshang (Iran)

16:30-16:45 OS58 Biodiversity of Date Palm (phoenix dactylifera l.):Phenotype-specific

Responses to Water Stress

Sakina Elshibli , Elshibli Elshibli and Helena Korpelainen (Finland)

16:45-17:00 OS59

The Family Adiantaceae (Presl) Ching (Pteridophyta) Of Uttar Pradesh,

India

S. Dominic Rajkumar, Shashank Kumar Singh, Shobhit Kumar

Srivastava and Ravi Pratap Gautam (India)

10th

September 2011 CONFERENCE HALL 2

TECHNICAL SESSION IV - ECOSYSTEM MANAGMENT AND LAND SCAPE

ECOLOGY

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

10:30-10:45 OS 60 Valuation of Coastal Ecosystems for Poverty Reduction: Challenges and

solutions.

Dr. P. Wattage (UK)

10:45-11:00 OS61 Natural Population Die-Offs: Intrinsic And Extrinsic Vulnerability In

Terrestrial Mammals

Eric Isai Ameca y Juarez (UK)

11:00-11:15 OS62 Comparison of plant biodiversity in ecological groups in the northern

forests of Iran

Mehdi koohestani, Farid kazem nezhad, Farhang asadolahi, Hamed

zalnezhad (Chalous)

11:15-11:30 OS63 Vegetation Development During Secondary Succession In The

Netherlands Using Chronosequence Approach

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Arun, Bose, Frans, Bongers and MartJan, Schelhaas (Canada)

11:30-11:45 OS64 Eco-Geographical Status of Lamiaceae in Eastern Vidarbha (MS) India

D. K. Koche (India)

11:45-12:00 OS 65 Monitoring Land Degradation due to Hydro-Salinity using GIS and RS (

Case study around Jajrood River Iran)

Gh. R. Zehtabian, A. Rafiei Emam, H.Khosravi (Iran)

12:00-12:15

OS66

Management of Pod Borers with special reference to Cydia Ptychora

(Meyrick) in Soyabean Ecosystem

Patil, R.H, Shamarao Jahagirdar and Hosmath J. A (India)

12:15-12:30 OS67 Impact of altered coastal features on the macrobenthos of khardanda

beach, mumbai A case study.

Sanjay Prabhu and Neelima Kulkarni.(India)

12:30-13:30 LUNCH

13:30-13:45 OS 68 Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea, 1838) (Bivalvia: Unionidae): an Exotic

species present in fishponds, Philippines

Arom Permngam, Annie Melinda Paz-Alberto, Emmanuel M. Vera

Cruz and Bungorn Thaewnon-ngiw(Phillipinies)

13:45-14:00 OS69 Marine Water Resources In Caspian Sea

Kourosh HaddadiMoghaddam (Iran)

14:10-14:15 OS 70 Marine Stranding Network Initiation In Iran

Hamed Moshiri, Nazanin Mohsenian, Fattaneh Barati, Elnaz

Neinavazand Omid Sedigh (Iran)

14:15-14:30 OS 71 Soil and Water Salinization in Ghaleh Ghazi region, Iran

Gh. Zehtabian, M. Jafari, N. Moradi, A. Nohegar, H. Khosravi(Iran)

14:30-14:45 OS72 The Impacts of Shipping on the Marine Environment of Critical

Maritime Chokepoints: A Study of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore

Mohd Hazmi Bin Mohd Rusli (Australia)

14:45-15:00 OS 73 Growth, mortality and abundance of venerid bivalve, Paphia cor from

coastal area of Bushehr in the Persian Gulf

Nassir Niamaimandi, Nima Niamaimandi (Iran)

15:00-15:15 OS 74 Biodiversity of Diatoms from Godavari Rriver, (M.S.),Iindia

R.R. Sanap, A.B. Gore and S.D. Pingle (India)

15:15-15:30 OS75 Floristic Composition And Its Relationship With Soil Status At Chini

Watershed, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

Khairil Mahmud,, W.A. Wan Juliana

& M.S. Mohd

Nizam,(Malysia)

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15:30-15:45 OS76 Bio-Diversity Of Wetland Ecosystem : Mamanegement For Enhancing

Productivity And Rural Sustainability

Puste, A M, Gunri, S K,Ray Pramanik B P, Dasgupta M, (India)

15:45-16:00 OS77 Biodiversity And Ecosystem Functions Of A Tropical Estuary

Paimpillil Sebastian Joseph (India)

16:15-16:30 COFFEE BREAK

16:00-16:15 OS78 Investigating the effects of Water Velocity and Turbidity on the

development of Common Spoon Seagrass

Sankar Ananthanarayanan, Yo Eri Tiffany and Teri Danielle You

You Ying (India)

16:15-16:30 OS79 AAllggaall DDiivveerrssiittyy iinn UUjjaannii ddaamm BBaacckkwwaatteerr aatt SSiiddddhhaatteekkaa,, TTaall--KKaarrjjaatt,, DDiisstt--

AAhhmmeeddnnaaggaarr ((MM..SS..)),, IInnddiiaa..

A.B.GORE , R.R.SANAP, S.D.PINGLE,(India)

16:30-17:00 OS80 Biodiversity Of Freshwater Streams Of Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica

Rajan Kumar Gupta (India)

17:00-17:15 OS81 Population dynamics of the indigenous brown mussel Perna perna at its

geographical range in the Arabian Sea

S.M. Al-Barwani, H. Al-Siyabi, H.N. Al-Habsi, K.A. Al-Riyami

(Oman)

10th

September, 2011 CONFERENCE HALL 3

TECHNICAL SESSION V - AGRO-BIODIVERSITY

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

10:30-10:45 OS82 Vermiculture: A best alternative for the chemical insecticides

Navodita Maurice, Ashwani Kumar, P.W. Ramteke, P.K. Shukla

and 4ipul Singh (India)

10:45-11:00 OS83 Effect of rhizosphere fungi on local variety of Soybean

Hande D.V. and Bhadange D.G.(India)

11:00-11:15 OS 84 Evaluation Of Germplasm Collection Of Oilseed Rape In Iran

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Bahram Alizadeh (Iran)

11:15-11:30 OS 85 A New Variety of Solanum Surattense burm from Vidarbha, M.S., India.

Korpenwar, A. N, Bhusari, N. B,.Manik, S.R. (India)

11:30-11:45 OS86 Biodegradation behavior of Coconut husk (coir) Fiber reinforced Starch

Bio-composite

Mohd Madzuan Abdullah, Zatul Iffah Mohd Arshad ,Siti Zubaidah

Sulaiman (Malysia)

11:45-12:00 OS87 Traditional health foods for human health in a changing climate

Bhagyamma and B.K.Narayana Swamy (India)

12:00-12:15 OS88 Training Of Professionals For Sustainable Agriculture To Protect

Environment Under Climate Change

Sindhu.G and B. K. Narayana Swamy (India)

12:15-12:30 OS89 Investigation on influence of diverse agro-climatic parameters on

diamondback moth populations

A. K. Mukhopadhyay1 and T. N. Goswami (India)

12:30-13:30 LUNCH

13:30-13:45 OS 90 Impact Of Climate Change On Soil Microbial Diversity In Sundarban

Region Of West Bengal, India

G.Saha1, P.Baidya and A.Sarkar (India)

13:45-14:00 OS 91 Morphology Of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Of Sago Palm (Metroxylon Sagu

Rottboll)

Margaret Chan Kit Yok and Siti Sahmsiah, S (Malysia)

14:00-14:15

OS 92

Negotiation And Entropy: The Perception Of Social Metabolism In

Farming System Dynamics

Acharya, S K, Adhikary, M M, Bera, S (India)

14:15-14:30 OS 93 Promotion of underutilized plant genetic resources: potentials for food

security, improved nutrition and poverty reduction in sub-sahara africa:

experience with traditional leafy vegetables

N*nnamani, C.V. And Oselebe, H.O (Africa)

14:30-14:45 OS94 Effect of Foliar Application of BGA Extract on Growth and Yield of

tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cv Phule Raja (RTH2)

A. R. Abhang and S. D. Pingle (India)

14:45-15:00 OS95 Efficacy of Balanites Aegyptiaca (L.) Delli against Ferrisia Virgata

Ckll.

Kharde M. N. and S. D. Pingle (India)

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TECHNICAL SESSION IV- ECOSYSTEM MANAGMENT AND LAND SCAPE

ECOLOGY (II)

ORAL PRESENTATION CONT...

15:00-15:15 OS 96 An Investigation Of Macrobenthic Communities As An Assessment Of

Marine Life Health At Reclaimed Sites Of Varying Ages

Abigail Lum Yan Yi, Yiong Ziyi Olivia, Soh Chu Keong Malcolm,

Chua Sek Chuan (Singapore)

15:15-15:30 OS97 Biodiversity For Appropriate Ecosystem Management

Bhuvana, N and B K Narayana Swamy (India)

15:30-15:45 OS98 Euryhalinity Among Diverse Families Of Marine Teleosts

Norman Y. S. Woo and Kwok Cheong Chung (China)

15:45-16:00 OS99 An Economic Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services; A Case Of

Basavana Betta State Forest, Karnataka, India

Yashodha, B. V. Chinnappa Reddy and V. Manjunath (India)

16:00-16:15 OS100 Environmental harshness drives inter-metacommunity variation in

temporary freshwater rock pools.

Jocque M,, Vanschoenwinke, B., Timms B.V, Declerck S &

Brendonck (Belgium)

16:15-16:30 COFFEE BREAK

16:30-16:45 OS 101 Marine Stranding Network Initiation In Iran

Hamed Moshiri, Nazanin Mohsenian, Fattaneh Barati, Elnaz )

Neinavaz and Omid Sedighi (Iran)

16:45-17:00

OS102

Tolerance Of Marine Copepods To Changing Salinity: Implications For

Singapore’s Freshwater Management

Wong Kai Lin Sharmaine, Lim Jia Min, Chia Cheng Yi

AndrewDillen Ng, Soh Chu Keong Malcolm, Shawn Lum, Leow

Yoon Li (Singapore)

17:00-17:15 OS 103 Building A Natural And Environmental Resources Co-Management

Model For The Cham Islands Marine Protected Area In Quang Nam

Province, Viet Nam

Chu Manh Trinh (Vietnam)

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September, 2011

POSTER PRESENTATION

TIME:16:30-17:30 Hours PS 1 Two New Species Of Stauronema (Sphaeropsidaceae) From India

Kaste, P.S.(India)

PS 2 Avian Diversity Of Urban Parks In Hong Kong: Effects Of Size, Age

And Human Disturbances

Daqing Zhou, L.M. Chu(China)

PS 3 Eco-geographical status of Lamiaceae in Eastern Vidarbha (MS) India

D. K. Koche (India)

PS 4 Ostracoda in Phytotelmata; a global overview with the description of a

new Elpidium species from Honduras.

Jocque M. , Pinto R. and Martens K (Belgium).

PS 5 Effect of different pest management practices on aboveground

coleopteran predator diversity in rice (Oryza sativa L.) production

systems of West Bengal, India.

C.R.Satpathi (India)

PS 6 New secondary metabolites from Calophyllum inophyllum and Mesua

beccariana

Gwendoline Cheng Lian Ee, Siau Hui Mah and Soek Sin The

(Malysia)

PS 7 Medicobotany of Narnala sanctuary (MS) India

D. G. Bhadange, S. T. Khaddkar and D. K. Koche (India)

PS8 Fig Wasps And Their Relationship With The Family Moraceae In Mihintale, Sri

Lanka

W.G.D.D.M.Shermila1 and Sriyani Wickramasinghe (Sri Lanka)

PS 9 Fractional and Isolation of cytotoxic compounds from costus speciosus

(Koen.) Smith. Rhizome

Nuraqilah Othman, Eunice Su Nguok Ngie, Van Mc Queen Thomas,

Noor Pahtiwi Bohari, Yeo Tiong Chia.(Malysia)

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September,2011 CONFERENCE HALL 1

PLENARY LECTURE I – Elena N. Muratova 09:00-9:30 Krasnoyarsk, Russia

“B-CHROMOSOMES IN GYMNOSPERMS”

PLENARY LECTURE -II Nirmala Ravimannan 09:30-10:00

University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

“Interesting facts about Arboretum in Sri Lanka”

COFFEE BREAK 10:00-10:30

11th

September, 2011

TECHNICAL SESSION I –CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE UTILISATION OF BIOLOGICAL

DIVERSITY (III)

ORAL PRESENTATIONS CONFERENCE HALL 1

10:30-10:45 OS104 Conservation Education as a Means of Conserving Biodiversity: Zoos

in Africa and Malaysia Joining Forces

Elize de Jager (South Africa)

10:45-11:00 OS105 Biodiversiy of family Asteraceae in Shrigonda Taluka of Ahmednagar

District, (M.S.), India”

A.B. Gore , R.R.Sanap, D.R.Shirke (India)

11:00-11:15 OS 106

Non-invasive assessment of reproductive status of an endangered Indian

Blackbuck (Antelope cervicapra L.) by behaviour, faecal steroid, and

urinary volatile to enhance captive breeding and conservation

Thangavel RAJAGOPAL, Govindaraju ARCHUNAN and

Chellam BALASUNDARAM (India)

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11:15-11:30 OS 107 A Study of Spatial Pattern on Biodiversity in the Forest of North of

Iran

(Case Study: Vshmerd Series)

Shekholeslami S A., Khazaei M and Yazdian F (Iran)

11:30-11:45 OS 108 WWoommeenn EEmmppoowweerrmmeenntt TToowwaarrddss SSuussttaaiinnaabbllee DDeevveellooppmmeenntt:: SSttuuddyy OOnn

DDiiffffeerreenntt FFaarrmmiinngg SSyysstteemmss

P K Sahu, P Misra And R Banerjee (India)

11:45-12:00 OS 109 Conservation status of the Socotra Cormorant (Phalacrocorax

nigrogularis) in the United Arab Emirates.

Sabir Bin Muzaffar, Salim Javed and Shahid Basheer Khan (UAE)

12:00-12:15 OS 110 Members Of Family Zygnemaceae From Junnar And Ambegaon

Taluka’s Of Pune District (Maharashtra)

Subhash Dd. Pingale , Radhakishn U. Tagad

(INDIA)

12:15-12:30 OS 111 Diversity Of Macrofungi From Tropical Rainforests In Malaysia

Liew Gee Moi (Malysia)

12:30-13:30 LUNCH

13:30-13:45 OS112 Humming Birds Living

Manuel ( Brazil)

13:45-14:00 OS 113 Use, exploitation and prospects for conservation: people and plant

biodiversity of Dir Kohistan Valleys, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province,

Pakistan.

Gul Jan1, Mir Ajab Khan and Farzana Gul Jan (Pakistan)

14:00-14:15 OS114 Rare Coelomycetes Fungi From Amravati India

Bhadange, D.G. and Hande, D.V. (India)

TECHNICAL SESSION VI - BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION MANAGMENT

ORAL PRESENTATION CONFERENCE HALL 1

14:00-14:15 OS 115 Phytoplankton of Pashan Lake¸ Pune (M. S.)

Subhash D. Pingle and Balkrishna N. Zaware (India)

14:15-14:30 OS116 Biodiversity Conservation: A Prescription for Human Survival and

Endurance in Biosphere

C.R. Babu, (India)

14:30-14:45 OS117 Pattern, Composition, Structure And Species Diversity Of Vascular

Plants In Different Physiographic Divisions Of Jammu And Kashmir

State (North-Western Himalayas), India

Neeraj Sharma (India)

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14:45-15:00 OS 118 Phylogeny of Psophocarpus Neck. ex DC. (Leguminosae)Based on

Morphological Data

N.H.N. Fatihah , N. Maxted and L. Rico (UK)

15:00-15:15

OS119

Dendrobium: a review of molecular systematic of the genus

Maryam Moudi , Rusea Go (Malaysia)

15:15-15:30 OS 120 Hulled wheat as a possible source of biodiversity and novel genes:

Genetic studies on hulled wheats of central Zagros Mountains of Iran

Azadeh Sheibanirad. Reza Mohammadi Aghafakhr Mirlohi. And

Parviz Ehsanzadeh (Iran)

15:30-15:45 OS 121 Discrimination of P. syringae pv. syringae isolates from different hosts

in Iran using pathogenicity tests and RAPD-PCR

Gilda Najafi Pour Haghighi, (Iran)

15:45-16:00 OS122 Morphology And Toxicity Studies Of Horseshoe Crab From Kuching,

Sarawak, Malaysia

Samsur Mohamad And Tuan Nur Izzatie Azie Zulkefli (Malysia)

16:00-16:15 COFFEE BREAK

TECHNICAL SESSION VII –ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

ORAL PRESENTATION CONFERENCE HALL 2

10:30-10:45 OS 123 Comparative Analysis Of Drought Responsive Transcriptome In Tea

(Camellia Sinensis) Genotypes With Contrasting Drought Tolerance

Raju Bharalee, Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay, Sushmita Gupta,

Bornali Gohain, Priyadarshini Bhorali, Sourabh Kumar Das, Niraj

Agarwal, Parveen Ahmed, Prasenjit Bhagawati, Neelakshi

Bhatacharrya, Mohan Chandra Kalita, Sudripta Das (India)

10:45-11:00 OS 124 Biodiversity Fauna And Climate Change In The Region Of Setif (North-

East Of Algeria)

Bounechada Mustapha, F.Benia2 Djirar N., Bouharati S. and Fenni

M. (Algeria)

11:00-11:15 OS 125 Impacts of sown some of saltbush (Atriplex) on salinity of soils in Iran

(Study on soils of semnan province)

A. M. Amouei (Iran)

11:15-11:30 OS126 Storage Of Date Palm Pollen For More Than Ten Years

Larbi Boughediri (Algeria)

11:30-11:45 OS127 Patterns And Impacts Of Invasion By The Exotic Gekkonid Lizard

Hemidactylus

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M M abouia (S (Suamata) In Brazilian Natural Environments: An

Invasive Conquering Brazil

Carlos Frederico D. Rocha, Helena G. Bergallo and Luciano Alves

Anjos (Nigeria)

11:45-12:00 OS 128 EEffffeecctt ooff ssuurrrroouunnddiinngg eennvviirroonnmmeenntt iinn BBiillhhaarrzziiaa ttrraannssmmiissssiioonn iinn GGuunnaaiidd,,

GGeezziirraa,, SSuuddaann

Asaad Galaleldien Mohammed Basheer (Sudan)

12:00-12:15 OS 129 The Optimisation of Levels of Nutrition, Carbon Dioxide and Light for

Maximum Biomass and Oil Content of Microalgae

Ding Gong Tao, Jailani Salihon (Nigeria)

12:15-12:30

OS130

Identification of Lactic Acid Bacteria isolated from Stylosanthes

guianensis and Silage Fermentation

Jinsong Yang , Haisheng Tan Hanlin Zhou, Hairui Zhai, Rui Yang

and Mao Li (China)

12:30-13:30 LUNCH

13:30-13:45 OS131 Wellbore Cleaning Using Alpha Amylase Enzyme: Key To

Sustainability In Drilling Operation

Issham Ismail, Rosli Md. Illias, Masseera Mahictin,

& Mohd. Ariff

Mohamad (Malysia)

13:45-14:00 OS132 Application of Environmental- Friendly Enzyme in Degradation of

Drilling mud Filter Cakes.

Masseera Binti Mahictin, Pm Issham Bin Ismail Pm Dr Rosli Bin

Illias (Malysia)

14:00-14:15 OS133 The Potency Of Pretreatment With Phanerochaete Chrysosporium On

The Bioethanol Production From Sludge

Achmad Solikhin1*

and Ai Rosah Aisah (India)

14:15-14:30 OS 134 Addresing Transboundary Haze Through Asean: The Indonesian

Perspective

Helena Muhamad Varkkey (Malysia)

14:30-14:45 OS 135 Fuels And Environmental Protection.

N. Ben Tahar & H. Mimoun (Boumerdes)

14:45-15:00 OS 136 The Potency Of Pretreatment With Phanerochaete chrysosporium On

The Bioethanol Production From Sludge

Achmad Solikhin1 and Ai Rosah Aisah (India)

15:00-15:15 OS 137 An Empherical Study of Application of Wireless Sensor Networks

(WSN) for Global Climate Change

Lakshmi.B.N (India)

15:15-15:30 OS 138 Impact Of Climate Change On Soil Microbial Diversity In Sundarban

Region Of West Bengal, India

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G.Saha , P.Baidya and A.Sarkar (India)

15:30-15:45 OS139 The Impact of Climate Change on Forest Biodiversty in Ghana

Cecilia Amoah and Yaw Kwakye (Ghana)

15:45-16:00 OS140 Substitution effect of degraded natural stand with Alnus subcordata and

Acer velutinum.Boiss plantations on soil carbon sequestration and

fertility

M. Akbarinia , N. Haghdoost , S.M. Hosseini, S. Varamesh.(Iran)

16:00-16:15 COFFEE BREAK

16:15-16:30 OS141 Impact of climate change on Algerian forest

Djirar N.,Tedjar L.;Bounechada M. Benia F.and

Bouharati.S(Algeria)

16:30-16:45 OS 142 Mobile As A Viable Tool For Sustainable Agriculture Under Present

Climate Change

Shankaraiah, N and B.K.Narayana Swamy (India)

11th

September, 2011 CONFERENCE HALL 3

TECHNICAL SESSION VIII –BENIFICIAL INSECT AND POLLINATION ECOLOGY

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

10:30-10:45 OS143 Inventory Of Fireflies In Forest Research Institute Malaysia (Frim)

Campus

Nada Badruddin (Malysia)

10:45-11:00 OS144 Species Composition And Population Dynamics Of Spider Fauna Of

Trifolium And Brassica Field

Muhammad Khalid Mukhtar , Muhammad Irfan, Hafiz

Muhammad Tahir and Shafaat Yar Khan (Pakistan)

11:00-11:15

OS145

Preliminary studies on spider fauna in different elevation of coffee

plantations in shervarayan hills- eastern ghats south india.

M.Lena, A.Agnes Deepa, G.Shobana, C.Vadivalagan, C.

Gunasekaran (India)

11:15-11:30 OS 146 Effects Of Tillage Practice On The Seasonal Dynamics Of Ground

Spiders

MMuuhhaammmmaadd TTaahhiirr && AAbbiiddaa BBuutttt ((PPaakkiissttaann))

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11:30-11:45 OS 147 Effect of livestock exclusion on plant species richness in the Golestan

National Park, Iran

Behmanesh, B., Barani, H., Hanke, W.3 & Dengler, J. (Iran)

11:45-12:00 OS 148 Diversity of coleopteran insect fauna as documented in an agro-

ecosystem at Jhunjunu, Rajasthan

Meera Srivastava & Sima (India)

12:00-12:15 OS 149 Arthropod Diversity In Vaigai Reservior Madurai District, Tamil Nadu,

South India

P. Mohana, A. Vasantha Kumar, C. Gunasekaran (India)

12:15-12:30 OS 150 Significance of the agromyzid pollinator in perpituation and dispersal of

abroma augusta (l.) L. F., a threatened medicinally important plant of

south east asia

PANKAJ K. PAL, MOUMITA BASU AND BULGANIN MITRA (INDIA)

12:30-13:30 LUNCH

13:30-13:45 OS 151 Seasonal abundance and Genetic Diversity of Chrotogonus sp.

(Orthoptera : acrididae)

Shashi Meena, Anjali Mathur and N.P. Singh (India)

TECHNICAL SESSION IX - ETHNOBOTANY AND CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL

PRODUCTS

ORAL PRESENTATIONS CONFERENCE HALL 3

13:45-14:00 OS 152 Ethnobotanical Studies on Orchids of Satpuda Ranges Vidarbha, Maharashtra,

India.

Bhusari, N. B. ;. Korpenwar, A. N

*; Thakre, N. S. (India)

14:00-14:15 OS 153 Medicinal Plants from Western Ghats - Kalsubai, Harishchandragad wild life

Century

Gholap D. N. and S. D. Pingle (India)

14:15-14:30 OS 154 Medicobotany of Narnala sanctuary (MS) India

D. G. Bhadange, S. T. Khaddkar and D. K. Koche (India)

14:30-14:45

OS155

Hypolidemic And Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (Ace) Inhibitory Effect Of

Peristrophe Bicalyculata

Abdulazeez Mansurah, A, Fatope Yemisi, Abdulazeez Aminu, A, Bulus

Kenpia, Abdullahi Yusuf (Thailand)

14:45-15:00 OS 156 Total Phenolic Content And Antioxidant Activity Of Balliospermum Montanum

Seethalaxmi.R., Farzana Tasneem.,Shubharani.R (India)

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15:00-15:15 OS157 Effects Of Combined Use Of Ocimum Gratissimum And Vernonia Amygdalina

On Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Abdulazeez Mansurah, A, Saddiq Fatima, Z, Bitiyong Hope, Kazeem

Ibrahim, TemiTope (Nigeria)

15:15-15:30 OS 158 In-vitro Morphogenetic Studies and Phytochemical Analysis of Baliospermum

montanum.

Farzana Tasneem M.I., Seehthaiaxmi. R., Shubharani, (India)

15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK

16:00-16:15 OS 159 Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial activity of Artemisia judaica l.

Essential oil from Egypt

Hany K. Abd-Elhady and Omar M. Zayed (Egypt)

16:15-16:30

OS 160

Design of DC-Targeting Magnetic Polyplexes as Malaria DNA Vaccine Carriers

Fatin Nawwab Al-Deen (Australia)

16:30-16:45 OS 161 Anthraquinones From Morinda Citrifolia

Vivien Jong Yi Mian, Gwendoline Ee Cheng Lian (Malysia)

16:45-17:00 OS 162 Observations on Phytochemical Constituents from Newly Recorded Plant

Species from Buldhana District, Maharashtra State, India.

Korpenwar, A. N; Manik, S.R.; Bhusari, N. B (India)

17:00-17:15 OS 163 The Production Of Green Polymers From Hyperbranched Uv/Eb Curable Palm

Oil Based Oleic Acid Resins

Mek Zah Salleh, Khairiah Badri, Mohd Hilmi Mahmood and Sahrim Ahmad

(Malysia)

17:15-17:30 OS 164 Ethnobotanical studies of traditional leafy vegetables and spices of Ebonyi State,

Nigeria: potentials for improved nutrition, food security and poverty reduction

Nnamani, C.V.* and Oselebe, H.O (Nigeria)

17:30-17:45 OS 165 Alkaloids of an Endangered Medicinal Plants Coscinum Fenestratum l.

Talat K And Anwar S.Y (India)

17:45-18:00 OS166 Early Detection of Breast Cancer basing on the Binding Patterns of Seed Lectins

of Trichosanthes Cucumerina (l.) Var. Anguina (l.) Haines

Mamatha rao and Srinivasa Naik (India)

18:00-18:15 OS167 Germination Studies of Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Persoon: A Useful Plant from

Sarawak

M.Y.L. Lim, Aloysius K.P. Sim, Naming M., T.C. Yeo and Rita M. (Malysia)

CLOSING CEREMONY

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12th

September, 2011

OPTIONAL TOUR ( Details Available At Registration Desk)

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