Headquarters
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Darbari Seth Block, Core 6C,
India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi - 110 003, India
The objectives of this project are to: (a) Assess ecosystem changes by understanding and analysing community ecosystem practices; (b) Describe and analyse relationships and changes between the technological, social and environmental components of change using a range of techniques;
The project is a part of the Public Participation and Awareness Programme under the YAP project, funded at source by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation through MCD to ACORD. Eco clubs are to be set up in MCD schools in all the 12 zones in Delhi. The focus is to be on water and the Yamuna with an aim to build awareness.
The objective is to throw light on the existing genetic diversity in tea and help in taking proper action towards its conservation and utilization. This would be achieved through analysing the genetic diversity of existing tea germplasm using the AFLP-based markers.