Biodiversity Conservation in Rajasthan: Role of a Botanist.

The future survival of humanity depends on the conservation and protection of natural wealth, and the destruction of a species or a genetic line, results in the loss of a unique resource. Biodiversity is being lost at an alarming rate. In Rajasthan, many commercially and medicinally important species such as Commiphorawightii, Tecomellaundulata, and several others are facing severe threats of extinction. A Botanist would help in combating important biodiversity conservation problems of Rajasthan such as desertification, invasion of alien species and loss of the traditional knowledge system etc. A Botanist would play decisive role in conservation, bio-prospecting and sustainable utilization of plant diversity because they know physiological and ecological requirements of the plants, their distribution status, importance and, the species that need immediate measurers and methods of conservation. Botanist can easily generate base line data essential for the conservation.