Mainstreaming biodiversity science, and its relationship to human well-being.
The Biodiversity Collaborative is a growing network of institutions and individuals that promote biodiversity research and conservation to enhance human well-being.Members of the Collaborative have been involved in the Preparatory Phase Project of the National Mission on Biodiversity and Human Well-Being and in public engagement and outreach to make biodiversity and its links to human well-being a part of society’s imagination and discourse.
India’s biodiversity feeds its people, enhances their health security, and shields them from environmental disasters, including calamities associated with climate change. Biodiversity has also been a perpetual source of spiritual enrichment, intimately linked to our physical and mental well-being. As people, and as a nation, we owe our unique identity to our biocultural diversity.