Biodiversity

Biodiversity research should aim to understand evolution of biodiversity, its immediate conservation, and its use via ecosystem services, agroforestry, pharmacology, environmental management, and many other applications. However for today our knowledge on many organisms and their diversity is poor. This is the case firstly for insects. We are going to study insects diversity in tea habitats across Asia, varying from Camellia dominated forests till agroforestry practices, organic gardens and mass plantations.