Sindh University is developing a botanic garden at its Jamshoro Campus. This would be the first of its kind in the country to provide research opportunities to students and scholars in diversity of plants - Agriculture, Forestry and Medicine - for the exploitation and conservation of biological diversity.
Dr Tahir Rajput, a Harvard Plant Taxonomist and Professor at the Department of Botany, University of Sindh, who is engaged in developing the 'Botanical Garden', said that there are more than 600 Botanic gardens and Herbariums in the world but unfortunately Pakistan failed to developed a single working Botanic Garden.
He said that the Botanic plants are essential for scientific purposes and through the Botanic Gardens the identification of the plants can be made.
He said the collection of general and medicinal plants in the Botanic Garden would help the younger scientists to identify the available plants in the country.
He said that small forests such a Mianny forest if converted into botanic garden under joint supervision of University and government forest department it would help develop indigenous resources for research in various disciplines of plant science, chemistry and medicine.
Botanic Gardens are considered as major source of information on habitat. They provide a clear picture of biodiversity of a particular region.
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