Vineet Soni
Vineet Soni | |
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| Born | May 21, 1979 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Known for | Founder of "Save Guggul Movement" |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plant conservation, photosynthesis |
Vineet Soni is a renowned plant conservation biologist and the founder of the "Save Guggul Movement", a community-based conservation effort to conserve threatened plant species, particularly guggul.[1][2][3] His conservation efforts were well received by local villagers and conservation communities.[4][5] Soni was profiled as one of 20 global "Earth Movers" by IUCN.[6] Initially his conservation work received financial support from the IUCN Sir Peter Scott Fund.[7]
Soni specializes in conservation biology and photosynthesis research. He obtained his doctorate in India in 2005 and performed postdoctoral work at the University of Geneva in 2007. Soni has visited and worked at many esteemed research laboratories of Switzerland, France, USA and Germany. He is a member of three International Union for Conservation of Nature commissions: the Species Survival Commission, the World Commission for Protected Areas, and the Commission on Education and Communication.
References
- ^ People for plants
- ^ Education and Awareness in the 'Save Guggul Movement'
- ^ Conservation Evidence http://www.conservationevidence.com/download.php?id=2313
- ^ Why Vineet Soni in bent on saving the guggul plants, UNESCO's A World of Science
- ^ Paliwal, Ankur (31 July 2010). "Guggal faces sticky end". Down to Earth: Science and Environment Online. http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/1538. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ IUCN Earth Movers http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/issue3_wc_earth.pdf
- ^ Sir Peter Scott Fund project: Guggul Tree, Rajasthan http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/about_ssc/sir_peter_scott_fund/psf_projects/psf_guggul_tree/