Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Kufos) will host a three-day international conference on wetlands from November 19 on its Panangad campus.
B. Meenakumari, former chairperson, National Biodiversity Authority, will inaugurate the conference, ‘Tropical BioSummit 2025’, with the theme, ‘Reviving wetlands, restoring balance’ at 10.30 a.m.
The conference is being organised in association with the Centre for Tropical Biodiversity Conservation, A. Biju Kumar, Vice-Chancellor of the University, told media persons on Tuesday.
Conservationists and environmental policy makers, including Jörg Freyhof of Natural History Museum, Berlin; Steve Lockett, Executive Director, Mahseer Trust, UK; K.H.M.L. Amaralal, Deputy Director General, National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency, Sri Lanka; M.V. Ramana Murthy, Mission Director of India’s Deep Ocean Mission; and Ritesh Kumar, Director of Wetlands International (South Asia), will attend.
The university will also host an Indo-European workshop on ‘One-Health Monitoring of Wetlands’ on December 8 and a Blue and Green Climate LitFest on December 17. An international symposium on seaweeds will be held next March, Dr. Biju Kumar said.
K. Dinesh, Registrar, Kufos; V.P. Limna Mol, organising secretary of the conference, and Anoop Vijayakumar of the Centre for Tropical Biodiversity Conservation attended.
Published – November 18, 2025 11:29 pm IST
