The direct benefits of biological resources to humanityrn(for food, fuel , fiber. medicines, drugs, and rawrnmaterials f or host of manufacture in technologies andrnpurposes), and the intangible scientific, ethical / moral,rnaesthetic recreational values and the ecologicalrnservices (in protecting watersheds. cycling nutrients,rncombating erosion , enriching soil , regulating water-flow,rntrapping se dements, mitigating pollute on , and controllingrnpest population s ) have been recognized f o r a long time .rnHowever . biological resources have not been given duerncare and attention by policy makers, planners, and thernPublic. Indeed. The large scale problems of populationrngrowth and inappropriate development strategies a r erndegrading the land , water , and a atmosphere andrnprogressively extinguishing the Earth's organisms andrnhabitats t hey inhabit . The great loss of biod iversityrnsuggests t he need f or conserving and managing it tornensure sustainable deve lopment. The thesis d discussesrnsome of the research areas/topics critical to thernconservation of biodiversity. It highlights thernbiological aspect as well as the soc i o - economic fact orsrnand cultural context that must be considered in rnsuccessful. long-term con serration work and finallyrnproposes and briefly discusses a national biodiversityrnconservation strategy to be drawn and implementedrnAs part of conserving and managing biodiversity, it isrnnecessary to identify what i s not known aboutrnbiodiversity and create the means to increase andrndisseminate knowledge . The challenge of biodiversityrnconservation, management, and research entails not onlyrngathering of information, but its management ,rnapplication, and communication. Provision of therninformation needed to decision makers in monitoring,rnformulating policy and designing programs to conservernbiodiversity is critical. To enhance the availability andrnapplication of scientific information for managing andrncon serving biological diversity. Setting up compute rrndatabases and inventories and networks and harnessing therncapabilities of remote sensing and geographic informationrnsystems are examined. From this point of view, again, arnsurvey ha s been conducted on local institutions concernedrnwi th biodiversity , the findings analyzed, currentrnproblems and constraints identified. Prototype databasesrnf o r plants, animals. national parks , germplasms, referralrndeference services have been designed; strategies forrndeveloping and implementing the databases discussed; andrna national biodiversity information and monitoring systemrn(NBIMS) proposed.