Sustainable Utilization of Energy and Biodiversity : Resources for Wealth Creation and Development Book

The Center for Science and Technology of Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S and T Centre) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 44 countries spread over Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America. Besides this, 12 S and T agencies and academic and research institutions of Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, India, Nigeria and Turkey are the members of the S and T-industry Network of the Centre. The Centre was set up in 1989 to promote South-South cooperation through mutually beneficial partnerships among scientists and technologists and S and T organizations in developing countries. The Centre implements a variety of programmers including international workshops, meetings, roundtables, training courses and collaborative projects and brings out scientific publications, including a quarterly Newsletter, It is also implementing 3 Fellowship schemes, namely, NAM S and T Centre Research Fellowship, Joint NAM S and T Center – ICCBS Karachi Fellowship and Joint NAM S and T Centre – ZMT Bremen Fellowship. These activities provide opportunity for scientist-to-scientist contact and interaction, familiarizing the participants on the latest developments and techniques in the subject areas, identification international workshops and training programmers.