Society for conservation of nature

The Society for Conservation of Nature (SCON) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, registered under the Society Act of Govt. of India. It was founded on July 22, 1998 with a mandate of serving as an intellectual force that provides awareness, research and policy inputs for sustainable development. Since its inception, SCON has organized a wide spectrum of activities including scientific talks, environmental awareness & community services. , The SCON also undertakes the following activities from time to time on need basis. , Awareness programmes for national and international policy makers. , Regional workshops on issues related to environment and agriculture. , Field projects on agriculture and environment. , Indian Nitrogen Group (ING) Reactive nitrogen dominated the attention of SCON throughout this decade, mainly due to our early realization of its importance. The need to synergies the scientific community around reactive N led SCON to establish the Indian Nitrogen Group (ING) during the INSA workshop of 2006. Through ING, SCON not only brought reactive N to the forefront of discussions in all the relevant ministries of the Indian government, planning commission, academia and industry, but also became the sole Indian representative in many international fora including the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI). , The SCON persuaded the INI to establish a separate regional center in South Asia for coordinating its activities among the South Asian countries. When INI decided to set it up in New Delhi, SCON naturally became its partner of choice in the region. Thus, SCON established a South Asian Nitrogen Centre (SANC) in New Delhi in 2008.With the help of UNEP, INI andING-SCON, SANC held a South Asian workshop on Reactive Nitrogen in 2010 to galvanize the South Asian partners for regional N assessment and nutrient management.