STAFF REPORT ISB: A one-day training workshop has recently been organized by the Botanical Sciences Division, at Pakistan Museum of Natural History Islamabad which focused on the introduction of the new and emerging field of dendrochronology in Pakistan along with its applications.
Dendrochronology is basically the study of growth rings in trees for the purpose of analyzing past climate conditions or determining the dates of past events. It is the new and emerging science in Pakistan.
Chairman PSF Prof. Dr. Khalil Ahmad Ibupoto was the guest of honour wguke over 50 students and faculty members participated in the event.
Prof. Dr. Moinuddin Ahmed, Foreign faculty professor at Department of Botany Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi, and pioneer of this field in Pakistan, was the focal person for the workshop.