Abstracts from the "Conference on Ecosystem Diversity and Carbon Sequestration: Challenges and a way Out for Ushering in a Sustainable Future" held from March 22 to 24 2007 that was organised by the Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) India and sponsored by the Department of Biotechnology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.