The United Nations Educational, Scienti fic and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is going to organize International Sympo sium/Workshop on Natural Dyes during November 6 to 12, 2006, in India. Natural dyeing symbolizes craft practices, which reflect a harmonious, sustainable relationship with the eco system and the local plant reservoir. Today with the mounting awareness of the damage wreaked on the environment by chemical dyes, the destruction of plant life and pollution of soil and water resources etc, natural dyes are gradually staging a come back. There is a clear renewal of interest throughout the world in natural dyes, which are seen as renewable resources whose potential has to be investigated with
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The initiative taken by UNESCO to organize an International Symposium/ Workshop on natural dyes in India in2006 represents the ideal opportunity to take stock of as fully as possible, current knowledge and practices of natural dyeing in traditional and contemporary textiles in the whole world today.
Non-governmental organization Crafts Council of India has been chosen as UNESCO's partner in this event as the most competent authority in India to pull together the different strands of knowledge and practices in India and the Asia Pacific region. The Symposium will be held in Hyderabad Nov. 6-12 2006. The Symposium will have the support of the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) Government of India. 
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