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Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. This book contains a series of scientific articles regarding Animal Biodiversity. It addresses the economic, institutional and social challenges confronting scientists and policy makers in conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services that are critical for sustaining human well being and development. It contains 27 chapters and it will provide updated information about the current state of animal distribution across the India covering a variety of habitats. This book will provide useful information to the students environmentalists foresters as well to the general public at large.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Biodiversity and its conservation/R. Ramanujam and R. Seenivasan. 2. Biodiversity loss: causes and consequences/R. Ganesan, S. Venkatesan and K. Muthuchelian. 3. Indian biodiversity: proud to say but pathetic to see/V. Kumar and S. Vinoth Kumar. 4. Approaches and strategy for biodiversity conservation/J. Pushpa. 5. Biodiversity measurement approaches and challenges/P. Selvam, D. Mitursan and R. Kannan. 6. Biosphere reserves: concept design and functions in protection and maintenance of biodiversity in India/A.G. Pandurangan. 7. Role of corporates in conservation of biodiversity/B. Anbazhagan, K.P. Ganesan and S.S. Vignesh. 8. Conservation of medicinal and aromatic plant resources in Chhattisgarh/V.K. Choudhary. 9. Social forestry: a tool for carbon sequestration sustainable development and conserving biodiversity/Jayesh Pathak. 10. Role of nurseries in stable source of income for rural people and biodiversity conservation/E. Mohan and K. Rajendran. India being one of the 17 megadiversity nation in the world. India possesses a diversity of ecological habitats ranging from tropical sub-tropical alpine to desert. In India, the Western Ghat and the Eastern Himalayan forests have been identified as the megadiversity hot spots. In fact within the 2.4% of the world's total land area, India is known to have 11% and 7.5% of the flora and fauna respectively. Biodiversity creates a systematic frame work for analyzing the problem and searching for possible solutions. The year of 2010 is considered as the International Year of Biodiversity which includes a series of programme to protect the biodiversity. The convention on Biodiversity CBD will provide India an opportunity to consolidate, scale-up and demonstrate our initiatives and strengths on biodiversity.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Conservation of plant diversity in Kodai Hills (Southern Western Ghats) of South India. 2. A Floristic study of six angiospermous parasites of Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu. 3. Common and cultivated oil yielding plants in western ghats of southern part of Tamil Nadu. 4. Effect of high power transmission line on Herbaceous species composition and forest biodiversity. 5. Studies on the distribution of certain medicinal plants in semi arid fallow lands of Kovilpatti. 6. Some endemic and threatened plants of the Agasthiyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu. 7. Diversity and opportunities with Indian Acclimatized Jatropha Species. 8. Bioreclamation of Tsunami affected agricultural land by Heliotropium curassavicum Linn. 9. Traditional use of medicinal plants and its status among the tribes in Mananthavady of Wayanad District, Kerala. 10. Medicinal plant diversity in foot hills of Karandamalai of southern eastern ghats of Tamil Nadu This book contains a series of scientific articles regarding Plant Biodiversity. It addresses the economic, institutional and social challenges confronting scientists and policy markers in conserving biodiversity and ecosystem service that are critical for sustaining human well being and development. It contains 40 chapters and it will bring out the first hand information about diversity and bio-resources both in land and water. This book is useful for students, environmentalists, foresters and general public too.

figs, tables (illustratore). Contents Foreword Preface 1 Genetically modified GM crops and biosafety 2 Biosafety and cartagena protocol 3 Genetically modified beneficial organisms and their interaction with the environment 4 Genetically modified organism and biosafety 5 Transgenic and biosafety 6 Prospects and challenges of genetically modified organisms and biosafety with special reference to forestry and agriculture 7 Mass culture and molecular approaches of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and its role in biotechnology 8 Biofortification through genetic engineering - the case for phytoferritins for human nutritional and health benefits with a cautionary note on the possible environmental impacts of GMOs on biodiversity 9 Agricultural biotechnology - biosafety issues and concerns 10 Genetically modified horticultural crops 11 Prospects of Bt cotton in India - an overview 12 General features of risk assessments of genetically modified crops - an overview 13 Developing low phytate maize for bioavailability of micronutrients 14 Importance of GM crops in modern days 15 Influence of genetically modified trees on global forest biodiversity 16 Proteomics and transcriptomics in understanding drought responsiveness in rice 17 Stem cell research potential uses and ethics 18 Genetically modified animals generation applications hazards and biosafety 19 Insect transgenesis generation applications and risks 20 Biosafety guidelines recommended for animal cell culture laboratories 21 Private public interface in bio safety in India - role of public participation 250 pp.