Biodiversity in India : status, issues and challenges / Shalinder Kaur, D. R. Batish, H. P. Singh, Ravinder Kumar Kohli, editors.
Kaur, Shalinder.; Batish, D. R.; Singh, H. P.; Kohli, R. K.
2022
QH77.I4
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Title Biodiversity in India : status, issues and challenges / Shalinder Kaur, D. R. Batish, H. P. Singh, Ravinder Kumar Kohli, editors.
ISBN 9789811697777 (electronic bk.)
9811697779 (electronic bk.)
9811697760
9789811697760
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9777-7
Imprint Singapore : Springer, 2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (657 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-16-9777-7 doi
Call Number QH77.I4
Dewey Decimal Classification 333.950954
Summary This contributed book is based on the current status of biodiversity in India, issues and challenges faced by the authorities involved in conservation efforts, and the imperative role of various direct and indirect stakeholders in biodiversity conservation. The book discusses the current status of different forms of biodiversity in India, challenges faced by stakeholders, issues and reasons for biodiversity losses, and efforts by government through various laws, policies, and programs in a concise and comprehensive manner throughout its many chapters. In this way, readers can access diverse information on Indian biodiversity through this book. It is compiled by leading experts in the field of conservation. In 18 chapters, it covers biodiversity of both fauna and flora, on land and in aquatic ecosystems, legal and policy aspects, as well as innovative conservation tool and techniques. It is useful for undergraduates and graduate students and also educates policy planners, bureaucrats, foresters, and researchers in India and abroad.
Note Includes index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 27, 2022).
Added Author Kaur, Shalinder.
Batish, D. R.
Singh, H. P.
Kohli, R. K.
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Section 1
Chapter 1. Introduction
Section 2. Plant Diversity
Chapter 2. Status, issues and challenges of biodiversity:Lower plants (Non-vascular)
Chapter 3. Status, issues and Challenges of Biodiversity:Higher Plants
Chapter 4. Status, issues and challenges of biodiversity: Trees and Shrubs
Chapter 5. Underutilized Plant Strength of India
Section 3. Faunal Diversity
Chapter 6. Status, Issues and Challenges of Biodiversity: Invertebrate
Chapter 7. Diversity, Distribution and Endemicity of Herpetofauna in Different Biogeographic Zones and Biodiversity Hotpots of India
Chapter 8. Status, Issues, and Challenges of Biodiversity: Wild Animals
Chapter 9. Indian Avian Diversity:Status, Challenges and Solutions
Chapter 10. Status, Issues and Challenges of Indian Livestock Biodiversity
Section 4. Ecosystem Diversity
Chapter 11. Agricultural Crop Diversity: Status, Challenges and Solutions
Chapter 12. Biodiversity of Agriculturally Important Insects: Status, Issues and Challenges
Chapter 13. Biodiversity Issues and Challenges:Non-Agriculture Insects
Chapter 14. Status, issues and challenges of biodiversity: Forest Insects
Chapter 15. Status, Issues and Challenges of Biodiversity: Marine Biota
Chapter 16. Diatoms the living jewels their biodiversity, phycosphere and associated phenotypic plasticity: a lesson to learn from current pandemic of corona virus
Chapter 17. Plant Diversity at Ecosystems level in India: Dynamics and Status
Chapter 18. Faunal Diversity at Ecosystems level in India: Dynamics and Status
Section 5. Challenges and reasons of Biodiversity loss
Chapter 19. Challenges on Account of Invasive Alien Terrestrial Plants
Chapter 20. Alien Invasive Aquatic Fauna:Challenges and Mitigation
Chapter 21. Reasons of Biodiversity Loss in India
Section 6. Efforts Conservation
Chapter 22. Conservation of National Biodiversity: Efforts of the Indian Government
Chapter 23. Legal Framework for Conservation of Biodiversity in India
Chapter 24. Index.

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