Contents: Preface. Biodiversity biosphere and biological bloom: prerequisites for cooling the earth/Vir Singh, Nanda Nautiyal, Akanksha Rastogi and Neelendra K. Joshi. I. Climate change: risks and vulnerability to the biodiversity: 1. Biodiversity and climate change mitigation/Mumta Majeed, Altamash Bashir, M.A. Khan and K.N. Waisar. 2. Biodiversity of submontane forest in Tarai and Bhabar of Kumaun Himalaya/Bhasker Joshi and S.C. Pant. 3. Introduced species: a threat to biodiversity/M.K. Srivastava. 4. Climate change and diversity of aquatic avifauna in the Wetlands of Hassan district, Karnata/B.S. Ravikumar. 5. Global climate change and freshwater fisheries/Rajesh R.N. Ram, R.S. Chuhan, Prabjeet Singh, C.P. Singh and Prem Kumar. II. Biodiversity conservation: new perspectives and applications: 6. Biodiversity and climate change mitigation: assessment of blackgram cultivars utilizing available genetic diversity/Piyusha Singh, Dipti Arya, Nandita Limbu and C.S. Kar. 7. Physiological characterizations of nitrogen use efficiency in different genotypes of rice Oryza sativa L. to reducting environmental pollution/Hukum Singh, Amit Verma, Bhawana Joshi, Pawanika Chandola and Alok Shukla. 8. Elucidation of photothermic behaviour of different rice Oryza sativa L. varieties for yeild/Jyoti Alok Shukla, Deepti Shankhdhar and S.C. Shankhdar. 9. Biodiversity and gender in India/Vandana Shiva and Vir Singh. 10. Marine species under the spell of climate change/Amrita Nag and Pooja P. Patel. III. Biodiversity restoration: innovative management approaches: 11. Agroforestry systems: an alternative avenue for livelihood security and mitigating climate changes in the Barind tract of Bangladesh/M.S. Bari and M. A. Rahim. 12. Mysterious world of microbial diversity: functioning for a vibrant and sustainable eco-sphere/Poonam Gusain, Rajesh Kumar and Vir Singh. 13. Biodiversity conservation through ICT with ITK use/Sucheta Arora and Asheesh Chauhan. 14. Biodiversity and traditions at the heart of sustainability: farmers way of life in the Himalayan mountains/Vir Singh.