Changing Perspectives of Biodiversity Status in the Himalayas/edited by G.S. Gujral & Virinder Sharma. 1996, xv, 186 p., col. photographs, $26.
Contents: I. Introduction: 1. Overview of Himalayan biodiversity/U. Dhar. II. Current status of biodiversity in the Himalaya. 1. Floristic diversity/D.K. Singh and P.K. Hajra. 2. Himalayan bamboo diversity and its conservation: a case study/C.M.A. Stapleton. 3. Faunal diversity/A.K. Ghosh. 4. Crop diversity/B.D. Joshi and J.C. Rana. 5. Livestock diversity/D.S. Balain. 6. Wetland biodiversity/C.L. Trisal. III. Socio-economic context: 1. Indigenous approaches to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development/P.S. Ramakrishnan and K.G. Saxena. 2. Case study of eastern Himalaya/Ajay Rastogi and Ruchi Pant. 3. Case study of western Himalaya/Vandana Shiva. 4. Case study of trans Himalaya/Helena Norberg Hodge. IV. Conservation approaches and options: 1. Loss of biodiversity and need for conservation/Amber Ahuja. 2. Impact of trade on Himalayan biodiversity/Vivek Menon. 3. Biodiversity conservation approaches: in-situ/Virinder Sharma. 4. Biodiversity conservation approaches: ex-situ (role of biotechnology)/L.M.S. Palni. V. Policy and management issues: 1. Monitoring and management of biodiversity/Virinder Sharma and Amber Ahuja. 2. Biodiversity and international issues/Devinder Sharma. 3. Biodiversity and national issues/S. Maudgal and M. Kakkar. VI. Himalayan vision. Photographs by Heather Angel.