Biodiversity : Strategies for Conservation (Dr. S.K. Agarwal Commemoration Volume)/edited by L.K. Dadhich and A.P. Sharma. New Delhi, A.P.H., 2002, xiii, 356 p., $39.ISBN 81-7648-315-X.

Contents : Preface. 1. Ecology and environment (ethics of survival)/R.R. Das. 2. Conservation of biological diversity : science and politics/T.N. Khoshoo. 3. Biodiversity/S.K. Agarwal. 4. Floristic diversity in upper storey cover of Jhalawar district (Rajasthan) with special reference to phytogeographical affinities/N.K. Sharma, J.L. Sharma and A.P. Sharma. 5. Indoor environment/Sharda Khandelwal. 6. Evolution and degradation of biodiversity with special reference to forest types in protected areas of Rajasthan/L.K. Dadhich and Shuchita Jain. 7. Biodiversity conservation measures/S.K. Shringi and A.P. Sharma. 8. Ferns of Hadoti plateau with special reference to their medicinal uses/L.K. Dadhich and N.K. Sharma. 9. Need for forest management and biodiversity conservation/L.K. Dadhich and Shuchita Jain. 10. Macrophyte diversity in wetlands of Birbhum district, West Bengal : economic prospect/Ambarish Mukherjee and Debnath Palit. 11. Floristic diversity of Hadoti region with reference to its geography/B.L. Sharma and N.K. Sharma. 12. Desertification and depletion of biodiversity : a case study of Kantli Inland Drainage basin/Ajay V. Singh Chandela and Seema Chauhan. 13. Environmental degradation and its impact on the biodiversity in the Ramganj Mandi Tehsil of Kota district (Rajasthan)/L.C. Agarwal. 14. Dynamics of wasteland reclamation for viable ecosystem development : a case study of Hadoti region (Rajasthan)/M.Z.A. Khan. 15. Ethno-medico-botanical diversity of Kotra-Udaipur (Rajasthan)/G.S. Deora and G.P. Singh Jhala. 16. Effect of seasonal variation in photosynthetic pigments of few planted tree species of Bhopal/S.L. Tiwari and Shashi Rai. 17. Biodiversity—An ecological prescription for 21^st century/P.S. Dubey and Krishna Haryani. Index.

This collection of various articles emphasizes the concept of Biodiversity: Strategies for conservation. This is a sincere effort to provide up dated information on this newly age old but threatened biological science.

"The twenty first century is likely to pose before us serious challenges of environmental hazards. Environmental degradation is enjoined with serious threats to the very existence of life. The present volume depict the various aspects on biodiversity with a serious effort to conserve it." (jacket)

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