Indian Wildlife : Threats and Preservation/edited by B.D. Sharma. New Delhi, Anmol, 2002, xviii, 272 p., tables, $39. ISBN 81-261-1132-1.

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Threatened Indian wildlife: ecology, status and tourism relationship: 1. Indian biodiversity: value, status and conservation/S. Chakraborty. 2. Threatened amphibian fauna of India: causes and remedies/Y.M. Naik and K.R. Vinod. 3. Some aspects of threatened amphibians of India/R.J. Ranjit Daniels. 4. Threatened mammals of Orissa/B.K. Behura. 5. Some threatened high altitude wild animal resources of the Himalaya/B.D. Sharma. 6. Wildlife tourism in India: need to tread with care/Suhas Kumar. II. Conservation and management: 7. Ecological status of wildlife in India: threats of their extinction and strategies for conservation/Rajiv Kumar Sinha. 8. Aspects of leopard conservation/Alan Shoemaker. 9. Wildlife conservation in the National Chambal Sanctuary/R.J. Rao. 10. Wildlife conservation and civil engineering structures/Satish Kumar Sharma. 11. Some ecological aspects of wildlife extinction in the Himalaya: measures for conservation and management/B.D. Sharma. 12. Ecology and conservation of wildlife in Himachal Pradesh/B.D. Sharma. 13. Conservation and management of Himalayan vertebrates wildlife/S.M. Das. 14. Nanda Devi sanctuary: a new national park/S.M. Das. 15. Project tiger: a review/Guy Mountfort. 16. Man and wildlife resources exploitation/B.D. Sharma. 17. Wildlife conservation and management in India/B.D. Sharma. Index.

"Our ancient scriptures and epics are testimony to our spectacular wildlife heritage. Our ancestors worshipped nature and considered themselves as the custodian of wildlife.

"The status of animals in the wild, particularly large mammals, act as barometers of the health of their natural habitats. Wildlife management and conservation, therefore, should not narrowly focus on practices that are heavily slanted towards animals to the exclusion of plant life that form a part of the food chain of all living creatures. Further, the people’s involvement is crucial to protection and conservation of our wildlife population.

"The present volume is a compilation of critical contributions highlighting the nature and extent of the threats to our wildlife and the conservation and management practices that are appropriate to contain such threats. This volume is a source material for wildlife conservationists and also useful for lay persons interested in wildlife preservation." (jacket)

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