Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development/T.I. Khan and Y.S.
Shioshodia. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Jaipur, Pointer, 2005, xiv, 410 p., tables, ISBN
81-7132-393-6.
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development/T.I. Khan and Y.S.
Shioshodia. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Jaipur, Pointer, 2005, xiv, 410 p., tables, ISBN
81-7132-393-6.
Contents: Preface. 1. Sustainable development/T.I. Khan. 2. Environmental impact assessment/T.I. Khan. 3. Environmental aftermath of Gulf War between Iraq and Kuwait/T.I. Khan. 4. Forest management -retrospect and prospect/V.S. Saxena. 5. Forest ecosystem of India/M.K. Vijayavargia. 6. Scope and management of Aravali plantations/M.K. Vijayavargia. 7. Biodiversity: concepts and need of conservation/T.I. Khan. 8. Tropical deforestation and its consequences with references to biodiversity in India/T.I. Khan. 9. Our biodiversity/T.I. Khan. 10. The desert ecosystem and its sustainability/Ishwar Prakash. 11. An overview of Thar desert: desertification, fauna, flora and developmental activities/M.L. Purohit. 12. Environmental education/A. Ghafoor Ghaznawi. 13. Fundamentals of remote sensing/S. Pathak. 14. Nuclear power and environmental safety/P.K. Dev. 15. Radiation pollution/H.C. Bhartiya. 16. Nuclear accidents, Chernobyl and aftermath/H.C. Bhartiya. 17. Air pollution control with respect to particulate matter/A.B. Gutpa. 18. Greenhouse effect, climate change and impacts/T.I. Khan. 19. Ozone depletion/T.I. Khan and Vimlesh Chaudhary. 20. Water management for sustainable development/Kapil Gupta. 21. Cultural ecology/K.S. Gulia. 22. Indian environmental law/Manjo Bala Trivedi and S. Shastri. 23. Hazardous wastes and treatment technologies/T.I. Khan.
"Living entities (Biodiversity) exhibit variation at a whole hierarchy of levels; of molecules, genes, cells, individuals, populations, communities, ecosystems, landscapes and biomes. Interest in biodiversity has recently gone up with the emergence of new possibilities of putting biodiversity to human use by applying techniques of molecular biology. Biodiversity, the library of life, is on fire. We must extinguish this fire before even more treasures, yet to be discovered, are lost beyond recovery. It is therefore an important task to increase our knowledge by means of research and scientific cooperation between nations.
Sustainable development means development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Thus 'Sustainable Development' becomes a goal not just for the developing nations, but for industrial ones as well. Sustainable development distributes the benefits of economic progress more equitably, protects both local and global environments for future generations and truly improves the quality of life.
This book would be useful for teachers of environmental science environmental engineering and personnel responsible for pollution control in industry." (jacket)