Biodiversity Utilisation and Conservation/edited by A. Arunachalam and K. Arunachalam. Jaipur, Aavishkar Publishers, 2008, xviii, 284 p., tables, ISBN 81-7910-235-0.

    Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introductory chapter: Biodiversity of Northeast India/A. Arunachalam, K. Arunachalam and G. Pangging. Biodiversity utilization: 1. Forest resources conservation in Assam/A.R. Barbhuiya and A. Arunachalam. 2. Biodiversity utilization perspectives of Joypur Reserve Forest in Assam/P.C. Nath, A.R. Barbhuiya, K. Arunachalam, A. Arunachalam and M.L. Khan. 3. Ecological and socio-biological attributes of utilization in biodiversity rich traditional homegardens in Northeast India/S. Tangjang, S. Deb, A. Arunachalam and K. Arunachalam. 4. Rattans of Manipur: ecological prospects with special reference to sustainable use/S. Padmabati Devi and P.K. Singh. 5. Production and marketing of agricultural and non-timber forest products around Namdapha National Park in Arunachal Pradesh/R. Sarmah, A. Arunachalam, K. Arunachalam, D. Adhikari and M. Majumder. 6. Ecological and economic dimensions of biodiversity use: a case study on Zalacca Secunda in Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh/D. Adhikari and A. Arunachalam. 7. Lantana furniture: value added Lantana products to conserve bamboo and rattan/R. Kannan, G. Joseph and R. Uma Shaanker. 8. Phragmites karka Trin., a potential forage crop in and around Kaziranga National Park, Assam/P.K. Khatri, H.R. Bora and Rocky Pebam. 9. Bamboo shoot consumption: traditional wisdom and cultural invasion/R. Bhardwaj, R.K. Singh, L. Wangchu and A.K. Sureja. Traditional land use systems: 10. Dynamics of carbon in a human impacted tropical forest in Assam, North-east India/A.R. Barbhuiya, A. Arunachalam, H.N. Pandey and K. Arunachalam. 11. Shifting agriculture: land and policy issues/A. Arunachalam, M. Seetharam, S. Roy and K. Arunachalam. 12. Agricultural crop diversity and management of 'Jhum' cultivation systems in Northeast India/M. Majumder and A. Arunachalam. 13. Traditional agroforestry in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh/K. Upadhyaya, A. Arunachalam, K. Arunachalam and R.C. Joshi. 14. Land use change and traditional knowledge systems in the environmental management of Northeastern India/K. Arunachalam and A. Arunachalam. 15. Traditional beliefs, species composition and conservation sacred groves in Arunachal Pradesh/A.R. Barbhuiya, A. Arunachalam, M.L. Khan, S.D. Prabhu and V. Chavan. Biodiversity conservation: 16. Protected area management in Northeast India/P. Panwar, D.N. Kaul and G. Shukla. 17. Conservation of biodiversity in a remnant rainforest in Northeast India/P.C. Nath, A. Arunachalam, A.R. Barbhuiya, M.L. Khan and K. Arunachalam. 18. Community knowledge and conservation of natural resources: learning from Monpa Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh/R.K. Singh and A.K. Sureja. 19. Biodiversity of Planktons and macroinvertebrates in Dikrong River System in the Indian Eastern Himalaya/T. Das, A. Arunachalam, A. Gupta and K. Arunachalam. 20. Management of shifting agricultural fallow lands in the humid tropics--a secondary forest approach/R. Uniyal, A.R. Nautiyal and A. Arunachalam. 21. Forests and forestry in the North-eastern hill region of India/S.N. Goswami, A. Arunachalam and K. Arunachalam. 22. Nature tourism -- a case study in Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh/D. Adhikari, A. Arunachalam, K. Arunachalam, R. Sarmah and M. Majumder. 23. Restoration of degraded forests in a biodiversity hotspot of India: Arunachal Pradesh/G. Pangging and A. Arunachalam. Concluding chapter: Approaches and strategies for conservation of biological diversity in India/A. Arunachalam, K. Arunachalam. R. Pebam and G. Pangging. Index.

    "The rich biological diversity in the hotspot region of the Indian Eastern Himalaya has been degraded due to various human activities (e.g. shifting agriculture, commercial logging) and also due to frequent landslides in the hills and floods in the valleys. In this region, most forested lands are owned by indigenous people, but lack authentic policies for land use and landholding. The resource management patterns vary among the tribal groups and have a tremendous bearing on the resource economics. Further, concerns have increased on the linkages between biological diversity and climate change. Therefore, assessment and monitoring biodiversity has been crucial, both in terms of dimensions and scale of the problem. Nevertheless, there has been a growing interest on the adaptive management of ecosystem based or the traditional ecological knowledge of the indigenous people and/or integrating such knowledge into policy interventions.

    This synthesis volume is an attempt to consummate the ecological issues of biodiversity utilization and conservation with that of socio-cultural and economic dimensions that would help have a holistic view on natural resources management for biological conservation.

    In the present book 23 chapters covering broad aspects of biodiversity utilization, traditional land use systems and their conservation have been presented by various experts based on cases studies carried out in different parts of the Himalayan region.

    Traditional bio-resource utilization and their conservation practices among different tribes inhabiting in North-east India have also been documented in this book apart from the status of biological diversity in different habitats conditions ranging from agroforest and cropland to wetlands and protected areas.

    This book will be of invaluable resource for students, teachers, researchers, development practitioners and conservation workers interested in understanding the linkages between commercialization of biodiversity, livelihoods and natural resources conservation." (jacket)

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