Concepts in Wildlife Management

Contents: Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Wildlife conservation and management. 2. Status of wildlife management in India. 3. Endangered flora and fauna of India. 4. Extinction of organisms. 5. Special conservation schemes. 6. Management of rangelands, forests and wildlife corridors. 7. Wildlife reserves and National Parks. 8. Protection of orchids and butterflies. 9. Role of zoos, parks and sanctuaries for conservation of wildlife. 10.  Management of wetland birds. 11. Asian waterfowl census. 12. Ramsar wetlands. 13. The mysteries of migration. 14. Biodiversity. conservation and management. 15. General theories of biodiversity. 16. Animal distribution or zoogeography. 17. Wildlife pathology. 18. Remote sensing in wildlife studies. 19. The Biological Diversity Act, 2002. 20. The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. 21. The wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 schedules. 22. Wildlife crimes. 23. WWF--India and BNHS/IBCN. 24. National and state plants and Animals of India. 25. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and waste auditing. Index.

"India is the seventh largest country and Asia's second most populous country with an area of 3, 387, 263 km-2. It possesses diverse climatic regions and habitats. Though India became independent six decades ago, still we are unable to document and manage our wildlife resources. Presently most of the literature on wildlife is available in the form of few books and monographs which are mainly related to European and African wild life. Good number of workers are involved in the study of wildlife of India, and these persons work for their specific research projects, and it is degree oriented, many time they do not visit field or they rely on secondary data or only depend on their project fellows information. Such studies will not give true picture about the ground reality, specially it is true about studies on Avifauna. Presently there are six institutes in India which offer M.Sc in wild life. Most of these students suffer from non availability of books and relevant information. Now a days study on wild life has been tagged with eco-tourism concept, which become an attractive tool to invite tourists and hence to earn income. An attempt is made in this book to provide all the important information on wildlife.

In addition to those the chapters of II edition, the III edition has been revised and four new chapters are incorporated. This book is a rare source of wide information on wild resources. This title embodies 25 chapters on various aspects of wild life of India. Chapter first, begins with the knowledge on wildlife conservation and management. It was followed by endangered flora and fauna; extinction organisms; special conservation schemas for critically endangered species; management of range lands; wildlife reserves; zoos and parks; wetland birds; Asian water fowls census; ramsar wetlands; bird migration; biodiversity; theories of biodiversity; zoo geography; wildlife diseases; remote sensing and wildlife; Wildlife Protection Act 1972; Protection schedules; wildlife crimes; Indian NGO's; National and state plant, animal and flower; and this book closes by an important topic on environmental impact assessments and waste auditing.

This edition is prepared to cater the needs of all the graduates and post graduates courses of Indian Universities, Forest officials, NGO's and wildlife lovers as well." (jacket)