Directory of National Parks and Sanctuaries in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Management Status and Profiles/edited by Pratibha Pande, Ashish Kothari and Shekhar Singh. Sponsored by the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. 1991, 171 p., maps, figs., $17.

Contents: Introduction. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands: an ecological and socio-economic profile. 2. Wildlife management in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 3. National parks and sanctuaries in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 4. Directory sheets and maps. Appendices: 1. List of plants reported from national parks and sanctuaries in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 2. Threatened plants of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 3. Common and scientific names of mammals, birds, reptiles, and butterflies reported from national parks and sanctuaries in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 4. Mammals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 5. Birds of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 6. Reptiles of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 7. Threatened animals of Andaman and Nicobar islands. 8. Great Nicobar biosphere reserve (including map). 9. Proposals for an improved wildlife protected area network in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. References: References for text. Sources of information for maps. A select bibliography on Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Postscript.

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