Environment and Resources

Contents: Preface. 1. Ecosystem. 2. Assessing ecological decline. 3. The concept of environmental management. 4. Carrying capacity : earth\'s bottom line. 5. Plant biodiversity. 6. Environment and pesticides. 7. Facing food insecurity. 8. Economic development and problems of nature conservation. 9. Facing the prospect of food scarcity. 10. Nature conservation : its relevance to India. 11. Reinventing the energy system. 12. Energy conservation : environment and development. 13. Increasing energy efficiency. 14. Development without destruction. 15. Increasing water efficiency. 16. Wild Life conservation : Legal and institutional arrangement. 17. Conserving biological diversity. Bibliography. Index.

"All forms of life are dependent on their environment and its resources. The resources are being used indiscriminately. Aim of this book is to describe the ecological features, explain some of the salient ecological processes, identify the types of damage done to our environment. It describes how the limited success can be utilized for the betterment of mankind. Objective is to compile a text book keeping in mind needs of the students and general readers as well. Essays have been selected keeping in view course contents of the environmental studies." (jacket)