Environmental Management: Resource and Energy Conservation and Utilisation

Contents: 1. Biodiversity loss assessment: a critical appraisal of ecology/M. Esakkimuthu and Pardeep Kumar. 2. Van panchayat: conservation issue and management strategy/Jyoti Pandey and L.S. Lodhiyal. 3. Physical environment as an environmental ergonomics/Kumkum Pandey. 4. Microbial phytases: perspectives and prospects/Deep Chandra Suyal and Anil Kumar Shankhwar. 5. bioremediation of oil spills: strategies, monitoring and challenges/Deepika Rajwar and J.P.N. Rai. 6. Biochemical aspects of heavy metal sequestration in mosses/Vrinda Negi. 7. Sequestration of chromium and mercury from aqueous solution using hyophila involuta (Hook) Jaeg and Thuidium tamariscinum (Hedw.) Schimp/Preeti Sharma and Vir Singh. 8. Heavy metal Stress in plants: cellular and molecular level/Vrinda Negi, Vir Singh and Kavita Negi. 9. Management and utilization of urban solid waste: clean India mission/Parul Sundha and Arvind Kumar Rai. 10. Concepts of biodiesel- an approach for clean energy/Rachna Payal, Neha Singh, Rahul Singh, Pratibha Singh and Meera Gupta. 11. Use of recycled pet bottles into value added products/Kirti Kesarwani, Aditi Vats and Priyanka. 12. Energy Conservation Behaviour (ECB): a new age pro-environment altruism/Rutwik Gandhe and Satish Pandey.