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Book Synopsis Biodiversity Modeling and Tribal Livelihood Status in Western Ghats by : Basvarajaiah D M
Download or read book Biodiversity Modeling and Tribal Livelihood Status in Western Ghats written by Basvarajaiah D M and published by Educreation Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many books on Ecological and Biodiversity modeling is available at global level. The present academic book can anticipate different level of preparedness and logical interventions emphasis on the formulation of real environmental data sets. Befitting soothe of the book is not initiatory, it venture various statistical and mathematical models induction for solving real world problems of ecological imbalance. Reader is presuming to know the paramount or vital role of recent analytical tools and data base management of ecology. An expeditious of the text book can trace salient objectives and practical applicability to insight what mechanisms are convenient and more significant, when they should be applied in real life. Numerous illustrations are accord to clarify the use of latest statistical techniques and to substantiate what conclusions can be made at the right time for implication of environmental policy at global level. Ongoing text book is more benevolent for post graduates, research scholars, Doctoral, Post-doctoral degree scholars and academicians etc. Nonetheless, post graduates and research Scholars will easily holdout the various analytical methods to enable for the compilation of high dimensional ecological datasets (Big data) and also to know the techniques of econometric modeling on tribal. Although, the book scantly discussed on the very few topics, each topic thrash out functional relationship between 'NICHE' and derivatives of various ecosystem. The current academic book intends to be advance, used as a textbook for post graduate students in ecology, botany, wildlife, plant and animal genetics, but it can also be used by researchers as a reference book. For advanced readers, they can opt for read any particular chapters as they desire.
Book Synopsis Biodiversity and Livelihood: Lessons from Community Research in India by : Oommen V. Oommen
Download or read book Biodiversity and Livelihood: Lessons from Community Research in India written by Oommen V. Oommen and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biodiversity and Livelihood: Lessons from Community Research in India Is a compilation of research articles on the ecological biodiversity and local conservation efforts of selected regions in India, and among local communities throughout the county. 18 chapters have been contributed by experts in ecology, sustainability and ethnic studies in India. The chapters provide information on a wide range of tops which cover local communities, their agricultural practices and the ecological relationships between their community and the species on which their livelihood depends. Contributions emphasize different aspects of these topics, such as observational ecological information about the aforementioned regions and communities, the local biodiversity, tribal customs of ethnic communities that are linked to conservation, specific programs which are aimed at the conservation of specific plant and animal species endemic to the region, the benefits shared by the communities involved with conservation programs and recommendations shared by the authors for sustainable management of the regional ecosystem and its resources. Readers will find a wealth of information about biodiversity conservation in different regions in India (most notably the western and eastern ghats and provinces such as Kerala and Andhra Pradesh), from a basic and applied perspective. The book is, therefore, an informative reference for conservationists, ecologists, environmentalists and ethnologists who are studying the biodiversity and conservation of India. Readers involved in sustainable development programs in the region will also find the content valuable to their knowledge.
Book Synopsis Western Ghats Ecosystem by : Dina Nath Tewari
Download or read book Western Ghats Ecosystem written by Dina Nath Tewari and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes ecology, natural resource potential, bio-diversity and socio-economic activities of the region to promote income generating activities through conserving, upgrading and using natural resources, environmentally sound mining, sustainable tourisms, Employment generating schemes that increase the productive base.
Book Synopsis The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in the Western Ghats, India by : Sanjay Molur
Download or read book The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in the Western Ghats, India written by Sanjay Molur and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Freshwater Biodiversity by : David Dudgeon
Download or read book Freshwater Biodiversity written by David Dudgeon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing human populations and higher demands for water impose increasing impacts and stresses upon freshwater biodiversity. Their combined effects have made these animals more endangered than their terrestrial and marine counterparts. Overuse and contamination of water, overexploitation and overfishing, introduction of alien species, and alteration of natural flow regimes have led to a 'great thinning' and declines in abundance of freshwater animals, a 'great shrinking' in body size with reductions in large species, and a 'great mixing' whereby the spread of introduced species has tended to homogenize previously dissimilar communities in different parts of the world. Climate change and warming temperatures will alter global water availability, and exacerbate the other threat factors. What conservation action is needed to halt or reverse these trends, and preserve freshwater biodiversity in a rapidly changing world? This book offers the tools and approaches that can be deployed to help conserve freshwater biodiversity.
Book Synopsis Connotation of Minor Millet Biodiversity and Indirect Payments in Tribal Homesteads in the Backdrop of Climate Change by : Sreejith Aravindakshan
Download or read book Connotation of Minor Millet Biodiversity and Indirect Payments in Tribal Homesteads in the Backdrop of Climate Change written by Sreejith Aravindakshan and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unscathed agrobiodiversity remaining in-situ today is found on the small-scale farms and homestead gardens of poorer and developing countries (Brookfield, 2001). The indigenous traditional farming of Muthuvan tribe as the case of Finger millet or Ragi (Eleusine coracana), a minor millet cultivated in the Western Ghats in Kerala in the Indian South is one such classic example for in-situ agrobiodiversity management, based on organic farming systems. On such fields, the use of labour intensive, traditional production techniques have persisted throughout the period of controlled state farming and the market based large-scale farming. The homestead gardens close to fringes of 'South Western Ghats-the hotspot of biodiversity' also play a crucial role in tribalistic context, by contributing to the rural livelihoods in time periods and locations when markets or state institutions do not. This paper attempts to analyse the opportunity costs of minor millet cultivation incurred by indigenous tribe in scheming compensations for biodiversity conservation. It further discusses possibilities to deliver a tangible and hopeful alternative towards sustainable livelihood in the backdrop of climate change. The methodology involves use of 'Switching Regression model' in the estimation and comprehension of opportunity costs, and further looks at its relevance in traditional farming of underutilised minor millets in the tribal homesteads and is equated in terms of indirect payment for biodiversity conservation. The analysis of results concludes the importance of creating incentives for the conservation of agrobiodiversity, especially the on-farm diversity of underutilised crops and supporting poverty alleviation, and preventing welfare losses among vulnerable communities.
Book Synopsis Communication, Culture and Ecology by : Kiran Prasad
Download or read book Communication, Culture and Ecology written by Kiran Prasad and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers comprehensive insights into the cultural and ecological values that influence sustainable development across Asia, addressing the cultural, religious and philosophical moorings of development through participatory and grassroots communication approaches. It presents a range of contributions and case studies from leading experts in Asia to highlight the debates on environmental communication and sustainable development that are relevant today, and to provide an overview of the positive traditions of ecological sensitivity and cultural communication that may find common ground between communities. This well-researched guide to the dynamic and complex terrain of communication for sustainable development offers uniquely practical perspectives on communication, environment and sustainable development that are of immense value for policy makers, media scholars, development practitioners, researchers and students of communication and media studies.
Book Synopsis Recent Statistical Techniques in Clinical Research by : Basavarajaiah Dm
Download or read book Recent Statistical Techniques in Clinical Research written by Basavarajaiah Dm and published by Educreation Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistical methods play an essential role in all stages of a quantitative health care and clinical research from design analysis and interpretation of real life data sets. The clinical trial is "the most definitive tool for evaluation of the applicability of clinical research" It represents“ a key research activity with the potential to improve the quality of health care and management through careful comparison of alternative treatments” It has been called on many occasions "the gold standard" against which all other clinical research is measured. Although many clinical trial are of high quality, a careful reader of the medical literature will notice that a large number have deficiencies in design, conduct, analysis, presentation, and /or interpretation of results. Improvements have occurred over the past few decades, but too many trials are still conducted without adequate attention to its fundamental principles. Certainly, numerous studies could have been upgraded if the authors had a better understanding of the fundamentals. This book covers the essential principles and methods required for clinical research. The underlying concepts of statistical analysis including basic and some more advanced analysis techniques are also covered. This book is an attempt to present the recent statistical techniques and tools with suitable examples from real life data sets, which the clinical researchers and academicians need.
Book Synopsis Ecotourism and Community Intervention: Emerging Research and Opportunities by : Vinodan, A.
Download or read book Ecotourism and Community Intervention: Emerging Research and Opportunities written by Vinodan, A. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the world, local, natural wonders are being overrun by hordes of destination seekers intent on capturing nature’s majesty. Though the flood of tourists brings economic stability to these regions, the environmental and local community concerns must be taken into consideration. Ecotourism and Community Intervention: Emerging Research and Opportunities examines community intervention strategies and their causal relationship with destination sustainability and destination quality. The book calls for more proactive measures to enhance destination sustainability through ecotourism initiatives in destinations across the globe. The content within this publication examines global business, mass tourism, and resource management. It is designed for conservationists, environmentalists, tour developers, travel agents, policymakers, administrators, managers, and university students.
Book Synopsis Ecosystem Services Valuation for Sustainable Development by : Sabu Joseph
Download or read book Ecosystem Services Valuation for Sustainable Development written by Sabu Joseph and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge by : Sarah A. Laird
Download or read book Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge written by Sarah A. Laird and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biodiversity research and prospecting are long-standing activities taking place in a new legal and ethical environment. Following entry into force of the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1993, and other recent policy developments, expectations and obligations for research and prospecting partnerships have changed. However, to date there are few guides to integrating these concepts with practice. This book offers practical guidance on how to arrive at equitable biodiversity research and prospecting partnerships. Drawing on experience and lessons learned from around the world, it provides case studies, analysis and recommendations in a range of areas that together form a new framework for creating equity in these partnerships. They include researcher codes of ethics, institutional policies, community research agreements, the design of more effective commercial partnerships and biodiversity prospecting contracts, the drafting and implementation of national 'access and benefit-sharing' laws, and institutional tools for the distribution of financial benefits. As part of the People and Plants initiative to enhance the role of communities in efforts to conserve biodiversity and use natural resources sustainably, Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge will be invaluable to students, researchers and local communities, academic institutions, international agencies, government bodies and companies involved in biodiversity research, prospecting and conservation.
Author :Divya Datta and Shilpa Nischal Publisher :The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) ISBN 13 :8179932842 Total Pages :250 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (799 download)
Book Synopsis Looking Back to Change Track by : Divya Datta and Shilpa Nischal
Download or read book Looking Back to Change Track written by Divya Datta and Shilpa Nischal and published by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997, when India celebrated 50 years of its Independence, TERI's study Growth with Resource Enhancement of Environment and Nature (GREEN) India 2047 assessed whether the country was moving on an environmentally sustainable path. The sequel to the study, Directions Innovations and Strategies for Harnessing Action (DISHA) for sustainable development, released in 2001, projected environmental and resource implications for the country by 2047 under two scenarios, that is, continuing in a business-as-usual mode and adopting a more sustainable development trajectory. The present study picks up the thread from 1997, examining environmental trends in the last decade, isolating underlying priority issues and identifying strategies that are needed to prevent or ameliorate environmental damage. The mandate of the present study, thus, is to go beyond reporting the state of India's environment. Through an evaluation of the major factors that are responsible for the present state and the characteristics of resulting impacts, the study provides an agenda for action.
Book Synopsis Biodiversity Conservation by : Asish K. Ghosh
Download or read book Biodiversity Conservation written by Asish K. Ghosh and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Indian context.
Book Synopsis Forest landscapes of the southern western Ghats, India by : Collectif
Download or read book Forest landscapes of the southern western Ghats, India written by Collectif and published by Institut français de Pondichéry. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western Ghats forests are endowed with large species and habitat diversity, which is nowadays under threat by increasing demographic pressure and changing land use. To address these challenges, a novel and comprehensive approach is sought from the principles of landscape ecology. Morpho-pedological features are used to delineate landscape units all over the Western Ghats of Kerala, among which the Western Anamalai region is chosen to elucidate the relative influence of physical factors, bioclimate and anthropogenic pressures on the characteristics of natural vegetation and on the status of the vertebrate fauna. Highlighting patterns of resource utilization by proximal and distant stakeholders, the book goes about identifying value-based management zones, while proposing management strategies for conservation and sustainable development.
Author :Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher :Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 13 :9251312702 Total Pages :576 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (513 download)
Book Synopsis The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture presents the first global assessment of biodiversity for food and agriculture worldwide. Biodiversity for food and agriculture is the diversity of plants, animals and micro-organisms at genetic, species and ecosystem levels, present in and around crop, livestock, forest and aquatic production systems. It is essential to the structure, functions and processes of these systems, to livelihoods and food security, and to the supply of a wide range of ecosystem services. It has been managed or influenced by farmers, livestock keepers, forest dwellers, fish farmers and fisherfolk for hundreds of generations. Prepared through a participatory, country-driven process, the report draws on information from 91 country reports to provide a description of the roles and importance of biodiversity for food and agriculture, the drivers of change affecting it and its current status and trends. It describes the state of efforts to promote the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity for food and agriculture, including through the development of supporting policies, legal frameworks, institutions and capacities. It concludes with a discussion of needs and challenges in the future management of biodiversity for food and agriculture. The report complements other global assessments prepared under the auspices of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which have focused on the state of genetic resources within particular sectors of food and agriculture.
Book Synopsis Agriculture and a Changing Environment in Northeastern India by : Sumi Krishna
Download or read book Agriculture and a Changing Environment in Northeastern India written by Sumi Krishna and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India’s northeastern region, forged by a unique geological history and peopled by several waves of migration, is extraordinarily complex. Farming systems in the hills and the riverine plains are embedded in a heterogeneous environment, comprising forests, wetlands and fields, shaped over centuries by nature and people. Today, the environment and economy are undergoing rapid transformation, affecting peoples’ lives, livelihoods and methods of food production. The essays in this volume bring a multi-disciplinary perspective to critical aspects of the process of agricultural change, examine the gender dimensions of agriculture, and explore initiatives for sustainable livelihood and ecological conservation. Part I analyses the impact of policies and people’s own aspirations on the closely-intertwined ecology and economy of the region. Part II discusses the gender dynamics of farming, forestry and biodiversity in a socio-cultural context where women are primarily responsible for food production. Part III highlights some alternative farming interventions and community-based efforts for environmental conservation, sustainable resource management and improved livelihoods. This book will be useful to scholars and students of agriculture, economics, development, environment and gender studies, and to those involved in policy analysis, natural resource management and community organisation, as also general readers interested in India’s northeastern region.
Download or read book CIFOR Annual Report 1999 written by Cifor and published by CIFOR. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
