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100			_aBalakrishnan Mundanthra
245			_aEnvironmental problems and prospects in India
260			_aNew Delhi _bOxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. _c1993
300			_a454p _cxiii
365			_bRs. 640
505			_aCONTENTS; Preface; The Contributors; SECTION I. HABITATS, RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION; 1. In-situ Conservation of Biological Diversity T.N. Khoshoo 2. Wetlands of India: Their Unique Potential for Quality Life Improvement N. Balakrishnan Nair 3. India's Threatened Forests with Particular Reference to Tropical Rain-forests S.P. Singh, S. Retnakarmakar and IS. Singh 4. Natural Environment of Himalaya: Burning Problems K.S. Valdiya 5. Natural Forests and Environment in Indian Central Himalaya: An Ecological Analysis Urna Melkania and N.P. Melkania 6. Threatened Wild Mammals of India: Conservation Strategies and Prospects M. Balakrishnan SECTION II. ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS; 7. Soil Erosion and Conservation in India 12' I Sehgal, Gunnel Singh, CJ. Thampi and R.K. Batta 8. Ecosystem Acidification: A Global Perspective NP. Melkania and Urna Melkania 9. Political Economy of Large Dams: Some Tentative Assertions Satyajit Singh 10. Environment and Human Health D.K. Srinivasa and K.H. Krishnamurthy 11. Molecular Approaches to Ecotoxicology Poonam Kakkar, Farhat N faffery, Geeta Chawla and P.N Viswanathan 12. The Bhopal Gas Incident: Lessons for the Future S.S. Tachakra and S.M. Robinson SECTION III. RESOURCE UTILISATION; 13. Aquaculture in India T J. Pandian 14. Biotechnology for Harvesting Marine-living Resources A.H. Parulekar 15. Utilisation of the River Basin: State of the Art and Recommendations K.P. Thrivikrarnaji 16. Remote Sensing for Forest Ecosystem Analysis and Management P.S. Roy 17. Scope of Plant Conservation and Strategy for Conserving Threatened Plants A.N·Namboodiri 18. Environmentally Sound Energy Development Programme for Kerala v.K. Damodaran 19. Environmental Conservation and Climate G.B. Pant and Nityanand Singh 20. Should Harvesting of Frogs Be Banned? A .P. Gore and V.R. Prayag SECTION IV. CONSERVATION EDUCATION; 21. Modelling of Subsurface and Surface Water Pollution Ancy Kuruvilla and P.T. Roy Chacko 22. Natural History Museum and Conservation Education B. Venugopal and Usha Menon Author Index; Subject Index
650			_a1. Economic Development - Environmental Aspects2. Environmental Problems - India3. Sustainable Development
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