Biodiversity in India : Issues and Concerns
Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Biodiversity and bioresources conservation/S. Kannaiyan. 2. Animal pharming--present and future/C.P. Anitha Davis, D. Sudarsanam and C.P. Girish Kumar. 3. Genetic diversity of buffaloes in India/B.S. Punia and Inderjeet Singh. 4. Diversity and conservation of marine ornamental fishes/G. Gopakumar. 5. Coral reefs in India/K. Venkataraman. 6. Soil microbial diversity from the Himalaya: need for documentation and conservation/Anita Pandey, Pankaj Trivedi, Bhavesh Kumar, Bhaskar Chaurasia and L.M.S. Palni. 7. Biodiversity of Azolla and its algal symbiont Anabaena Azollae/S. Kannaiyan and K. Kumar. 8. Eastern Ghats floristic wealth with special reference to agrobiodiversity/K.S. Varaprasad, N. Sivaraj and S.R. Pandravada. 9. Plant diversity and concerns in conservation/M. Sanjappa. 10. Biodiversity of tropical tuber crops in India/S. Edison, M. Unnikrishnan, B. Vimala, Santha V. Pillai, M.N. Sheela, M.T. Sree Kumari and K. Abraham. 11. Biodiversity and conservation of sheep genetic resources in India/V.K. Singh and A.K. Mishra. 12. Animal genetic resources in Andaman and Nicobar Islands/S. Jeyakumar, R.B. Rai, A. Kundu, Jai Sunder, T. Sujatha and B. Ganesh Kumar. 13. Diversity in group A rotaviruses in India/Minakshi, Gaya Prasad and R. Pandey. 14. Diversity in biological fertilizers/S. Kannaiyan and K. Kumar. 15. Conservation and utilization of microbial diversity/Anu Kalia and R.P. Gupta. 16. Biodiversity of agriculturally important microorganisms and its application in agriculture/Ratul Saikial and Dilip K. Arora. 17. Biodiversity of mushroom mycoflora in N.W. Himalaya/T.N. Lakhanpal. 18. Seaweeds: diversity and cultivation in Southeast Coast of India/K. Eswaran M. Ganesan, S. Thiruppathi and B. Jha. 19. On the role of women in the management of bio-diversity and bio-resources/A. Gopalam, P.V.R.M. Reddy and T. Madhavi. 20. International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA): Scope and provisions/Anishettyy N. Murthi, K.S. Varaprasad and N. Sivaraj. 21. Institutional intervention in the planning and utilisation of natural resources/M. Chinnadurai and S.R. Subramanian. 22. IPR Issues in the conservation and maintenance of biodiversity/J.P. Mishra. 23. Economic evaluation of bio-diversity--concepts and methods/G.P. Reddy.
"Biological diversity is fundamental to agriculture and food production. From the millions of genes that serve as life's building blocks to thousand of plants and animals that inhabitat the earth, to almost limitless combinations or organisms that make up natural ecosystems. Biodiversity makes essential contribution to feed the millions of population of the world.
India is blessed with varied biodiversity, possesses wealth of flora and fauna and is fortunately endowed with a wide range of agro-climatic conditions that support growth of equally diverse range of plant and animal species. Conservation of these resources is important considering their strategic importance for complimentary economic growth and prosperity. This book describing the plant, animal and marines and microbial biodiversity in India is a resource document for the policy planners, administrators, scientists and researchers who consider this vast resource subscribing for country's economic development. The international treaty and the corresponding Indian laws drive towards for the legal implications and institutional arrangements of biodiversity and bio-conservation."
