Environment : Some Focal Issues

Contents: Preface. 1. Environmental education on resource conservation/R.S. Ambasht, Shardendu and P.K. Ambasht. 2. Recent contributions in air pollution research in Vikram University--a review/M.V. Rao and P.S. Dubey. 3. Traditional tree cultivation strategies of Indian farmers: case study from Central Himalaya/N.P. Melkania. 4. Improvement and management of degraded lands for ecorestoration/P.S. Pathak and M.N. Naugraiya. 5. Ill effects of 2,4, -D on the vegetation: symptoms and problems/M.D. Mehrotra, S.N. Khan and P.C. Panday. 6. Chemical protectants and air pollution damage to crop plants/Jitendra Pandey, Madhoolika Agarwal and Jyoti Singh. 7. Habitat impact assessment for developmental project/Rakesh Kumar. 8. Biomonitoring of industrial environment using plants: a useful tool in environmental analysis/Asha Rajvanshi. 9. An assessment of the impact of Beas-Sutluj link--a multipurpose hydroelectric project on the ecology and vegetation of the area in Himachal Pradesh--a case study/H.J. Chowdhery and R.R. Rao. 10. The pollutional status of river Ganga at Rishikesh and Hardwar/M. Srivastav, M.S.M. Rawat, V. Shanker and A.K. Srivastav. 11. Mining in Doon-Mussoorie zone: problems and prospects/P. Soni, H.B. Vasistha and V. Bhatt. 12. Narkanda-Kufri water divide - an ecosystem approach for appraising its environmental degradations and treatment by eco-top therapy/P.B. Saxena and O.P. Bhuraita. 13. Environmental degradation in Garhwal Himalaya/S.P. Joshi and M.M. Srivastava.

[M.M. Srivastava is Reader and Head, Department of Botany, D.A.V. College, Dehra Dun.]