Geo-Manipur Alert

Contents: Preface. 1. Manipur: a land of colourful ethnic mosaic. 2. Everybody lives downstream. 3. Forest and environment. 4. Inland waters of Manipur Valley. 5. Climate change and its impact on Manipur river systems. 6. Mountain biodiversity of Manipur. 7. Changing land use pattern in the hills of Manipur: its impact on biodiversity. 8. Traditional system of preserving ecosystem in Manipur. 9. Keibul Lamjao National Park: a floating park at Peril. 10. Threats to bioresources. 11. Tipaimukh high Dam across the Barak river. 12. Endangered languages of Manipur. 13. Natural resources based development strategies: problems and prospects of Manipur. 14. Heritage tourism in Manipur: problems and prospects. 15. Development of Transport and communication system in the hill districts of Manipur. 16. Geographical perspectives of regionalism: an observation of regionalism in North Eastern India. 17. A geo-strategic study of Indo-Myanmar region. Index.

"The global climate system is a consequence of and a link between the atmosphere, earth, ocean, ice and the land. The convention on climate change, a United Nations framework, calls for stabilizing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases at levels that will avoid critical destabilizations of global economies and ecosystems. Government and non-governmental organizations are currently engaged to make people aware of the threat and are taking actions to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases.

The present book tries to focus some of the vital issues causing degradation of natural ecosystem in Manipur. Further it also highlights the better environmental planning and application of clean technology for a sustainable development. Some of the papers attempt to create awareness among the readers of the burning issues on the degradation of natural environment of Manipur including its causes, effects and control measures." (jacket)