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WESTERN GHATS: Biodiversity People Conservation
WESTERN GHATS: Biodiversity People Conservation
by
Jayshree Vencatesan
R. J. Ranjit Daniels
Category: Environment
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Number of pages: 180
Book Size: 5.5x8.5
Book Weight (Hardbound): 452 gm
Book Weight (Paperback): gm
Published in: 02/01/2008
Available in: Hardbound
ISBN_HB: 9788129113108

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Western Ghats-Biodiversity, People, Conservation covers a wide range of topics including the geological history, origin and evolution of biodiversity. It highlights the diversity of life in the region starting from micro-organisms and moves on to analyse and discuss the ways in which the different species of plants and animals have naturally assembled to form living communities. The long human history of the region and the way it has influenced the biodiversity has also been described. Not only that, it also discusses the future of the Western Ghats and its biodiversity in the light of the ever-increasing human pressures on land and water. The book has been written in a unique, simple style avoiding technical jargons so that it appeals to the general reader. It contains a large number of illustrations and unique photographs of the region that will enable the readers to identify the plants and animals discussed in the book. In short, the book is aimed at the layman as well as the serious student who wishes to learn about the rich biological wealth and ecological history of one of the Earth’s last remaining tropical wilderness.

About Author
Jayshree Vencatesan No. of books available: 1
Dr Jayshree Vencatesan, belonging to the temple-town of Tirupati, was part of the core team that drafted the Government of India’s First National Report on the implementation of the convention on Biological Diversity in India (1997) and the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (Western Ghats) in 2001. She also represented India at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity at Montreal in 2003. Currently, she is an adviser to the Government of Tamil Nadu on the conservation of urban biodiversity and is also a co-founder of Care Earth.
R. J. Ranjit Daniels No. of books available: 1
Dr R J Ranjit Daniels, born in Magercoil, tamil Nadu has served as an expert advisor on biodiversity to a number of international institutins and agencies including United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Currently, he is a guest faculty at the State Forest Service College (Coimbatore) and also teaches Biodiversity and Herpetology at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (Bangalore). In 2000, he founded Care Earth – an association of Scientists, in Chennai and has continued to serve as its honorary Director.

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