Biodiversity & Conservation

This book is a humble step tobring a specific knowledge at the doorstep of students, researchers and specialistsabout some selected aspects related to biological diversity - to begin with. BiodiversityAnd Conservation deals with general to specific aspects of the discipline in its own way. Itcovers the various definitions, extent, value and causes of loss of biologicaldiversity at local, national and global levels. It deals with the status ofbiodiversity in India, the Biodiversity Act, 2002 of India and the follow upactions after Rio summit. It also gives a list of various central acts whereinsome provisions are there for conserving diversity. The book deals with, amongother things, the wildlife in India covering the species included in the variousSchedules of Wild life (Protection) Act, 1972. It also includes detailedcase studies of insect diversity in moist deciduous and high altitude forestsin Western Himalayas. It discuss the impact of vegetation,disturbances and other climatic factors on the life cycle and energetic ofinsects. The book  gives detailed information on the aquatic resources and fishdiversity in Western Himalayas and avian and mammal diversity of westernHimalayas. It is hoped that this book will serve the purpose of students whose curriculainclude biodiversity and its conversation, and teachers and researchers relatedto this field.