BIOGEOGRAPHY AND BIODIVERSITY

The present volume aims at focusing on biogeographic dimensions, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of its components into socio-economic development. A holistic perspective of biodiversity conservation includes biogeo monitoring and indicators, climate change, tourism, invasive and alien species. Special attention has been given on mountain, coastal and marine biodiversity, ecodevelopment in protected areas, local knowledge, technology transfer, education and public awareness.

The present book comprises 26 chapters relating to conceptual and empirical case studies from the developed and developing countries. The book also combines science and policy perspectives to the biogeography and biodiversity. It is useful for students, researchers and teachers coming from Geography, Environmental Studies, Biosciences, Ecology and Policy Science.

R.B. Singh is presently Senior Faculty and Deputy Coordinator, UGC-DRS Programme, Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Apart from being the Steering Committee member of the IGU Commission on Biogeography and Biodiversity, he is also the member of the IUGG-IGU National Committee of INSA and Secretary General, NAGI and was Leader of the Indian Delegation of IGU-Tunis 2008. He has to his credit 31 books and about 160 research papers. The UNESCO/ISSC (Paris) awarded him 1998 Research and Study Grants Award in Social and Human Sciences. He has also presented papers in many international seminars related to emerging frontiers of geography like disaster management, GIS, remote sensing, environmental studies, climatic variability and urban and regional development.