Environmental problems and prospects in India

CONTENTS;
Preface;
The Contributors;
SECTION I. HABITATS, RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION;
1. In-situ Conservation of Biological Diversity
T.N. Khoshoo
2. Wetlands of India: Their Unique Potential for Quality Life Improvement
N. Balakrishnan Nair
3. India's Threatened Forests with Particular Reference to Tropical Rain-forests
S.P. Singh, S. Retnakarmakar and IS. Singh
4. Natural Environment of Himalaya: Burning Problems
K.S. Valdiya
5. Natural Forests and Environment in Indian Central Himalaya: An Ecological Analysis
Urna Melkania and N.P. Melkania
6. Threatened Wild Mammals of India: Conservation Strategies and Prospects
M. Balakrishnan
SECTION II. ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS;
7. Soil Erosion and Conservation in India 12'
I Sehgal, Gunnel Singh, CJ. Thampi and R.K. Batta
8. Ecosystem Acidification: A Global Perspective
NP. Melkania and Urna Melkania
9. Political Economy of Large Dams: Some Tentative Assertions
Satyajit Singh
10. Environment and Human Health
D.K. Srinivasa and K.H. Krishnamurthy
11. Molecular Approaches to Ecotoxicology
Poonam Kakkar, Farhat N faffery, Geeta Chawla and
P.N Viswanathan
12. The Bhopal Gas Incident: Lessons for the Future
S.S. Tachakra and S.M. Robinson
SECTION III. RESOURCE UTILISATION;
13. Aquaculture in India
T J. Pandian
14. Biotechnology for Harvesting Marine-living Resources
A.H. Parulekar
15. Utilisation of the River Basin: State of the Art and
Recommendations
K.P. Thrivikrarnaji
16. Remote Sensing for Forest Ecosystem Analysis and
Management
P.S. Roy
17. Scope of Plant Conservation and Strategy for Conserving Threatened Plants
A.N·Namboodiri
18. Environmentally Sound Energy Development Programme for Kerala
v.K. Damodaran
19. Environmental Conservation and Climate
G.B. Pant and Nityanand Singh
20. Should Harvesting of Frogs Be Banned?
A .P. Gore and V.R. Prayag
SECTION IV. CONSERVATION EDUCATION;
21. Modelling of Subsurface and Surface Water Pollution
Ancy Kuruvilla and P.T. Roy Chacko
22. Natural History Museum and Conservation Education
B. Venugopal and Usha Menon
Author Index;
Subject Index