Megadiversity Conservation: Flora, Fauna and Medicinal Plants of India'S Hot Spots
by Sarkar, D D & A B Chaudhuri
ISBN: 9789351300618
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 10995.00
Biblio : xx+300p., figs., maps, tabls., bib., ind., 23 cm
About The Book
Megadiversity is a much less discussed subject than biodiversity of the present day in India in the fields of flora and fauna. This term and another term ‘Hot Spots’ have recently been used by World Bank and other World bodies for species diversity and endemism in the World’s selected few rich floral and faunal zones. Two spots identified as ‘Megadiversity’ and ‘Hot Spots’ in India are North-eastern Himalayas and Western Ghat. But India as whole has been marked a megadiversity area. 11 other meg
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
Maps
Tables
Megadiversity, Hot Spots Resources—A Glimpse
Introduction — Concept of Megadiversity and Hot spots
1. Megadiversity Hot Spots Vis-a-Vis Biodiversity (Indian Panorama)
2. Biodiversity Concepts in the Context of Megadiversity Hot Spots
2.1 : Megadiversity Conservation Concept
2.2 : Megadiversity Conservation and Protected Areas
2.3 : Megadiversity Conservation, Sustainability and Ecosystem
Processes are Correlated
2.4 : Megadiversity and S