Biological spectrum of northeast India

ISBN: 9789390434190, 939043419X

This book features chapters on biochemistry, biotechnology, microbiology, ethnomedicine, floristic diversity, phycology, mycology, plant ecology, environmental pollution, nanotechnology, agricultural sciences, disease biology and many more.

Agriculture and a changing environment in Northeastern India

Krishna, Sumi

ISBN: 9781138044463, 1138044466

Society and culture in the Himalayas

Warikoo, K (ed.)

ISBN: 9788124103081, 8124103089

Contents: (i) Ecological perspective (ii) Geopolitical imperatives (iii) Society and culture (iv) Modernisation and change.;

Some multipurpose tree species for agroforestry systems

Bhatt, BP et al.

Urban housing, livelihoods and environmental challenges in emerging economies,

ISBN: 9789354422331, 9354422330

This volume highlights the connected issues of urban housing, livelihoods and environment through perspectives from key emerging economies--Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Thailand--so as to harness the different histories of different societies for an exploration of common contemporary problems.

Statistics of the foreign trade of India by countries: annual number for 1995-96, 2 Vols

Vol.1: Export and re-export, 1435p.;Vol.2: Imports, 2390p.;

Staying alive: women, ecology and survival in India

Shiva, Vandana

ISBN: 9788188965588, 8188965588

Taking the three related concerns of development, ecology and gender, this book argues that there is an intimate link between the degradation of women and the degradation of nature in contemporary society.

The nature of nature: the metabolic disorder of climate change

Shiva, Vandana

ISBN: 9788197366307, 8197366306

Sundarbans Mangal, organised by Calcutta Wild life Society, and National Fellow, ICAR; ed. by D.N. Guha Bakshi et al

ISBN: 9788185421551, 8185421552

Papers presented at the William Roxburgh Memorial Seminar on Sundarbans Mangal, held on 8-9 November, 1996, at Calcutta.

Sustainability in mountain tourism: perspectives for the Himalayan countries

East, Patricia et al (ed.)

ISBN: 9788173031328, 8173031320

The drawbacks and chances that tourism offers are discussed within the context of a holisitc development concept, addressing such issues as the struggle against poverty, the reduction of ecological risks, visitor management, the disadvantaging of women and the modernisation of life in remote areas.

Sustainable development: global perspectives

Trivedi, PR et al (ed.)

ISBN: 9788171692682, 8171692680

Sustainable media: critical approaches to media and environment, ed. by Nicole Starosielski et al

ISBN: 9781138014060, 1138014060

Tripathagamini Ganga

Chandramouli, K. et al.

ISBN: 9789350760918, 9350760916

This book tells all we need to know about the river Ganga: The mythology and the geography and history.

The just transition: navigating change for a sustainable future

Mozika, Jyoti J. et al.

ISBN: 9789392038914, 9392038917

This book is a comprehensive anthology presenting diverse research papers offering insights and innovative solutions for a just and sustainable world.

Indigenous knowledge system: traditions and transformations,

ISBN: 9789390692316, 9390692318

In the edited volume, fifteen chapters on the indigenous knowledge about agriculture, sacred groves and natural resources; second part deals with transformation of traditional life ways; last part of this book covers ideological issues of and related to tribal people of Chotonagpur plateau.

Biological apocalypse: species extinction in the anthropocene,

ISBN: 9789356878655, 935687865X

This book highlights our planet's ingress to the Sixth Mass Extinction--a period conceptualized as the Anthropocene.

Unruly hills: nature and nation in India's northeast

Karlsson, Bengt G.

ISBN: 9788187358596, 8187358599

This book examines the intersection of environmental and ethnic politics in the Indian state of Meghalaya. Based on extensive fieldwork, the author traces the entanglements of forest management, mining and territorial conflicts with local demands for indigenous sovereignty and rebellious aspirations for ethnic homelands.

A history of Sriniketan: Rabindranath Tagore's pioneering work in rural reconstruction

Gupta, Uma Das

ISBN: 9789391125448, 9391125441

The idea of doing something to redeem the neglected village came to Rabindranath Tagore when he first went to live in his family's agricultural estates in East Bengal during the 1890s. As manager of those estates, he got his first exposure to the countryside and its stark miseries. The experience played a seminal role in turning him into a man of action.

Hindu religion and ecology

Palit, Projit Kumar et al

ISBN: 9789391685096, 9391685099

The concept of ecology and its role play an integral part in the development of culture and civilization of human beings. The Vedas and other Brahminical literatures universally acknowledged everything of nature which is embodied under the sun. The Vedas and other literatures deal with knowledge and the knowledge covers both ecological and philosophical aspects of nature.

Vedic philosophy for Himalayan eco-system development, foreword by Karan Singh

Dewan, Madan Lal (1922- ) et al

ISBN: 9788170224778, 8170224772

Contents: (i) Traditional values and ecology (ii) Ecological spirituality and reverential development (iii) ;The life support system (iv) Ecological impact asssessment of religio-touristic activities in Gangotri Himalaya (v) Ecology of river Yamuna ;and its impact on rural life in garhwal Himalaya (vi) Eco-system development in Himalayan foot-hills (vii) Averting the environmental disaster in t...