With development of civilisation and advances in science and technology, man is unwittingly endangering the surroundings and tilting the ecological balance. But man must learn to survive with the sustainable world in a better environment. To do this, man must become aware of the problems of the sustainable development and fight environmental pollution. This book on Sustainable Development & Environment, consisting of papers by eminent scientists from all over the country, working in the areas of various aspects of Environmental Sciences, aims to make people become updated with the different problems of the sustainable world. With this objective in mind, chapters have been divided into the main branches of Environment Science studies reproduction, aquatic ecosystem, land & forest, industry & mining, pollutants, stress and social pollutants. Extensive discussion along with suitable references at the end of all chapters have been made. Consisting of around 50 papers and many illustrations, this book will be of use to all institutes, organisations and societies working in the field of Environmental Pollution. The book will serve as a reference to all students and researchers undertaking graduate and post graduate degrees in Environmental sciences. This book is the first of its kind that challenges all possible environmental problems caused by Sustainable Development.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amit Krishna De
Dr. Amit Krishna De received his Ph.D degree from Calcutta University. His area of specialisation is Biochemical Pharmacology and Nutritional Toxicology. He has done extensive work on Indian spices for last 15 years, particularly on biochemical and pharmacological actions of chilli. He has won several awards for his work on chilli which includes Kamal Satbir Young Scientist Award from Indian Council of Medical Research, S.R. Dasgupta Award from Indian Pharmacological Society, S.S. Rastogi Award and R.B. Singh Felicitation Award from International College of Nutrition, Indu Vasudevan Award from Indian Association of Biomedical Chemists, etc. He has also recently received the G.C. Bhattacharyya Award for Popularisation of Science from Science Association of Bengal. Dr. De is involved in teaching as Hony lecturer in several Undergraduate Colleges and University. He is at present Assistant Executive Secretary of Indian Science Congress Association at Kolkata. He is also Fellow of National Environmental Science Academy, Academy of Environmental Biology, International College of Nutrition and Indian Association of Biological Scientists. Dr. De has several research publications in Journals of International repute and is author of several books. He has also delivered lectures on different aspects of "Spices" in different Institutions/Organisations/Universities all over the world.
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