B.D. Sharma
28 books
The book is an edited form of many interesting contributions about the vanishing scenario of Indian Wildlife ecology, conservation and resource development. Several experts have given their contributions in this book on ecology, conservation economic and applied aspects of Indian wildlife resources and their development. Of the special interest are the contributions regarding the eco-diversity of wildlife resources, habitat conservation and management, birds of ...
The book has four chapters in the beginning followed by description on about 150 plants with coloured photographs, traditionally used by the people of the Himalayas including N-E Himalaya. The main focus of this book is on establishing scientific validation of traditional wisdom on the plants, which people living in the Himalayas had inherited since the immemorial past. But certainly much of this wisdom has been coming down of the ages. These people, through ...
The present book on Rudraksh Therapy is first of its kind, as it contains an up-to-date, comprehensive picture of the subject matter and its scientific perspectives.As an essential companion book. It is a useful reference compendium for all the Natural therapists. Holistic healers, Ayurvedic physicians. Herbal healers/ scientists and Rudraksh therapists.Professor Dr. Bodh Das Sharma is a world renowned holistic healer and rudraksh therapist with D.Sc degree in ...
Agricultural production in the Himalayas had been under constraints over the centuries. Frequent spells of food shortages had, therefore, necessitated the search for alternate food sources. As a consequence, a large number of wild edible plant species known variously as lesser-known, under-utilized, ethno-botanical, ethnomedicinal plants were found to be useful. The Himalayas provide suitable habitats for the occurrence of a wide array of medicinal and wild ...
There is an integral relationship of interdependence between Man, Environment and Wildlife resources. Man without his dependence on natural assets is just an abstract and would be a most helpless dummy denizen of the planet Earth. The nature has very intelligently evolved the human species on earth to provide protection to the entire spectrum of the existing natural resources. In India the wildlife is the worst victim of over-exploitation. The magnificent Indian ...
India has always had the somewhat unenviable reputation of harbouring some of the world’s most venomous snakes. The present book aims to present an uptodate and comprehensive account of ecological and clinical study of Indian species of poisonous snakes. The contributions of the eminent researchers and experts have been compiled in the book to facilitate and give fillip to all future researchers on the subject. The salient features of the present book are: It ...
India with over 45,000 species of flora and 75,000 species of fauna distributed in its two major biogeographic realms have 10 biogeographic zones and two biodiversity hotspot regions of the world, is justifiably recognized as one of the World's 12 magacentres of biodiversity. Such a richness of varied biomes from tropical wet evergreen forests to deserts and alpine vegetation to coastal systems understandably needed the establishment of a well organized ...
The Flora of India covering the present political boundaries of India is planned to be published in 32 volumes dealing with the entire angiosperms from Ranunculaceae to Poaceae. An introductory volume to the Flora of India has been planned which will cover in general various aspects of flora and vegetation and other allied subjects. Bentham & Hooker's system of classification with delimitation and circumscription based on Cronquist's system, except for certain ...
The Flora of India covering the present political boundaries of India is planned to be published in 32 volumes dealing with the entire angiosperms from Ranunculaceae to Poaceae. An introductory volume to the Flora of India has been planned which will cover in general various aspects of flora and vegetation and other allied subjects. Bentham & Hooker's system of classification with delimitation and circumscription based on Cronquist's system, except for certain ...
Our ancient scriptures and epics are testimony to our spectacular wildlife heritage. Our ancestors worshipped nature and considered themselves as the custodian of wildlife. The status of animals in the wild, particularly large mammals, act as barometers of the health of their natural habitats. Wildlife management and conservation, therefore, should not narrowly focus on practices that are heavily slanted towards animals to the exclusion of plant life that form a ...
As a serious pest or vector of our environment the pollution in India is a fast expanding hazard. Unfortunately, the pollution of environment is a least understood ecological factor in terms of economy. Our impression is that the pollution is the inevitable price we have to pay for our progress in industrial development and modernization of the society for economic development. In the poverty-ridden country like India both industrialization and modernization are ...