R N Pati
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This volume covers a wide range of research based topics on traditional forestry knowledge and practices relating to sustainable use of biodiversity resources among local and indigenous communities throughout the state of Chhattisgarh. The research articles have been contributed by eminent scientists, policy makers and forest executives of Chhattisgarh. The articles have been categorised into five broad thematic sections. These sections are intellectual property ...
This volume comprises of research articles presented at first Global Summit of Sustainable Development and Biodiversity, Gloss-2008 during February 7-9, 2009. This volume critically examines various complex issues relating to erosion of habitats medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) around the globe. Poor people in hill and mountain regions of South Asia and Africa not only resort to participatory conservation of medicinal plant biodiversity but also draw more ...
The present book deals with various issues concerning reproductive health and child survival. The concept of reproductive health refers to a condition in which the reproductive process is accomplished in a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease. The issues of reproductive health are very complex and numerous. Reproductive tract infection as a silent epidemic takes life of at least one million people each ...
This book contains research articles of various eminent anthropologists and social scientists of India on development prospects and issues of tribal and indigenous people. Some of the main issues addressed in this book are unequal access to and inadequate educational opportunities, persistent and increasing burden of poverty, inequalities in access to health. The convention of the International Labour Organisation on indigenous and tribal peoples in independent ...
The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development emphasizes on dissemination of information and services to adolescents which would protect them from unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. The special needs of adolescents in the area of reproductive health have been well recognized. Motherhood at adolescence age exposes millions of girls to the risks of maternal death, reproductive health hazards and various nutritional ...
The concept of reproductive health implies that couples have choice and ability to reproduce, to control their fertility and to practice and enjoy sexual relationship. Reproductive health is not only to be conceived as a state of reproductive process free from disease and disorder. Safe motherhood and family planning are two vital components of reproductive health. Reproductive Tract Infections (RTIs), Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Sexually Transmitted ...
Sustainable Development is a major thrust area adopted for all development interventions initiated by different National Governments of the world as a follow up initiatives to resolutiosn of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The First Global Knowledge Conference at Toronto (1997) encouraged world leaders, policy makers, scientists and civil society representatives of developing countries to focus more on community based knowledge systems and development ...