Suresh Kumar
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This edited book from excerpts of different themes lays emphasis on various watershed management issues to solve problems in natural resources management through watershed approach. The issues include watershed development research in the country, decision support system for watershed development planning, participatory watershed development, socio-economic issues, monitoring and evaluation of watershed development projects and new challenges for the coming ...
West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region is socially vibrant, economically promising and geo-politically volatile. From the 1973 oil crisis to the Arab Spring and from the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) to the Islamic States of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) crisis, the region has seen it all. India's engagement with the region has been historically evolving. India shares strong cultural ties with the countries of the region. The trade and diplomatic relations ...
Rescue, recovery and rehabilitation of threatened plants and other vulnerable plant genetic resources is essential to halt unprecedented loss of biodiversity in the recent past, more so in stressed biomes like deserts. Vulnerability of these newly discovered “Micro hotspots of diversity” i.e. deserts has, of late increased due to enhanced anthropogenic activities like mining, irrigation, gas and oil prospecting besides traditional threats of grazing, ...
This book-a rich mine of our current knowledge on the subject, brings together for the first time in a single listing, a first-hand up-to-date ethnobotanical information on 305 species (edible-77 spp; fodder-32 spp; material culture-60 spp; medicinal-96 spp; ornamental-232 spp; sacred-114 spp) belonging to 223 genera under 95 families of temple-courtyard plants of Himachal Himalaya. Over 522 photographs, 21 figures, 53 tables and 3 useful appendices enhance the ...
This treatise comprehends valuable information on 570 ethnic uses of 204 plant spp belonging to 165 genera under 69 families (medicinal-153 spp representing 29% of the plants used ethnobotanically, edible-81 spp, sacred – 48 spp, fodder-47 spp, fuel-24 spp, veterinary ailments-20 spp, ornamentals-17 spp, scouring teeth-16 spp, agricultural implements-12 spp, fencing-9 spp, furniture-8 spp, bites-7 spp, dye-6 spp, fiber-5 spp, insect repellent-3 spp, ...
The valuable information on herbal contraceptives widely scattered and unorganized, necessitated the compilation of the present manual-comprehending information on 377 promising plant species belonging to 295 genera under 116 families of which 1 sp (1 genus) belongs to fungi; 8 spp (6 genera) to pteridophytes; 5 spp (4 genera) to gymnosperms and the remaining 363 spp (284 genera) to angiosperms having 315 spp as dictoyledons and 48 as monocotyledons. Besides, it ...
This monograph, the most comprehensive publication in the field so far, affords scientists, researchers, students and laymen alike valuable information from disparate sources to form a highly structured work of reference to the world at large. The main text deals with 988 plant species belonging to 649 genera under 164 families of which 796 are used for cuts and wounds, 208 for bone fracture and 97 for sores. Apart from systematic enumeration of plants in the ...
Present volume is an endeavour towards bringing together widely scattered and diffused information on ethnic Indian flavouring and fragrant plants from disparate sources to form a highly structured work of reference to the world at large. As many as 625 species of plants belonging to 331 genera under 121 families have been enlisted alphabetically by genera and species, of which 3 species (3 genera) belong to Algae, 23 species (11 genera) to Lichens, 3 species (2 ...
Common property resources (CPRs) not merely comprise a substantial proportion of natural resource endowment, but the survival of over-whelming majority of people, particularly most vulnerable sections of rural poor, is also very intimately tied with them in most developing, countries including India. Ironically, notwithstanding, their importance for the survival of local communities and for sustainability of environment, CPRs are being very rapidly depleted, ...
The present book Manual of Practical Bryophyta has been written according to syllabi of most of the Indian University. Manual of Practical Bryophyta purpose is to provide the students all they required to know about the practical aspects, such as External Morphology, Anatomy of thallus, Reproductive organs, Classification and identification. This book consists of five chapters. The fist chapter includes all the basic requirements in the practical laboratory such ...
The present book "Manual of Practical Pteridophyta" has been written according to syllabi of most the Indian Universities. Botany in particular is a subject heavily depend on practical study. Manual of Practical Pteridophyta play an important role to guide and help the students in Aim of Study, Scope of Study and Requirement for a Practical Study. Manual of Practical Pteriodophyta purpose is to provide the students all they require to know about the ...