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Global biodiversity was one of the key issues of debate at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, which led to the formation of two distinct blocks of "biological powers"--the north nations rich in "biotechnology", and the south nations rich in "biodiversity". The book covers a wide range of issues on biodiversity--the strategies of conservation; the causes and consequences of erosion; the global biodiversity convention and the question of ...
The book entitled ‘Himalayan Medicinal Plants: Potential and Prospects’ is the outcome of the workshop organized by G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora. The book includes inaugural address, Keynote address and 26 papers of the experts working in different biogeographic provinces of the Himalaya and covers the following themes: Status of Himalayan medicinal plants: Inventory, folk and ethnobotany. Population ...