Download or read book A Treatise on Wildlife Conservation in India written by Chhanda Das and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Road to Nowhere written by H. S. Pabla and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-09-12 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about a question that bothers no one in India: Why preserve wild animals despite the danger they pose to human life and property? While the whole world is conserving wildlife as a natural resource to support national economies, India preserves dangerous animals just for the heck of it. While the world feeds millions and makes billions from wildlife, an impoverished India says we want none of it. As a result, both, the animals and people, are just struggling to survive. HS Pabla, of the Indian Forest Service, spent 35 years trying to preserve India's wildlife, wondering: why? When he found an answer, that wildlife can be the backbone of the rural economy, rather than just being a menace, he found himself pitted against his own Government and peers. Here he bares his heart about how the Indian conservation paradigm is, surprisingly, neither rooted in its cultural and religious traditions, nor has any vision for the future. India will be poorer if she is able to save wild animals which have no use either for the tourist or for the hunter, he argues. Millions of acres of wilderness have been saved worldwide because the public wants to see or hunt wild animals on those lands. Wildlife tourism works both for people and for animals. This book, the first in a trilogy, shows how and where.
Download or read book Laws At War written by Harbhajan Singh Pabla and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book goes where none has gone before: the dark, convoluted, alleys inside the conservation laws of India.We have seen compilations of laws and rules, with discussions on judgments and case laws. But no one has dissected our conservation laws with the purpose of identifying the features which militate against conservation itself. Now we know that the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, our principal conservation tool, is riddled with internal contradictions and inconsistencies. Also, that we often violate some of its provisions when we comply with others. The government imperiously uses one law to do things which other laws prohibit. And, we have made new laws to undermine existing ones.The book illustrates how the country has committed ecological harakiri by bringing in the Forest Rights Act 2006.The author also shows how these bickering laws can still be fitted seamlessly together by smoothening their rough edges. He even argues in favour of a single integrated conservation law.Dr. H.S. Pabla, formerly of the Indian Forest Service, has spent 43 years conserving wildlife, 35 of them at the frontline. If he says the conservation laws need to change, probably they do.
Download or read book WILDLIFE BIOLOGY AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE written by GOUTAM KUMAR SAHA and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: his book attempts to cover the whole gamut of wildlife in India portraying its different dimensions and conservation. Comprising thirteen chapters, the book is enriched with principles, theories, methods and tools of wildlife study, latest findings in Indian perspective including supportive data, and photographs of wildlife species in their natural habitat inclusive of colour plates. The chapters on ‘Wildlife tools and techniques’, ‘Special wildlife management programmes’ and ‘Wildlife legislations and initiatives’ will certainly attract special attention of the readers. The students who wish to pursue career in wildlife biology will be benefited with the book as it provides comprehensive understanding of the common field methods in wildlife research. The present text is a pioneer effort of the authors to fulfill the course requirement of undergraduate and postgraduate students of wildlife biology and zoology. The book will be equally valuable for the wildlife conservationists, academicians and those who are actively engaged in wildlife research.
Download or read book A Life with Wildlife written by M.K. Ranjitsinh and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-05-10 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr M.K. Ranjitsinh has had an unparalleled role in India's wildlife conservation history. He was the prime architect of the Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972 and of the Central government schemes to assist national parks and sanctuaries. His passion for saving endangered species continues after his retirement, whether in planning the relocation of the Asiatic lion from Gir forest, the reintroduction of the cheetah into the grasslands of central India, or in saving from extinction the Kashmir stag, the Manipur brow-antlered deer and the Great Indian bustard.A Life with Wildlife traces the course of wildlife from the princely and British era to the present and shows how wildlife conservation efforts in India have always emanated from the upper echelons of power. The book reveals the challenges of conservation in a democracy like India, and how to counteract them. There is also a candid, never-revealed-before account of the Bhopal gas tragedy from someone who played a pivotal role in its aftermath. This delightful first-hand narrative is in its essence the history of nature conservation in India, by a person who was part of it and contributed to it, during its most tumultuous period.
Download or read book India s Wildlife History written by Mahesh Rangarajan and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Focuses On Key Landmarks In The History Of Indian Wildlife - Both Its Conservation And Decline. Chapters On The Ancient And Medieval Periods Sketch Out India`S Early Wildlife History. Nature`S Retreat Against Human Onslaught Over The Past Two Centuries, And Effrots To Reverse That Trend, Are Addressed In Detail. The Past Can Seve As A Guide To Options For The Present. It Can Reveal Strategies For A Future In Which Wildlife And People Coexist. This Book Ends By Looking Ahead And Identifies Workable Ways To Conserve India`S Vanishing Wildlife.
Download or read book Wild Animals Of India written by Surendra nath Padhi and published by Anchor Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on “Wild Animals Of India” has been written with a motive to provide information at a glance to the readers interested in wildlife. The animals chosen for the study were of greater interest because they have been declared endangered, critically endangered, vulnerable or priority species in the IUCN Red data book and most of the species are included as course material at undergraduate and post graduate levels in Indian Universities. Hence, this is an endeavour to create awareness among the student community on Wild Life Biology. Efforts have been made to acquaint the readers with geographical distribution, habit, habitat, reproductive behavior and conservation measures of the animals.
Download or read book Indian Wildlife written by Budh Dev Sharma and published by Anmol Publications PVT. LTD.. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 part of the food chain of all living creatures. Further, the people's involvement is crucial to protection and conservation of our wildlife population. The present volume is a compilation of critical contributions highlighting the nature and extent of the threats to our wildlife and the conservation and management practices that are appropriate to contain such threats. This volume is a source material for wildlife conservationists and also useful for lay persons interested in wildlife preservation.
Download or read book The Vanishing written by Prerna Singh Bindra and published by Penguin Random House India. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a populous country like India 'afford' to protect wildlife? Is there space for wildlife in a land-scarce, densely populated country, and can wild animals and people coexist, or is the relationship inevitably confrontational? Is conservation and protecting the flora and fauna a hindrance to the growth agenda? Is development inimical to ecological security? The Vanishing explores such burning issues that confront wildlife conservation today.
Download or read book Concepts In Wildlife Management 3Rd Revised And Enlarged Edn written by Hosetti and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India is the seventh largest country and Asia s second most populous country with an area of 3, 387, 263 km-2. It Possesses diverse climatic regions and habitats. Though India became independent six decades ago, still we are unable to document and manage our wildlife resources. Presently most of the literature on wildlife is avilable in the form of few books and monogaphs which are mainly related to European and African wild life. Good number of workers are involved in the study of wildlife of India, and these persons work for their specific research projects, and it is degree oriented, many time they do not visit field or they rely on secondary data or only depend on their project fellows information. Such studies will not give true picture about the ground reality, specially it is true about studies on Avifauna. Presently there are six Institutes in India which offer M Sc in wild life. Most of these students suffer from non avilability of books and relevant information. Now a days study on wild life has been tagged with eco-toruism concept, which become an attractive tool to invite tourists and hence to earn income. An attempt is made in this book to provide all the important information on wildlife. In addition to those the chapters of II edition, the III edition has been revised and four new chapters are incorporated. This book is a rare source of wide information on wild resources. This title embodies 25 chapters on various aspects of wild life of India. Chapter first, begins with the knowledge on Wildlife Conservation and management. It was followed by Endangered flora and fauna; Extinction of organisms; Special conservation schemas for critically endangered species; Management of range lands; Wildlife reserves; Zoos and parks; Wetland birds; Asian water fowls census; Ramsar wetlands; Birds migration; Biodiversity; Theories of biodiversity; Zoo geography; Wildlife diseases; Remote sensing and wildlife; Wildlife crimes; protection act 1972; Protection schedules; Wildlife crimes; Indian NGO s; National and State plant, animal and flower; and this book closes by an important topic on Environmental impect assessments and waste auditing. This edition is prepared to cater the needs of all the graduates and post graduates courses of Indian universities, Forest officials, NGO s and wildlife lovers as well. if this book is able to create interest and awareness to some extent among common public about wild resources, then I fell my efforts have started gaining dividends. Contents Chapter 1: Wildlife Conservation and Management, General importance; Causes for endangering the species; Important zones in India ; Protected species of India; Management package; Chapter 2: Status of Wildlife Management in India, Introduction; Biological diversity; The current status of India s wildlife; Floral wealth; Endemic Plant species; History of wildlife management; India s protected area network; Chapter 3: Endangered Flora and Fauna of India, Introduction; General background to the problem of threat to plant species; Wildlife zones for flora; Himalaya and Eastern India; Rajasthan and Gujarat; Gangetic plan; Peninsular India; Andaman and Nicobar; Lacunae in our understanding about endangered Plants; Protection strategies; Endangered fauna of India; Save endangered species; The Indian scene; Mammals; Birds; Reptiles; Amphibians; Chapter 4: Extinction of Organisms, Introduction; Trends of extinction; Endangered species; Species characteristics and extinction; Chapter 5: Special Conservation Schemes, Introduction; Project tiger; Status of tigar in the world; Achievement of the Project tiger; Threat to the tiger; Global tiger forum (GTF); Gir lion sanctuary project; Crocodile breeding project; Project hangul; Himalayan Musk Deer-ecolog and conservation project; Shangi or Manipur brow-antlered deer project or Manipur deer Project; Project elephant; Summary; Chapter 6: Management of Rangelands, Forests and Wildlife Corridors, Types of rangelands; Plant biomass, Productivity and food web; Characteristics of rangelands; Types of grazing animals; rangeland conditions; Forests; Forest types; Depletion of forests; Management of forests; Wildlife corridors; Chapter 7: Wildlife Reserves and National Parks, Introduction; Protected area management categories; National parks; Wildlife sanctuaries; Biosphere reserves; Chapter 8: Protection of Orchids and Butterflies, Orchids; Historical aspects; Present status; Protection measures; Butterflies; Insect culturing; Butterfly species of India; Protection measures; Chapter 9: Role of zoos, Parks and Sanctuaries for Conservation of Wildlife, Introduction; Indian scenario; Common wild animals in Indian zoo; National parks and wildlife sanctuaries; Legislations and recommendation of the global committee for conservation; Feed and feeding of some wild mammals; Breeding of wild mammals; Management of wild mammals; Healthcare of wild mammals; Chapter 10: Management of Wetland Birds, Introduction; Types of wetlands; Waterfowls; Population and distribution; Habitat use; Food and feeding; Breeding population; Management; Principles; Major groups of wetland birds; Specific requirements; Identification characters; Chapter 11: Asian Waterfowl Census, Introduction; Asia-pacific migratory waterbird conservation strategy 1996-2000; AWC report on India; Criteria for identifying wetlands of international importance; Guidelines for application of the criteria; Chapter 12: Ramsar Wetlands, Introduction; Distribution; Problems faced by lentic system; Wetland conservation; Criteria for the selection of unique wetlans; Indian wetlands; Case study I: Chilka lake system; Case study II; Kolleru lake; Case study III: Loktak lake Manipur; Case study IV: Navile tank, Shimoga; Chapter 13: The Mysteries of Migration, Migration basics? Types of migration; Velocity and altitude; Duration and distance; Accuracy and regularity; Bird navigation; Threat to migrating birds; Methods of studying bird migration; Advantages of migration; Origin of migration; Chapter 14: Biodiversity Conservation and Management, Preamble; Loss of biodiversity; Conservation of biodiversity; Ancient methods of conservation; Current methods of conservation; Biotechnology and biodiversity; Legal aspects of biodiversity Conservation; Wildlife protection act, 1972; Biodiversity Conservation and agenda 21; International biodiversity convention; Chapter 15: General Theories of Biodiversity, Explanation to species richness gradients; Co-existence of species or Santa rosalina concept; The diversity-stability hypothesis; Chapter 16: Animal Distribution or Zoogeography,Introduction; Similarities and differences : Theory of evolutiion; Continental drift; Tectonic plates on move; Earliest animals; Age of dinosaurs last million year; Geological distribution; Barrier to dispersal; Natural rafts and drift wood, Oceanic divisions; Terrestrial fauna; Bathymetric distribution; References; Chapter 17: Wildlife Pathology, Introduction; General classification of diseases; Environmental factors; Detection and diagnosis; Major animal diseases; Salmonellosis and Shigellosis; Tuberculosis; Anthrax; Leptospirosis; References; Chapter 18: Remote Sensing in Wildlife Studies, Introduction; Applications; Limitations; Remote sensing process; Data analysis; Image classification; Synthetic aperture rader; Satellite orbits application of satellite image and GIS to wild lige habitat; Case studies; References; Chapter 19: The Biological Diversity Act 2002, Preamble; Chapter 1 Definitions; Chapter 2 Regulation to access to biological diversity; Chapter 3 National biodiversity authority (N B A); Chapter 4 Fuctions and powers; Chapter 5 Approval by NBA; Chapter 6 State biodiversity board; Chapter 7 and 8 Finance alleys; Chapter 9 Duties of central government; Chapter 10 Management committees; Chapter 11 Local biodiversity; Chapter 12 Miscellaneous; Chapter 20: The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, Chapter III A-Protection of specified plants; Chapter IV-Sanctuaries, National parks and closed areas; Chapter 21: The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 Schedules, Schedule-Part-Mammals; PartII-Amphibians and reptiles; Part II A-Fishes; Part III-Birds; Part IV-Crustaceans and Insects; Part IV A-Coelenterates; Part IV B-Mollusca; Part IV C-Echinodermata; Schedul II; Schedules III; Schedule IV; Schedule V; Schedule VI; Chapter 22: Wildlife Crimes, Introduction; Wildlife crime; Prevention of wildlife crimes; How large is wildlife crimes?; Agencies to stop wildlife crimes; Laws and regulations of wildlife crimes; What is CITES; Export consignment check; Methods of smugglif; Methods of poaching; Collection of evidences; Conducting a criminal investigation; Investigating the time of death; Identification of teeth and claws; Identification of wounds; Post-mortem; How to go to Court; Chapter 23: WWF-India and BNHS/IBCN, Introduction to WWF-India; The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS); Hornbill House; The Society s logo; Short-term project and field studies; Conservation education centre; Indian bird Conservation network (IBCN); Chapter 24: National and State Plants and Animals of India; Chapter 25: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Waste Auditing; General aspects; Aim of EIA; Contents of EIA in India; Screening and IEE; EIA report; Assessment of methodologies; Industries and environmental guidelines; Ecologically sensitive areas; Environmental Master Plan; A case study of human impact on Himalayan ecosystem; Importance; Concept; Components; Objectives; Environmental auditing in India; Form V.
Download or read book Rewilding written by Bahar Dutt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a time of serious environmental catastrophes. Every year we lose thousands of species, even as others slip deeper into danger. The extinction crisis is well known; what is not are stories of people trying to turn the tide. In Rewilding, environmental journalist Bahar Dutt documents stories of hope for India's natural world. She meets people who are trying to conserve species not just by replenishing their dwindling numbers, but also by restoring their habitats in the wild. This means going to great lengths, from airlifting corals from coast to coast, to going undercover as a spy to check the availability of toxic drugs that wiped out a bird. In the process, Bahar learns that though it may not offer easy answers, rewilding can offer great rewards. And that news about the environment doesn't always have to be bad.
Download or read book Textbook of Wildlife Management written by S. K. Singh and published by Oxford and Ibh Publishers. This book was released on 2020-07-22 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wildlife management in Indian universities is being taught as a core subject of forestry science and even independently. Teaching and attention on the subject is progressing day-by-day. It is very essential to understand the role played by the wild animals, which unfortunately has come to an alarming stage. Wild animals are a part and parcel of the ecosystem as a natural renewable resource, maintaining foodchains, keeping ecobalance and providing hygienic conditions for the existence of all organisms including humans. Making the general mass of the country concious of this fact is an essential time demand so that wild animals may be conserved and propagated scientifically and judiciously throughout the country up to the optimum-level as well as getting revenue by them. This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of wildlife and its management. This is the thoroughly revised, updated and enlarged edition of the book which covers almost all parts of course-curricula for the both undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Indian universities in the field of wildlife management. The text has been written in a simple and lucid language so that the reader can grasp the matter easily and succinctly.
Download or read book People Parks and Wildlife written by Vasant K. Saberwal and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideology of conservation in India today faces a crisis. Nature lovers, photographers, tourists continue to flock to the National Parks, hoping to see tigers in Ranthambor, lions in the Gir forests, and rare birds in Bharatpur. But smugglers and poachers, supported by politicians and business interests, sheltered by local communities, raid the protected forests for valuable exports. This tract traces the roots of such problems to the very ideology of conservation in India, and discusses its historical and conceptual basis.
Download or read book Wildlife of India written by K. C. Agrawal and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Endangered Animals of India and Their Conservation written by S. M. Nair and published by . This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public awareness about rich wildlife heritage of our country, the factors affecting the survival of the species and an understanding of how we can contribute to their well being are the keys to successful conservation. The edition provides basic in formation on the rare and endangered animals of India and their conservation.
Download or read book Conservation and Development in India written by Shonil Bhagwat and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite decades of efforts to integrate conservation and development, India is torn between two very different worldviews of peoples’ place in the country’s natural environment. This book takes a critical look at nature conservation and poverty alleviation in India. It opens up discussion of the conservation–development nexus in a country that stands at a major crossroads, where forces of neoliberalism, globalisation and urbanisation are driving the future of India’s environment. As the book shows, conservation in India is increasingly concerned with creating ‘theme parks’ – inviolate, albeit isolated, spaces for wild nature, whereas development is concerned with fast-tracking the construction of built infrastructure while also rolling out nationwide welfare programmes – promising food, clothing and shelter for the poorest of the poor living in rural India. Conservation and development therefore have very different motivations and attempts to find a common ground have been fraught with challenges. This has been particularly so on the fringes of wildlife parks, where the rural poor come in frequent contact with wild animals to the detriment of both people and wildlife. Chapters are written by leading scholars on India to provide a vision of the future of Indian nature conservation. Whilst focused on India, the book will also be of interest to scholars and researchers of conservation and development more globally. As a ‘rising power’, the world’s eyes are set on India’s development trajectory and there is unprecedented interest in the course of development that the world’s largest democracy takes in the decades to come.
