Download or read book The Mumbai Nature Guide written by Sunjoy Monga and published by . This book was released on 2002-09-30 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book : - Lined by the Konkan coast to the west and the Sahyadri Hills to the east, the Mumbai region is blessed with diverse habitats. Scores of scenic destinations, from sunny beaches and mangrove creeks to lakes, forests and hills, lie within a 150 km radius of the city. Nearly 1500 species of flowering plants, over 350 of birds, as well as various mammals and reptiles, are found here. Mumbai city itself boasts of a rich flora and fauna, restricted to its green belts and parks. The Mumbai Nature Guide surveys a selection of natural sites in and around the city. Organized into five distinct habitat sections, each site is explored through a series of picturesque journeys that include road travel, trek, forest trail and boat ride. Sights such as a cluster of flowering Red Silk Cotton trees, a lake teeming with winter waterfowl, a congregation of migratory flamingos, or a chance sighting of the elusive leopard punctuate every route. About the Author : - Sunjoy Monga is a naturalist, writer, wildlife cinematographer and photographer with a deep commitment to the environment and natural history issues. Second-prize winner in the 1991 BBC British Gas International Photographer of the Year competition, he was a cameraman and consultant for Channel Four's documentary series In Search of Wild India, as well as the Indian consultant for Sir David Attenborough's BBC natural history project The Trials of Life. He is also the author of Wildlife Reserves of India (IBH) and City Forest: Mumbai's National Park (IBH).
Download or read book Birds of Mumbai written by Sunjoy Monga and published by . This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mumbai and its surrounding hills, forests, lakes an8185026602
Download or read book The Nature Book written by Marianne Taylor and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nature Book is your one-stop guide to reconnecting and appreciating nature once more.
Download or read book Birds written by Abdul Jamil Urf and published by Universities Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeks To Acquiant Bird Watchers, Nature Lovers And Students Both From A Zoology And Non-Zoology Background With Ecology, Conservation Issues, Bird Study Principles And Methods Of Observing And Recording. Has 8 Chapters, A Glossary And Appendices. A Number Of Colour Illustrations And Line Drawings.
Download or read book Biodiversity of Wetlands and Forests A Nature Trail written by Hiren B. Soni, Ph.D. and published by Google Play Books. This book was released on with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book “Biodiversity of Wetlands and Forests: A Nature Trail” focuses on biodiversity of wetlands and forests with special emphasis on field observations of plants, reptiles, birds and mammals recorded by the author in various geographical provinces of Gujarat, India. It highlights the need of biodiversity conservation, causes and concerns, exploitation of biodiversity, habitat destruction, interaction of man and technology with biodiversity, policy framework for biodiversity conservation, and wilderness and forests. Moreover, it summarizes a review on birds with special emphasis on geographical and ecological distribution of avifauna of north-western India, birds in ancient times with myths and motifs, an integral association of trees and birds, birds migration, magnetic orientation of birds, and mythological beliefs about birds. The present book covers exhaustive information on wetlands for tourism, important wetlands of national importance, wise use, characteristics and prime importance of wetlands as enduring habitats, and threats to viable wetlands. It emphasizes significant wetlands as abode for avifauna, wetlands as bird habitats, significant factors for survival of wetland birds, importance of wetlands for birds’ population, influence of wetlands on waterfowl population, wetland loss and decline of bird diversity, threats to avian habitats, and conservation and management strategies for potential avian ecosystems and legal policy framework for sustainability of waterbirds. The book is written in articulate manner citing notable sightings of some unique floral and faunal elements in the forested pockets. It encompasses archetypal records of plants, animals and birds along with their distinctive occurrence, feeding patterns, conservation, and management of threatened biodiversity, and many more. It describes some remarkable, noteworthy and astonishing sightings of species inhabiting in potential niches, habitats and ecosystems of Western India. Here, the author has shared his incidental as well as subsisting experiences in amazing habitats amidst the nature trails of forested patches and thickets. This book will undoubtedly enrich and enhance the knowledge and awareness of naturalists in the field. This book is a blend of two previously published books by the same author (Hiren B. Soni, Ph.D.) viz. ‘Biodiversity, Birds and Wetlands’, and ‘Biodiversity and Birds: A Field Journey’. This book is published to be handy and helpful to every reader and amateur of the world. Author believes that it would surely be a ready-reference for every researcher as well as nature lover in each and every corner of the world.
Download or read book Structural Geology and Tectonics Field Guidebook Volume 2 written by Soumyajit Mukherjee and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-09 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the second volume of an edited work aiming to help novice geologists to explore terrains independently. Geoscience fieldwork with focus on structural geology and tectonics has become more important in the last few years from both academic and industrial perspectives. This book also works as a resource material for batches of students or geological survey professionals undergoing training as parts of their course curriculum/training. Industry persons, on the other hand, can get a first-hand idea about what to expect in the field, in case no academic persons are available with the team. This book focuses on structural geology and tectonics and compiles terrains from several regions of the globe. This book also includes field guide chapters for primary sedimentary structures.
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Download or read book Structural Geology and Tectonics Field Guidebook Volume 1 written by Soumyajit Mukherjee and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book helps a novice to explore the terrain independently. Geoscience fieldwork with a focus on structural geology and tectonics has become more important in the last few years from both academic and industrial perspectives. This book also works as a resource material for batches of students or geological survey professional undergoing training as parts of their course curriculum. Industry persons, on the other hand, can get a first-hand idea about what to expect in the field, in case no academic person is available with the team. This book focused on structural geology and tectonics compiles for the very first time terrains from several regions of the globe.
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Download or read book SRI RAMA S REVERIES IN NATURE written by Swami Tejomayananda and published by Central Chinmaya Mission Trust. This book was released on with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Sri Rama's Reveries in Nature' is the musings of Lord Sri Rama as He spends the monsoon and autumn seasons with His brother Lakshmana in the forest. His words are full of practical lessons and divine thoughts that nature provides about human behaviour, life and God. Swami Tejomayananda's commentary is the added glow to the natural beauty of Tulasidasaji's words in Kishkindha Kanda of Tulasi Ramayana.
Download or read book Shantaram written by Gregory David Roberts and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2004-10-13 with total page 945 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on his own extraordinary life, Gregory David Roberts’ Shantaram is a mesmerizing novel about a man on the run who becomes entangled within the underworld of contemporary Bombay—the basis for the Apple + TV series starring Charlie Hunnam. “It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured.” An escaped convict with a false passport, Lin flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of Bombay, where he can disappear. Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter the city’s hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere. As a hunted man without a home, family, or identity, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city’s poorest slums, and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. The keys to unlock the mysteries and intrigues that bind Lin are held by two people. The first is Khader Khan: mafia godfather, criminal-philosopher-saint, and mentor to Lin in the underworld of the Golden City. The second is Karla: elusive, dangerous, and beautiful, whose passions are driven by secrets that torment her and yet give her a terrible power. Burning slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison agonies, criminal wars and Bollywood films, spiritual gurus and mujaheddin guerrillas—this huge novel has the world of human experience in its reach, and a passionate love for India at its heart.
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Download or read book Nature Religion in America written by Catherine L. Albanese and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1991-09-24 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charts the multiple histories of American nature religion and explores the moral and spiritual responses the encounter with nature has provoked throughout American history. Traces the connections between movements and individuals. Includes figures from popular culture such as the Hutchinson Family Singers and Davy Crockett as well as Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and John Muir.
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Download or read book Bombay Gothic written by Christopher W. London and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book : - The Gothic Revival architectural style, innovatively adapted to local conditions, was introduced to 19th-century Bombay by Governor HBE Frere. Famous architects, theorists and prominent Indians of the era assisted him in the realization of his vision for Bombay as the country's first city. Tracing the evolution of its distinctive architectural style, Christopher London reveals the fascinating history of a developing metropolis. Lavishly illustrated, Bombay Gothic is a comprehensive study of Victorian architecture in Bombay. About the Author : - Christopher W London is an art and architectural historian, specializing in British architecture in India.
Download or read book Birds of Pakistan written by Richard Grimmett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide is a successor to the much acclaimed Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by two of the same authors. Covering Pakistan, the superb plates are accompanied by a succinct text highlighting identification, voice, habitat, altitudinal range, distribution and status. The text is on facing pages to the plates, for easy reference and there are distribution maps for every species. Like previous guides covering Nepal, Bhutan, Northern India and Southern India, this guide is a perfect size for use in the field and will be an essential companion when visiting this region.
Download or read book Loving and Studying Nature written by Malcolm Skilbeck and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-05 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume investigates crucial ways in which nature has been apprehended, understood and valued in different cultures and over time. It is grounded in current global concerns about growing threats to the natural environment. Through a critical appraisal of specific examples, it ranges widely over historical and contemporary attitudes and behaviours. It presents a wide ranging analysis of selected ideas and attitudes in the evolution mainly of western civilisation, from the time of the cave artists to the present day. It argues for preservation and conservation of the natural resources and beauty of the earth in the face of religious supernatural arguments and the rise of consumer capitalism and consumerism.
