Download or read book Walking the Western Ghats written by A. J. T. Johnsingh and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biodiversity Modeling and Tribal Livelihood Status in Western Ghats written by Basvarajaiah D M and published by Educreation Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many books on Ecological and Biodiversity modeling is available at global level. The present academic book can anticipate different level of preparedness and logical interventions emphasis on the formulation of real environmental data sets. Befitting soothe of the book is not initiatory, it venture various statistical and mathematical models induction for solving real world problems of ecological imbalance. Reader is presuming to know the paramount or vital role of recent analytical tools and data base management of ecology. An expeditious of the text book can trace salient objectives and practical applicability to insight what mechanisms are convenient and more significant, when they should be applied in real life. Numerous illustrations are accord to clarify the use of latest statistical techniques and to substantiate what conclusions can be made at the right time for implication of environmental policy at global level. Ongoing text book is more benevolent for post graduates, research scholars, Doctoral, Post-doctoral degree scholars and academicians etc. Nonetheless, post graduates and research Scholars will easily holdout the various analytical methods to enable for the compilation of high dimensional ecological datasets (Big data) and also to know the techniques of econometric modeling on tribal. Although, the book scantly discussed on the very few topics, each topic thrash out functional relationship between 'NICHE' and derivatives of various ecosystem. The current academic book intends to be advance, used as a textbook for post graduate students in ecology, botany, wildlife, plant and animal genetics, but it can also be used by researchers as a reference book. For advanced readers, they can opt for read any particular chapters as they desire.
Download or read book Sahyadris India s Western Ghats a Vanishing Heritage written by Sandesh Kadur and published by Atree. This book was released on 2005 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Malabar Coast of southern India, along the Arabian Sea, lies a range of mountains known as the Western Ghats, or Sahyadris. Far more ancient than the larger and better-known Himalayas to the north, the Sahyadris harbour the most intact rainforests in peninsular India. Countless species of plants and animals live here, many of which are found nowhere else on earth, and countless of which are still being discovered. Matching this incredible biological richness is the ethnic and cultural diversity of the Western Ghats. This book takes you on a visual journey through one of the last great places on earth - a place to be cherished, a wild heritage to be preserved for generations to come.
Download or read book Walking Towards Walden written by John Hanson Mitchell and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walking Towards Walden is an exploration of the sense of place, what it means, how it developed, and why it matters. Based on an eighteenth-century literary device in which a group of friends undertake a walking tour and discuss a certain subject, this wide-ranging story emerges from the author's fifteen-mile bushwhack through woods, backyards, and marshes - from a hilltop in Westford, Massachusetts, to the town of Concord, Massachusetts - trespassing all along the way. A mock epic, complete with encounters with armed mercenaries and vicious dogs, the book covers all the aspects of place - art, literature, myth, and even music.
Download or read book The King and I written by Prerna Singh Bindra and published by books catalog. This book was released on 2006 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Less than 3000 tigers remain in the wild in India, the Asiatic Lion number an abysmal 300. The fate of the Snow Leopard is unknown, while we lose a leopard a day. With an insatiable curiosity and lavish powers of observation, Prerna Singh Bindra takes us through the vast canvas of the forests of India. Her swathe cuts through the evergreen forests of India's Northeast, across the grasslands of Central India and the teak forests of the South. The swirling waters of the Sunderbans with its man-eating tigers and associated myths are brought vividly to life. She explores the areas where the legendary hunter Jim Corbett shot his man-eaters, meets the collared tigers of Panna, follows the trail of the elusive Snow Leopard and meets Baby, a leopard raised by the erstwhile royal family of Mysore.
Download or read book Western Ghats and the Bounteous Services Showered on the Planet written by D. Raveendranathan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2016-08-10 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western Ghats and the Bounteous Services Showered on the Planet has a lot of information about several topics like the formation of the Western Ghats, details of UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as Sahayadris, Nilgiris and Annamalai Hills, along with the list of highest peaks in the Western Ghats. It delineates the rivers, barrages, dams and hydroelectric projects. Western Ghats are one of the thirty four biodiversity hotspots of the world and the lifeline of eight states in India. It also explains about the medicinal plants, coffee, tea, and rubber cultivations in Western Ghats, highlights of biosphere reserves and effect on ultra violet rays. During the summer season there is an acute shortage of drinking water in all the above states. Therefore this is a book that talks about preserving the pristine Western Ghats in India and can be used as a tool for imparting various aspects of environmental issues.
Download or read book Make The Most Of Your Time On Earth 3 written by Rough Guides and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1,000 travel adventures across all seven continents, gorgeous full-bleed images throughout, and short summaries of each adventure: With more than 500,000 copies sold, Make the Most of Your Time on Earth is truly the ultimate inspirational guide for world travelers and those who dream of hitting the road. The third edition has been fully revised, with stunning, brand-new color photos throughout and a wealth of new writing and new adventures, from sleeping in a baobab tree in Senegal to breakfasting in a Burmese teahouse. Entries are divided into regions, so it's easy to go straight to the part of the world you're interested in, and all the nitty-gritty practical information you'll need to find out more is contained in the "Need to Know" sections at the end of each chapter. Make the Most of Your Time on Earth is the product of the combined travel experience of Rough Guides' authors over the last 30 years, each an expert in his or her own territory. Our authors have chosen their favorite experiences from their travels to inspire yours - making this the perfect book for planning your next big adventure, or just dreaming of future travels.
Download or read book A Pilgrimage To Western Ghats Temples In Karnataka written by Swami Atmashraddhananda and published by Sri Ramakrishna Math. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This travelogue provides a brief history of some of the centres of pilgrimage in Karnataka along with a description of their spiritual, cultural and architectural features. This book introduces the readers to India’s living spiritual tradition enshrined in these temples.
Download or read book Grand Adventures written by Alastair Humphreys and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Enthusiastic, pleasingly madcap’ Geographical Adventure – something that’s new and exhilarating, outside your comfort zone. Adventures change you and how you see the world, and all you need is an open mind, bags of enthusiasm and boundless curiosity. Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet.
Download or read book Cheetal Walk written by E. R. C. Davidar and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book about the wildlife of the Nilgiri hills area sketches the ecological changes in the region, and analyses the impact of modernization on its people and animals.
Download or read book Imaginary Maps written by Mahasweta Devi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imaginary Maps presents three stories from noted Bengali writer Mahasweta Devi in conjunction with readings of these tales by famed cultural and literary critic, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Weaving history, myth and current political realities, these stories explore troubling motifs in contemporary Indian life through the figures and narratives of indigenous tribes in India. At once delicate and violent, Devi's stories map the experiences of the "tribals" and tribal life under decolonization. In "The Hunt," "Douloti the Bountiful" and the deftly wrought allegory of tribal agony "Pterodactyl, Pirtha, and Puran Sahay," Ms. Devi links the specific fate of tribals in India to that of marginalized peoples everywhere. Gayatri Spivak's readings of these stories connect the necessary "power lines" within them, not only between local and international structures of power (patriarchy, nationalisms, late capitalism), but also to the university.
Download or read book Freshwater Biodiversity written by David Dudgeon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing human populations and higher demands for water impose increasing impacts and stresses upon freshwater biodiversity. Their combined effects have made these animals more endangered than their terrestrial and marine counterparts. Overuse and contamination of water, overexploitation and overfishing, introduction of alien species, and alteration of natural flow regimes have led to a 'great thinning' and declines in abundance of freshwater animals, a 'great shrinking' in body size with reductions in large species, and a 'great mixing' whereby the spread of introduced species has tended to homogenize previously dissimilar communities in different parts of the world. Climate change and warming temperatures will alter global water availability, and exacerbate the other threat factors. What conservation action is needed to halt or reverse these trends, and preserve freshwater biodiversity in a rapidly changing world? This book offers the tools and approaches that can be deployed to help conserve freshwater biodiversity.
Download or read book Come Walk With Me written by Jatinder Mohan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-01-11 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not long ago, when people asked me about myself, I found it really easy to explain what I did. Now after all these years when I sat down to write about me for my book, it did not seem as simple and straight forward. I took time to gather my thoughts. I have been, and believe I continue to be, an entrepreneur at heart. It’s been over a couple of decades since I stopped working for others and I believe it’s the best decision I took back then. I just feel comfortable being my own boss with all the attendant risks. I have been a sales person and will continue to be that all my life. I am selling all the time- be it paint, television, ice cream or my training workshops. I have been training and teaching, it seems like for a really long time; and I love it. I love hearing my own voice and having an audience in front of me. Then I find that all through my journey of selling, training and teaching, there is one thing I have done with consummate ease and some success, and that has been my ability to tell stories. I realize that in all my avatars, my entire success has hinged on how I am able to weave stories. So, maybe it would be right to call myself a story teller…
Download or read book The Melghat Trail written by Prakash Thosre and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gripping encounters with wildlife is the heart and soul of the book. Such thrilling situations include a dozen wild boars congregating just a few feet away from the author, a leopard crouching at hand-shaking distance under his machaan, a leopard killing a bullock very near the author’s bed, a loner gaur about to stamp on him while he was sleeping out, a visit to a tiger’s den, following a tiger on foot, a ferocious charge by a sloth bear, the ruthless whistling hunters on a kill, and so on. The frustration of not sighting the Melghat tiger for one and half years after joining as the field director, Melghat Tiger Project, followed by the joy of sighting the elusive Melghat tiger, are described in the stories. During his journey through Melghat, the author met a variety of his unsung heroes, for whom sufficient space is given. There are funny situations judiciously sprinkled across too—a man on the upper branch, a tiger on the middle branch, and wild dogs surrounding the tree; a nightjar landing on the body of a VIP, tipsy animals and bears. It’s a comprehensive treat.
Download or read book Make It Big Inspirational and Motivational Stories of Achievers and Influencers written by N Kalyani and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make it Big’ has fifteen achievers and influencers candidly sharing their life journeys that are inspirational and motivational. They are achievers from varied fields. For them, their work is their passion, an expression of their creativity, and a source of joy. They have transformed their dreams into reality through perseverance and commitment. And their hallmark is their pursuit of excellence. These inspirational and motivational stories are penned by the achievers and influencers themselves. And these stories will take you on their fascinating and amazing journeys in the fields of lepidoptery, organic farming, nature science, travel, adventure, architecture, gastronomy, performing arts, visual arts, economics, teaching, fashion, parenting and social work. There are stories that reveal how entrepreneurs, innovators and social-preneurs have become achievers and influencers. And there are stories that point to how sustainability is a significant goal for us to pursue today. The stories all show that the paths and journeys of the achievers and influencers are as incredible as their achievements and influence are awesome. The stories may inspire and motivate you in choosing a career, opting for a profession, following a vocation or going with your calling. And you could very well be on your way to becoming an achiever and influencer yourself. Make It Big: Inspirational and Motivational Stories of Achievers and Influencers by Kalyani, N: "Make It Big" is a book that may feature inspirational stories of achievers and influencers from various fields. It could offer readers motivation and insights into the journeys of successful individuals. Key Aspects of the Book "Make It Big: Inspirational and Motivational Stories of Achievers and Influencers": Success Stories: The book may showcase real-life success stories of individuals who have achieved greatness in their respective domains. Motivational Insights: It might provide motivational insights and lessons drawn from the experiences of achievers. Diverse Profiles: "Make It Big" could include a diverse range of profiles, offering inspiration to a wide audience. The author, N Kalyani, may be a writer and motivator dedicated to sharing stories of success and motivation.
Download or read book Trek the Sahyadris written by Harish Kapadia and published by Indus Publishing. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Popular Book On The Range For Past Three Decades, Contains Practical Directions To Hundreds Of Trekking Routes In The Western Ghats. It Guides About Travel Routes, Trekking Trails, Climbing Possibilities, Roads And Driving Routes, Camping And Much More.
Download or read book A Walk Up The Hill written by Madhav Gadgil and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2023-08-21 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madhav Gadgil was born in Pune in 1942, just as Salim Ali's superbly illustrated Book of Indian Birds was published. Influenced by his birdwatcher father, he learnt to recognize birds from their pictures even before he could read. He is an unusual combination of a person fascinated by the diversity of the natural world, of the landscapes and the life they support, as well as the diversity of cultures and lifestyles of the people firmly rooted to India's soil. He has dedicated himself to intellectual pursuits ranging over mathematics, natural and social sciences, history and public policy. This book is an account of his life walking up and down the country's hills and dales, watching peacocks dance and elephants prance, living among fisherfolk on the west coast, horticulturists on Western Ghats, and the tribals of Manipur and Maharashtra, all the while being a part of a vibrant scientific community.
