Author Description

Environment and Biodiversity is an excellent compilation of ideas of several devoted authors who have made significant contributions in the areas of environment and biodiversity. Today, all of us are deeply concerned about our environment and the rapidly depleting biodiversity. This publication highlights several important aspects of the environment including biodiversity an biodiversity hotspots, green house effects and global warming, assessment protocols of biodiversity loss, human activities and biodiversity, green tourism, climate change, pollution and its role on the varied biomes and biota, monitoring of pollution, utilization of natural resources and conservation and managemen strategies. It lays stress on the most recent researches in environmental sciences by the contributions of learned authors who have left no stone unturned to express their views in the most student-researcher friendly manner. The publication includes 22 selected, reviewed articles under the theme “Environment and Biodiversity” of the International Conference on Recent Trends in Climate Change Researches vis-a-vis Biodiversity. The editors have taken every precaution to make the publication error-free, nevertheless, we welcome a positive feedback and fruitful suggestions to further improve the forthcoming publications. While editing this volume, care has been taken to produce a quality publication with a hope that it gathers a wide audience of environment lovers to cherish the fruits of this labour. We are confident that this book will be a source of inspiration for students, faculty members, and researchers engaged in the field of environment and biodiversit and will act as an excellent reference book for all engaged in the field of environmental sciences.