Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Forest Management in India: A Paradigm Shift and the Use of Geoinformatics
(Kaushalendra Kumar Jha – Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, India, et al.)
Chapter 2. Biogeography as an Ecological Science and Methodology
(Michael O’Neal Campbell – Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada)
Chapter 3. Landuse-Landcover Dynamics Analysis using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case of Central Himalayan Terai, India
(Piara Lal Loi and Kaushalendra Kumar Jha – State Forest Research Institute (Uttar Pradesh), Kanpur, India, et al.)
Chapter 4. Geoinformatics, Climate Change, Habitat Dynamics and a Case of Vultures in Central India
(Kaushalendra Kumar Jha – Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, India, et al.)
Chapter 5. A Symbiosis of Habitat Conservation and Eco-Tourism Development: A Case Study of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve, India
(Debashis Debnath and Jaynath Ram – Sociology and Community Development Faculty, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, India)
Chapter 6. Technology in Good Governance: A Case of FRA and Geoinformatics
(Arvind Kumar Jha – Former Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Director General (Social Forestry), Maharashtra, India)
Chapter 7. Similar Yet Different Rice-Farming Ecosystems: UNESCO Associated Cases of Two Culturally Rich Asian Nations
(Kaushalendra Kumar Jha – Environmental Management of Ecosystems and Tropical Forests, Technical Forestry, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal, India)
Chapter 8. Thermal Drones and Large Mammalian Carnivores
(Michael O’Neal Campbell – Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada)
Chapter 9. Rehabilitation of Mine Spoils: A Review on Problems and Strategies with Cases of Indian Mines
(Abhay Kumar Singh and Kaushalendra Kumar Jha – Ex-Director, Ministry of Mines, Government of India, New Delhi, India, et al.)
Chapter 10. What could be the Present and Future Habitats of Residents and Wintering Vultures for Conservation in the Indian Subcontinent
(Radhika Jha and Kaushalendra Kumar Jha – Zoology Department, Lucknow University, India, et al.)
Index