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This book shares experiences and knowledge on climate change
impacts and adaptation, risk reduction strategies, communities’
responses, and best practices from different landscapes of India.
It provides insights into climate change risk reduction in
trans-disciplinary frameworks. The findings and discussions put
forward in the chapters, largely based on micro-level case studies,
provide an in-depth understanding of interactions among ecology,
society, and economy under different conditions of changing
climate. It contains critical discussion on both existing and
required actions as adjustments to climate change impacts by
different actors at diverse scales and contexts. The
recommendations will be beneficial in climate change adaptation
planning for India and other developing countries, where a large
portion of the population directly depends on climate-sensitive
sectors. The content of the book is interdisciplinary and it will
be beneficial for scholars and practitioners from natural science,
social science, policy, and governance across the continents.
This study presents authentic data compiled from field experiments
and investigations, and provides a point of reference for any
future changes associated with anthropogenic activity in semiarid
ecosystems. Three years of continuous and rigorous empirical
research on biodiversity (from phytoplankton to higher plants and
from zooplankton to higher animals - all flora and fauna) in
India's semiarid region have culminated in this work. Though there
are many studies available on issues related to biodiversity, the
majority cover either specific groups of plants or groups of
animals; with the exception of this book, studies that include all
flora and fauna including the phyto- and zooplanktons in a given
ecosystem are not readily available. Further, the book focuses on
an extremely important topic, firstly because semiarid landscapes
are highly vulnerable to climate change, and secondly because other
developmental activities will be undertaken in the region in an
effort to meet its energy requirements. As such, the results of the
current study will provide a standard protocol for subsequent
monitoring and mapping of biodiversity for conservation and
management. The book explores, quantifies and surveys plant and
animal species from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, assessing
and quantitatively analyzing the diversity indices of different
vegetation strata. Further, it investigates the conservation status
of each species (flora and fauna) in keeping with IUCN categories.
The study also examines landscape dynamics using RS and GIS for
vegetation analysis, and discusses traditional ecological knowledge
related to the use, conservation and management of biodiversity. As
such, it offers a unique and valuable resource not only for
researchers from the environmental/ecological sciences but also for
conservationists and policymakers.
This study presents authentic data compiled from field experiments
and investigations, and provides a point of reference for any
future changes associated with anthropogenic activity in semiarid
ecosystems. Three years of continuous and rigorous empirical
research on biodiversity (from phytoplankton to higher plants and
from zooplankton to higher animals – all flora and fauna) in
India’s semiarid region have culminated in this work. Though
there are many studies available on issues related to biodiversity,
the majority cover either specific groups of plants or groups of
animals; with the exception of this book, studies that include all
flora and fauna including the phyto- and zooplanktons in a given
ecosystem are not readily available. Further, the book focuses on
an extremely important topic, firstly because semiarid landscapes
are highly vulnerable to climate change, and secondly because other
developmental activities will be undertaken in the region in an
effort to meet its energy requirements. As such, the results of the
current study will provide a standard protocol for subsequent
monitoring and mapping of biodiversity for conservation and
management. The book explores, quantifies and surveys plant and
animal species from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, assessing
and quantitatively analyzing the diversity indices of different
vegetation strata. Further, it investigates the conservation status
of each species (flora and fauna) in keeping with IUCN categories.
The study also examines landscape dynamics using RS and GIS for
vegetation analysis, and discusses traditional ecological knowledge
related to the use, conservation and management of biodiversity. As
such, it offers a unique and valuable resource not only for
researchers from the environmental/ecological sciences but also for
conservationists and policymakers.
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