Biosequestration And Ecological Diversity
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Biosequestration And Ecological Diversity
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Author : Wayne A. White
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2012-10-18
Biosequestration And Ecological Diversity written by Wayne A. White and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-18 with Nature categories.
Increased throughput of carbon-based fossil energy, the destruction of Earth’s forests, and other land use changes have resulted in ever higher levels of waste in the form of greenhouse gases—as well as a diminished capacity of the planet to absorb and store those wastes. This means that to avoid catastrophic global warming and maintain the habitability of Earth by protecting essential soil and water resources, we will need to not only reduce emissions, but also increase carbon storage in the land system. Biosequestration and Ecological Diversity: Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change and Environmental Degradation discusses ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and build soil by changing the way people use and manage land. Principles and Practices for Better Land Management Examining biosequestration in social, economic, and political context, the book reviews recent scientific evidence on climate change and global ecological degradation and explains how the carbon cycle has been transformed by destructive land use practices, such as deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels. It describes the principles of biosequestration and restorative land management practices and discusses the potential of carbon storage. The author offers specific examples of inexpensive, proven practices that build soil, protect scarce water resources, and enhance ecological diversity. He also identifies conservation policies that provide technical assistance and financial resources for ecological protection and restoration. How You Can Help Mitigate Climate Change with a Little Piece of Land Restorative land use and land management practices are critical components of any comprehensive strategy for mitigating and adapting to climate change and global environmental degradation. This book explains how anyone who owns or manages land—from an apartment to a city lot to a farm, forest, park, or even a golf course—can help protect and enhance the biological sequestration of carbon.
Ecosystem Diversity And Carbon Sequestration
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Author : P. L. Gautam
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Ecosystem Diversity And Carbon Sequestration written by P. L. Gautam and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biodiversity categories.
Carbon Sequestration in nature is of critical value for resolving vital issues of our times, namely the state of ecological paucity natural resource management global warming, climate change and sustainable development. It is free carbon in nature, particularly in the from of CO2 that is responsible for most of the ills of our environment and that makes future of life on earth bleak and unsustainable. Earth s gradually but steadily becoming warmer is one of the grimmest and the gravest issues humanity on earth has ever faced in the recorded history. We have a variety of ecosystems to remove free carbon from the environment and fix it into plant biomass and soil. The earth s ecosystems, however, present a somber picture and sequestration of increasing carbon sequestration issues together as both are interrelated and are responsible for the rapidly going on processes leading to global warming and climate change. We can meet climate change challenges and usher in a sustainable future blossoming with humanity by enhancing carbon sequestration in nature, which eventually would be done by maintaining the health of our ecosystems in the first place, and by controlling carbon emissions through a number of technological, institutional, and political measures. Divided in to eight sections, the book comprises 39 chapters contributed by many eminent scientists concerned with the state of the earth. The First section attempts to present an agenda for the ecologically shattered and economically globalised world which might help us understand the gravity of the word s common future and guide us to take up effective measures to mitigate the problems and revive our tormented earth. The subsequent section present and discuss scenarios, anthropogenic dimensions and management of ecosystem diversity; climate change, critical environmental problems, alarming trends, species extinction and all that; a search for viable options; Himalayan mountains; carbon sequestration as a life-building, life-enhancing and life-conserving phenomenon; potential technological and institutional mechanisms, carbon trading, policies; eco-ethics, eco-philosophy and psychology as vital elements pivoting conservation-oriented transcendental development. The book would prove to be of extraordinary value towards resolving the most crucial issues of our times. Contents Agenda For The Revival of Our Tormented Planet; Issues Facing the Ecologically shattered and Economically Globalised World; Chapter 1: Ecosystem Diversity and Carbon Sequestration: Some Issues Confronting Humanity by Vir Singh and PL Gautam; Chapter 2: Global Climate Change: A Challenge before Humanity by S P Singh; Chapter 3: Management of Ecosystems for Livelihoods and Carbon Sequestration in India: Harmony within Natural Elements a Mantra for Human Happiness by J S Bali; Chapter 4: Carbon Sequestration: A Vision by Vishal Mahajan and Kamal Kishor Sood; Chapter 5: Carbon-A Material for the Twenty First Century: Prospects and Promises by B S Tewari and Ajay; Ecosystem Diversity in India; Scenarios, Anthropogenic Dimensions and Management; Chapter 6: Forest Ecosystems and Carbon Sequestration in India: Keeping the Greenhouse Gas at Bay by J B Lal; Chapter 7: Operationalizing CDM Afforestation and Reforestation Projects in India: Analysis of Barriers at National and International Level by Sandeep Tripathi and V R S Rawat; Chapter 8: Microbial Diversity as an Indicator of Soil Organic Carbon Status: Redevelopment of Humid Subtropical Perturbed Ecosystem by Saurindra Nr Goswami and Soneswar Sarma; Chapter 9: Ecosystem Diversity and Sustainability: Towards Middle Path by B Mohan Kumar; Chapter 10: Sacred Groves in India: Celebrating Sanctity of Life through Biodiversity Conservation by Anubhav, Kundan Singh, Akanksha Rastogi and Vir Singh; Life on Edge; Climate Change, Critical Environmental Problems, Alarming Trends, Species Extinction and the Likes; Chapter 11: Climate Change and its Effects on Global Biodiversity: Evidences of Alarming Trends and Species Extinction in Different Eco-Regions of the World by Ragupathy Kannan; Chapter 12: Climate Change and its Effects on Global Biodiversity: Triggering Effects and Frightening Prospects by B S Mahapatra, A P Singh, A K Chaubey and D K Shukla; Chapter 13: Impact of Climate Change on Crop Productivity: Need of Adjustments in Agriculture by S K Saini, Yogendra Pal and Amit Bhatnagar; Chapter 14: Global Warming: Contribution of Livestock and its Control by D N Kamra and Someshwar S Zadbuke; Environmental Management A Search for Viable Options; Chapter 15: Role of Biofertilizer to Mitigate Environmental Problems: Soil Fertility Management in Hill Agro-ecosystems by Susheela Negi, G K Dwivedi and R V Singh; Chapter 16: Effect of Sugar Industry Effluents on Seeds Germination and Seedling Growth of Linum usitatissimum L.: The Green Revolution Bowl Reels Under Industrial Pollution by Neelam and Ila Prakash; Chapter 17: Soil Carbon Sequestration: A Study in Eucalyptus Hybrid Plantations by Asha Upadhyay and Uma Melkania; Chapter 18: Alternate Use of Biomass for Sustainable Development: Gasification Technology for Solving Energy Crisis in Rural Areas by Raj Narayan Pateriya and Sadachari Singh Tomar; Chapter 19: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: A Unique Organism of Potential Implications for Carbon Sequestration by Rashmi Srivastava, Shruti Chaturvedi, Preeti Chaturvedi and A K Sharma; Chapter 20: Role of Plant Transcription Factor-DOF in Enhancing Nitrogen Use Efficiency: Molecular Means for Promoting Organic Farming by Dinesh Yadav, Nidhi Gupta, Anil Kumar, Pushpa Lohani, Munna Singh and U S Singh; Chapter 21: Fibre Yielding Plants and Carbon Sequestration: Banking on Ecological Attributes of Economic Plants by Sapna Gautam and Uma Melkania; Himalyan Mountains; Rejuvenated Fragile Ecosystems can Give Appropriate Response to Global Warming; Chapter 22: Sustainable Sloping Land Management Options: potential Effects on Carbon Sequestration in Upland Soils in the Himalayas by Isabelle Providoli, Sanjeev Bhuchar, Keshar Man Sthapit, Madhav Dhakal and Eklabya Sharma; Chapter 23: Rangelands Resources in the Mountains: Management Objective Should Focus on Carbon Sequestration enhancement by R D Gaur, Vir Singh and Babita Bohra; Chapter 24: Himalayan Conservation and Development: The Mighty Mountains can put the Earth s Climate Systems in Order by M L Dewan; Carbon Sequestration: A Life-Building, Life-Sustaining and Life-enhancing Phenomenon on Earth; Chapter 25: Carbon Sequestration; A Life-building, Life-Sutaing and Life-Enhancing Phenomenon on Earth; Chapter 25: Carbon Sequestration: Global Warming Mitigation through Improved Carbon Economy Linked with Photosynthesis by Munna Singh; Chapter 26: Carbon Sequestration on Agricultural Lands: Ameliorating Sustainability and Environmental Security by B Mishra and K P Raverkar; Chapter 27: Soil Carbon Sequestration: A Potential Approach to Climate Change Mitigation by J S Chauhan, Bineet Singh and J P N Rai; Chapter 28: Enhancing Carbon Sequestration: Pondering over Some Strategies by Shiwani Bhatnagar and AK Karnatak; Enhancing Carbon Sequestration in Nature; Potential Technological and Institutional Mechanisms, Carbon Trading and Policies: Chapter 29 Coastal Wetland Ecosystem in Sequestering Carbon Directly by Geological Repositories and Phytoplankton Fertilization: Workable Strategies for Maintaining Ecological Integrity by Alok Mukherjee; Chapter 30: Carbon Sequestration: Mitigating Environmental and Socio-economic Impacts of Global Warming and Climate Change by Vikram S Rathe; Chapter 31: Forest Management: Carbon Mitigation and Social Issues by Govind Singh Kushwaha; Chapter 32: Enhancing Carbon Sequetration in India: Economic Issues and Mechanisms by A K Singh and Virendra Singh; Chapter 33: Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol: Global and Indian Concerns by Tirthankar Banerjee, Jyotsana Pathak and R K Srivastava; Chapter 34: Carbon Sequestration, Global Climate and Laws: What Has Been Done and What Remains? by Rinku Verma; Ushering in a Sustainable Future; Eco-ethics, Eco-philosophy and Psychology as Core Elements Pivoting Conservation-oriented Transcendental Development; Chapter 35: Conservation of Biodiversity for Sustainable Development: Eco-ethics as an Indispendable Element by Vanmathy and Abha Ahuja; Chapter 36: Conservation of Biodiversity for Sustainable Development: Eco-ethics as an Indispensable Element by A Vanmathy and Abha Ahuja; Chapter 36: Environmental Services Emanating from the Himalayan Mountains: Valuation Against the Backdrop of eco-philosophy and Chasing the Goal of Global Happiness by Vir Singh; Chapter 37: Ecosystem Conservation for Carbon Sequestration: Let it be in the Popular Psyche of India by Subaran Singh; Chapter 38: Socio-Cultural Values Promoting Conservation on Natur s Biodiversity: Heal the Earth for Enhancing Carbon Sequestration by A Vanmathy and Abha Ahuja; Chapter 39: Environmental Psychology in Landscaping: A Dimension of Sustainability Operations by Govind Singh Kushwaha and Vir Singh
Biosequestration And Ecological Diversity
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Author : Wayne A. White
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2012-10-18
Biosequestration And Ecological Diversity written by Wayne A. White and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-18 with Nature categories.
Increased throughput of carbon-based fossil energy, the destruction of Earth's forests, and other land use changes have resulted in ever higher levels of waste in the form of greenhouse gases-as well as a diminished capacity of the planet to absorb and store those wastes. This means that to avoid catastrophic global warming and maintain the habitab
Ecological Diversity In Sustainable Development
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Author : Chris Maser
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 1999-05-04
Ecological Diversity In Sustainable Development written by Chris Maser and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-05-04 with Nature categories.
Our world is filled with unseen wonders - the most phenomenal of which is the often hidden beauty of the diversity that surrounds us. Apart from the beauty diversity brings to our lives, it is also absolutely necessary to the sustainability of life itself. The importance of diversity is overlooked in the social realm, yet decisions made in that realm affect all of society for generations. Planners tend to ignore ecological diversity because they don't understand it. Ecological Diversity in Sustainable Development: The Vital and Forgotten Dimension makes that clear. The author tackles this difficult problem: how are we to maintain sustainable diversity in the Earth's ecosystems and our cultural systems? He provides examples of how natural and cultural diversity have been reduced by altering the linkages between climate, soil, water, air, forests, animals, and people. The book is divided into three parts. Part one examines diversity as it is found in nature, part two considers how culture affects diversity through its evolution, and part three explores the diversity of Nature as seen through culture in an attempt to guide culture toward social/environmental sustainability. Anyone who is interested in the quality of life on Earth will want this book. Maser writes in easy-to-read lucid prose, providing a holistic overview of environmental issues that 21st century decision makers must address in shaping our destiny.
Climate Change And Biodiversity
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Author : Thomas E. Lovejoy
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2004-12-01
Climate Change And Biodiversity written by Thomas E. Lovejoy and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-01 with Science categories.
Leading researchers discuss what is now known about the effects of climate change on the natural world. They examine recent trends in and projections about climate chan≥ ways that particular organisms are responding to climate chan≥ conservation challenges, including social and policy issues; and more. "This book will be a milestone in the emerging discipline of climate change biology. No issue is more important for the global environment; the impressive line-up of experts here gives it definitive coverage."--Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University "A well-written treatise on the past, present, and future effects of climate change on plant and animal biodiversity. . . . It is destined to become a classic."--Choice
Measuring Biological Diversity
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Author : Anne E. Magurran
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-04-18
Measuring Biological Diversity written by Anne E. Magurran and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-18 with Science categories.
This accessible and timely book provides a comprehensive overview of how to measure biodiversity. The book highlights new developments, including innovative approaches to measuring taxonomic distinctness and estimating species richness, and evaluates these alongside traditional methods such as species abundance distributions, and diversity and evenness statistics. Helps the reader quantify and interpret patterns of ecological diversity, focusing on the measurement and estimation of species richness and abundance. Explores the concept of ecological diversity, bringing new perspectives to a field beset by contradictory views and advice. Discussion spans issues such as the meaning of community in the context of ecological diversity, scales of diversity and distribution of diversity among taxa Highlights advances in measurement paying particular attention to new techniques such as species richness estimation, application of measures of diversity to conservation and environmental management and addressing sampling issues Includes worked examples of key methods in helping people to understand the techniques and use available computer packages more effectively
Ecological Diversity
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Author : E. C. Pielou
language : en
Publisher: New York; Toronto : Wiley
Release Date : 1975
Ecological Diversity written by E. C. Pielou and has been published by New York; Toronto : Wiley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Science categories.
Indices of diversity and evenness; Species abundance distribuition; Teting hypotheses about species abundances; Divesity and spatial pattern; Diversity on environmental gradients; Determinats of diversity: Local factors.
The Ecological And Societal Consequences Of Biodiversity Loss
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Author : Michel Loreau
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2022-03-15
The Ecological And Societal Consequences Of Biodiversity Loss written by Michel Loreau and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-15 with Science categories.
The idea that changes in biodiversity can impact how ecosystems function has, over the last quarter century, gone from being a controversial notion to an accepted part of science and policy. As the field matures, it is high time to review progress, explore the links between this new research area and fundamental ecological concepts, and look ahead to the implementation of this knowledge. This book is designed to both provide an up-to-date overview of research in the area and to serve as a useful textbook for those studying the relationship between biodiversity and the functioning, stability and services of ecosystems. The Ecological and Societal Consequences of Biodiversity Loss is aimed at a wide audience of upper undergraduate students, postgraduate students, and academic and research staff.
Biodiversity And Climate Change
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Author : Thomas E. Lovejoy
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-01
Biodiversity And Climate Change written by Thomas E. Lovejoy and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-01 with Biodiversity categories.
An essential, up-to-date look at the critical interactions between biological diversity and climate change that will serve as an immediate call to action The physical and biological impacts of climate change are dramatic and broad-ranging. People who care about the planet and manage natural resources urgently need a synthesis of our rapidly growing understanding of these issues. In this all-new sequel to the 2005 volume Climate Change and Biodiversity, leading experts in the field summarize observed changes, assess what the future holds, and offer suggested responses. From extinction risk to ocean acidification, from the future of the Amazon to changes in ecosystem services, and from geoengineering to the power of ecosystem restoration, this book captures the sweep of climate change transformation of the biosphere.
Biodiversity Under Threat
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Author : Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
language : en
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Release Date : 2007
Biodiversity Under Threat written by Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain) and has been published by Royal Society of Chemistry this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Science categories.
There is much public concern about threats to global biodiversity, for example from pollution and from climate change, resulting from build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This book addresses these concerns by detailing some of the research currently in progress.