Towards Sustainable Natural Resources

1. Sustainable Natural Resource Conservation: An Overview.- 2. Conservation of the ecosystem.- 3. Wetlands Conservation and Restoration for Ecosystem Services.- 4. Potential of Joint Forest Management in agro biodiversity conservation.- 5. Molecular approaches in conservation and restoration of agro-biodiversity.- 6. Cultural Ecosystem Services: Key Concepts and Application.- 7. Contributions of Cultural Services to the Ecosystem Services.- 8. Wild edible plants and ecosystem services: a case study from Indian North Eastern Himalayas.- 9. Soil organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks under different land uses in Central India.- 10. Managing the Value Chain of Agricultural Commodities: A Cardinal Pillar for Future Development and Management.- 11. Agro Biodiversity, Status and Conservation Strategies: An Indian Perspective.- 12. Role of Range Grasses in Conservation and Restoration of Land.- 13. Change Detection and Assessment Land Degradation in Quarter of Century.- 14. Influence of anthropogenic activities on forest structure and diversity through the satellite based monitoring system.- 15. GIS-Remote Sensing and Sensor Technology: Emerging New Era Modern Tools for Land Degradation.

Dr. Meenu Rani is Researcher in the Department of Geography, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. She received her M. Tech degree in Remote Sensing from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India. She has a working experience in the major disciplines of agriculture and forestry while working with Haryana Space Application Centre, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development. She has authored several peer-reviewed scientific research papers and presented works at many national and international conferences in the USA, Italy, and China. She has been awarded with various fellowships from the International Association for Ecology, Future Earth Coast, and SCAR Scientific Research Programme. She was awarded early career scientists achievement in 2017 at Columbia University, New York, USA.

 

Dr. B. S. Chaudhary is presently working as Professor at the Department of Geophysics,Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (Haryana), India. Before joining Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, in August 2004, he has worked as Scientist (Geology/ Geophysics) at Haryana Space Application Centre (HARSAC), Hisar, from July 1990 to August 2004. He is working in the domain of remote sensing and GIS applications for natural resources mapping and management specializing in water resources, geoenvironmental studies, and disaster management. He has 4 Ph.D.'s to his credit and supervising 5 Ph.D.'s at present in the domain of ground water, snowmelt runoff, snowpack characterization, watershed conservation, and management. He has over 70 publications in various national/international journals and conference proceedings. He is the fellow of Indian Water Resources Society, South Asian Association of Economic Geologists, and the Society of Earth Scientists and Life Member of ten national/ international scientific societies/ academic associations. He is the recipient of DAAD (German