Sustainable Management OF Wetlands Biodiversity and Beyond Edited by :  JYOTI PARIKH Integrated Research and Action for Development, NewDelhi HEMANT DATYE Independent Consultant,  Pune

The Book :

This volume is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary study of wetlands, which unites the natural science perspective with strong social concerns and economic and other approaches in order to design a practical national wetlands conservation strategy and action plan. The contributors argue that an important part of any long-term strategy for protecting wetlands must involve local users and incorporate traditional knowledge. The book makes a strong case for the coordinated management of wetlands and outlines various social, economic and ecological indicators which can be used to assess the diverse management needs of different wetlands.

Contents :

• Foreword by IAN JOHNSON
• Message by P V JAYAKRISHNAN
• Message by WALTER REID
• Preface
• Introduction JYOTI PARIKH
• Overview of Indian Wetlands Y N RAO and HEMANT DATYE
• Wetland Mapping: A Remote-Sensing Perspective P S ROY and MUKUNDA DEV BEHERA
• Coral Reef Ecosystem M V M WAFAR and SAYEEDA WAFAR
• Mangrove Ecosystems of India: Status, Management and Policy SANJAY DESHMUKH and T A RAO
• Wetlands and River Systems: Some Experiments in their Ecodevelopment Planning and Integration PRAKASH GOLE
• An Approach to Indicators for Wetland Planning, Monitoring and Policy HEMANT DATYE and JYOTI PARIKH
• Economic Assessment and Wetland Management JYOTI PARIKH and HEMANT DATYE
• Salient Features of the Ecosystem of the Keoladeo National Park V S VIJAYAN and LALITHA VIJAYAN
• People’s Participation in Wetland Conservation through Conservation Education: A Case Study of Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur PRASHANT V MAHAJAN
• The Valuation of Biodiversity within Protected Areas: Alternative Approaches and a Case Study KANCHAN CHOPRA
• The Need and Approach for a Wetland Protected Area Network in India B C CHOUDHURY and T L RAGHU RAM
• Developing a National Wetland Strategy JYOTI PARIKH, HEMANT DATYE and T L RAGHU RAM
• Index