Environmental Science/Climate Change & Mitigation

Sustainable Bioresource Management
Climate Change Mitigation and Natural Resource Conservation

Editors: Ratikanta Maiti, PhD, DSc
Humberto González Rodríguez
Ch. Aruna Kumari, PhD
Debashis Mandal, PhD
Narayan Chandra Sarkar, PhD

Sustainable Bioresource Management

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Pub Date: April 2020
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Hard ISBN: 9781771888158
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-77463-511-7
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E-Book ISBN: 9780429284229
Pages: 526 pages with index
Binding Type: hardback/paperback/ebook
Notes: 25 color and 41 b/w illustrations

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This volume emphasizes the drastic quantitative and qualitative transformation of our surrounding environment. It looks at bioresource management and the tools needed to manage environmental stresses. This unique compilation and interpretation of concrete scientific ventures undertaken by environmental specialists at the global level explores research dedicated to the management of natural resources by controlling biotic and abiotic factors making the earth vulnerable to these stresses. The book outlines the series of important developments in the recent past on bioresource and stress management.

The chapter authors in Sustainable Bioresource Management: Climate Change Mitigation and Natural Resource Conservation look at all types of bioresources on earth and their management at times of stress/crisis, focusing on the need for documentation, validation, and recovery of ethnic indigenous knowledge and practices that could have great impact in stress management.

The book looks at topics in nature and changing climate management, adaptation, and mitigation, such as the effects of climate change on agriculture and horticulture, on timber harvesting, and on forest resources. Also specifically discussed is crop resources management, seed crops, tree seedlings, soil management, and conservation practices. The volume also includes chapters on animal resources management.

This volume aims to help mitigate the influences of over-exploitation, pollution, modification, destruction or degradation of native habitats and to amplify the vulnerability of bioresources by presenting multifaceted and diverse research on adapting and/or adopting effective techniques for management and conservation of bioresources.

CONTENTS:
Preface

PART I: NATURE AND CHANGING CLIMATE MANAGEMENT, ADAPTATION, AND MITIGATION
1. Understanding the Value of Natural Resources for Human Well-Being
Kamaljit K. Sangha

2. Climate Change and Agriculture in Kenya
Mark Arango Owidhi

3. Impact of Climate Changes, Timber Harvesting, and Fires on Boreal Forests (from Example of the Ural Mountains, Russia)
Natalya Ivanova

4. Climate Change and Horticulture: An Indian Perspective
Debashis Mandal and R. C. Lalduhsangi

PART II: FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
5. Ecological Structure and Wood Volume of Prosopis Species (Mesquite) Communities in Northeast of Mexico
Rahim Foroughbakhch, Maginot Ngangyo Heya, Artemio Carrillo Parra, Marco Antonio Guzmán Lucio, and Marco Antonio Alvarado Vazquez

6. Wood Durability of Prosopis laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. Ex Willd.) M.C. Johnst in Northeast of Mexico
Artemio Carrillo Parra, Rahim Foroughbakhch, and Maginot Ngangyo Heya

7. Research Advances on Native Economic Plants: Trees and Shrubs in Mexico
Ratikanta Maiti, Humberto Gonzalez Rodriguez, and Ch. Aruna Kumari

8. Plant Water Relations in Native Shrubs and Trees, Northeastern Mexico
Humberto Gonz


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Ratikanta Maiti, PhD, DSc
Visiting Research Scientist, Forest Science Faculty, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico

Ratikanta Maiti, PhD, DSc, was a world-renowned botanist and crop physiologist. He worked for nine years on jute and allied fibers at the former Jute Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR), India, and then he worked as a plant physiologist on sorghum and pearl millet at ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) for 10 years. After that he worked for more than 25 years as a professor and research scientist at three different universities in Mexico. He also worked for six years as a Research Advisor at Vibha Seeds, Hyderabad, India, and as a Visiting Research Scientist for five years in the Forest Science Faculty, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico. As the author of more than 40 books and about 500 research papers, he won several international awards, including an Ethno-Botanist Award (USA) sponsored by Friends University, Wichita, Kansas, the United Nations Development Programme; a senior research scientist award offered by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONNACYT), Mexico and gold medal from India 2008 offered by ABI. He was Chairman of the Ratikanta Maiti Foundation and chief editor of three international journals. Dr. Maiti died in 2019.

Humberto González Rodríguez
Director, Faculty of Forestry, Universidad Automa de Nuevo Leon, Linares, Nuevo Leon Mexico

Humberto González Rodríguez, PhD, is a faculty member and Director of the Forest Science Faculty at Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico. He is currently working on water relations and plant nutrition in native woody trees and shrubs, northeastern Mexico. In addition, his research includes nutrient deposition via throughfall, stemflow, and litterfall in different forest ecosystems. Dr. González teaches chemistry, plant physiology, and statistics. He has successfully guided 68 theses and has handled 10 research projects. Moreover, he has published 91 articles, five books, and 12 book chapters. He received his PhD in Plant Physiology from Texas A&M University under the guidance of Dr. Wayne R. Jordan and Dr. Malcolm C. Drew.

Ch. Aruna Kumari, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Crop Physiology,Agricultural College, Jagtial, Professor Jaya Shankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), India

Ch. Aruna Kumari, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Crop Physiology at Agricultural College, Jagtial, Professor Jaya Shankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), India. She has seven years of teaching experience at PJTSAU and seven years of research experience at varied ICAR institutes and at Vibha Seeds. She is the recipient of a CSIR Fellowship during her doctoral studies and was awarded a Young Scientist Award for Best Thesis Presentation on “In the National Seminar on Plant Physiology.” She teaches courses on plant physiology and environmental science for BSc (Ag.) students. She has taught seed physiology and growth and yield and modeling courses to MSc (Ag.) students. She acted as a minor advisor to several MSc (Ag) students and guided them in their research work. She is the author of book chapters in four books. She is also one of editors of the book Glossary in Plant Physiology and an editor of six international books, including Advances in Bio-Resource and Stress Management; Applied Biology of Woody Plants; An Evocative Memoire: Living with Mexican Culture, Spirituality and Religion; and Gospel of Forests. She has published over 50 research articles in national and international journals. Her field of specialization is seed dormancy of rice and sunflower.

Debashis Mandal, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Mizoram University, Aizawl, India

Debashis Mandal, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Horticulture, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants at Mizoram University, Aizawl, India. He is a young academician and research fellow working in sustainable hill farming for past nine years. He was previously Assistant Professor at Sikkim University, India, and has published 35 research papers and book chapters in reputed journals and books. He has also published four books. He is currently chief editor for four volumes on fruits: production, processing and marketing, and associate editor for four volumes on production, processing, and therapeutics of medicinal and aromatic plants. In addition, he is working as a member in working group on Lychee and Other Sapindaceae Crops of the International Society for Horticultural Science, Belgium, and also a member of the ISHS section on tropical-subtropical fruits and organic horticulture and commission on quality and postharvest horticulture. Currently he is working as Editor-in-Lead (Horticulture) for the International Journal of Bio Resources & Stress Management (IJBSM). He is also the founding Managing Editor for a new international publication Chronicle of Bioresource Management. Dr. Mandal is an editorial advisor for Horticulture Science to Cambridge Scholar Publishing, UK, and a regular reviewer of many journals. He is also a consultant horticulturist to the Department of Horticulture & Agriculture (Research & Extension), Government of Mizoram, India, and Himadri Specialty Chemicals Ltd. He also is handling externally funded research projects. He has been a convener, session moderator, and keynote speaker for international conferences. He has visited many countries for professional meetings, seminars, and symposia.

Narayan Chandra Sarkar, PhD
Faculty Member, Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati University, Sriniketan, West Bengal, India

Narayan Chandra Sarkar, PhD, is a faculty member in the Department of Agronomy at the Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati University, Sriniketan, West Bengal, India. Several past organizations with which he was affiliated include Vibha Seeds, Syngenta India Ltd, and Nagaland University. He has experience in conducting two international conferences as a convener. He works as a managing editor of an international journal. His main area of research is nutrient management, and his major focus is on the livelihood security of the farming community. Currently, he is deeply engaged with Western Sydney University under the Australia India Council funded research projects. Dr. Sarkar has guided ten master’s students and four PhD students. He has published 28 research papers in national and international journals and has six books in his credit. He received his MSc in Agronomy from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, India, and his PhD in Agronomy from India’s premier institute, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He has received a Junior Research Fellowship during his master’s work and an institutional senior research fellowship during his PhD program.




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