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Environmental Science/Climate Change & Mitigation
Forests are one of our most valuable resources, yet they are fast depleting with an impending ecological crisis in view. The striking concept of sustainable forest management involves the use of socially justifiable, economically viable, and ecologically sound strategies for sustainably managing forest resources for present and future generations without diminishing their value. This new book, Sustainable Forest Resources Management: Issues and Implications, presents ideas of sustainable forest management from different viewpoints. CONTENTS: About the Authors / Editors: Editors: Jahangeer A. Bhat, PhD Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership, Piramal University, Mumbai, India Jahangeer A. Bhat, PhD, is currently associated with the Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership at Piramal University, Mumbai, India. Before taking on his current position, he was associated with the College of Horticulture and Forestry at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, India. Earlier, he served as Head of the Department of Forestry at the College of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry at Fiji National University, Republic of Fiji Islands. His research work in India and Fiji Islands spans 12 years and encompasses emerging issues in forestry, including conservation of biodiversity, traditional knowledge of plants, and sustainable management of forest resources, particularly in the light of climate change scenarios. He has worked as counselor, mentor, and coordinator for forestry academic programs and has been instrumental in developing higher education and technical and vocational education and training streams of forestry and allied programs. He worked closely for accreditation with the Fiji Higher Education Commission and forestry stakeholders. He is the first researcher to report the first time growing of Acacia dealbata Link. (silver wattle), an invasive species in the high altitudes of the Himalayas. His focus of research is on vegetation ecology, ethnobotany, and evaluation of ecosystem services, forest plant biodiversity, climate change, and sociocultural issues in forestry. Gopal Shukla, PhD Professor, Department of Forestry, North Eastern Hill University, Tura Campus, Tura, Meghalaya, India Gopal Shukla, PhD, is currently working as Professor and Head of the Department of Forestry at North Eastern Hill University, Tura Campus, Tura, Meghalaya, India. Before joining as Professor, he worked as faculty member in the Department of Forestry at Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. He has more than 13 years of experience in forestry teaching, research, and extension. He has worked on several projects, including the National Agricultural Innovation Project and a project of the National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (ICAR) and was also a SERB (DST) young scientist on the project titled “Carbon Stock of Different Land Uses of Terai Zone of West Bengal” at UBKV (Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya), Cooch Behar, WB, India. His specialization is in forest ecology, and his research and development work is on agroforestry, medicinal plants, forest ecology, and conservation. He has published more than 100 papers and articles in refereed journals, 30 book chapters, and eight books; has attended various conferences; and handled three ad hoc/extramural projects as principal investigator and six as co-principal investigator. He has also organized two national seminars as organizing secretary, one ten-day training program as course coordinator and nine farmers] training/awareness programs. Dr. Shukla has served as a member and faculty council, Faculty of Horticulture, UBKV, Cooch Behar, and Board of Studies (UG) Forestry, Bankura University, Bankura, West Bengal, India. He was one of the members for framing under- and postgraduate and forestry syllabus for Bankura University, Bankura, WB, and Amity University, Amity, UP, India. Dr. Shukla has also guided four doctoral and six master’s students in the field of forestry. He received a SERB (DST) Young Scientist award (2012) and Young Scientist Award (2018) and received best oral and poster presentation awards in a number of seminars/conferences. Dr. Shukla also has delivered invited lectures in seminars, conferences, and training programs and also chaired technical sessions at conferences. He graduated from Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra, India, followed by postgraduate and doctorate degrees obtained from Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. Manmohan J. Dobriyal, PhD Professor and Head, Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Uttar Pradesh, India Manmohan J. Dobriyal, PhD, is Professor and Head of the College of Horticulture and Forestry at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was a faculty member in different institutes, such as Doon (P.G) College of Agriculture Science and Technology (DCAST), Dehradun; Dolphin PG Institute of Bio Medical & Natural Sciences DIBNS, Dehradun, Uttrakhand; and College of Horticulture and Forestry CoHFat, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur MPUAT, Udaipur/AU, Kota, Rajasthan, as Assistant Professor (Forestry). He also served as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry at the College of Horticulture and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India. He has more than 19 years of experience in forestry research, teaching, and extension. His specialization is forest ecology and environment/silviculture, non-wood forest products (medicinal and aromatic plants) agroforestry, biodiversity conservation, and ecosystem services. He has published more than 100 papers and articles in refereed journals, attended various conferences, and operated research projects, as well as guiding many postgraduate and PhD students. He graduated with a degree in Forestry, followed by postgraduate and doctorate degrees from institutions that include GB Pant University, Pant Nagar; TNAU, Coimbatore; and Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India. Sumit Chakravarty, PhD Professor, Department of Forestry, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India Sumit Chakravarty, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Forestry, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. He has vast experience of more than 20 years in forestry training, research, and development. He has conducted research on several aspects of forestry, agroforestry, medicinal plants, and climate change with national and international reputed publications. This includes 120 research papers, 48 book chapters, and eight books. He has successfully completed and continuing 15 research projects on forest ecology, medicinal plants, and agroforestry. He has trained more than 50 master and doctoral students in the field of forestry. Dr. Chakravarty has attended more than 50 national and international conferences as presenter and invited speaker. He holds a master‘s degree in Forestry and a doctoral degree in Agronomy from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India. A. Arunachalam, DSc Director, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India A. Arunachalam, DSc, is a tropical ecologist, globally noted for his contributions to soil ecology, ecosystem ecology, shifting agriculture, and land use dynamics, particularly in the Indian Himalayan Region. He is presently working as a Director of the Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is also an Adjunct Professor at over 12 national/international universities. Dr. Arunachalam is the Project Coordinator of the ICAR-All India Coordinated Research Project on Agroforestry and the Coordinator of the Task Force of Himalayan Agriculture under the National Mission on Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystems supported DST, Govt. of India. Dr. Arunachalam has more than 26 years of experience in teaching, research, and extension in the field of forestry, biodiversity, ecology, and natural resources management. He has guided 15 PhD students; written/edited over 21 books in English and Tamil; and published over 240 research articles in national/international journals of scientific repute, over 120 book chapters, and 35 popular articles. Dr. Arunachalam worked as an Assistant/Associate Professor for the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Arunachal Pradesh; Principal Scientist in ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region; as Principal Scientific Officer in ICAR HQ in New Delhi; and as Assistant Director General (International Relations) at ICAR HQ. Academically, he is Gold Medalist for both his BSc and MSc degrees from Madurai Kamaraj University. He earned his doctorate degree from North-Eastern Hill University. He did his postdoctorate work in Restoration Ecology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA, and Biodiversity Monitoring from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, India. Rainer W. Bussmann, PhD Head, Department of Botany, State Museum of Natural History, Karlsruhe, Germany; Professor, Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia Rainer W. Bussmann, PhD, is an ethnobotanist and vegetation ecologist. He currently serves as the Head of the Department of Botany at the State Museum of Natural History in Karlsruhe, Germany, and is a Full Professor of Ethnobotany in the Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia. Prior to his current roles, Dr. Bussmann held various academic positions, including Director of the William L. Brown Center at Missouri Botanical Garden, William L. Brown Curator of Economic Botany, and Senior Curator. He has also held academic appointments at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Hawaii, both in the USA, and the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Dr. Bussmann earned his MSc (Diploma) in Biology at Universität Tübingen, Germany, in 1993 and his doctorate at the University of Bayreuth in 1994. His research focuses on ethnobotanical research and the preservation of traditional knowledge of the Andes, Caucasus, and the Himalayas. Dr. Bussmann has an extensive publication record, with over 350 peer-reviewed papers, over 1,300 peer-reviewed book chapters, and 38 authored or edited books. He is recognized as one of the most cited ethnobotanists globally and serves as editor-in-chief of the Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions book series published by Springer Nature. Dr. Bussmann has held leadership positions in various scientific societies and serves on the editorial boards of several journals. |
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