15 VOLUME WORLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT RUNNING INTO MORE THAN 8000 PAGES RELEASED FOR THE BENEFIT OF SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

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New Delhi, 26 January 2020 (Republic Day of India)

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Vol. No.	Name of the Title and Volume	Pages	Set(s)
1	Ecological Concepts	552	One
2	Environmental Concepts	551
3	Environmental Education	555
4	India's Environment	518
5	Natural Resources Conservation and Management	568
6	Environmental Laws	536
7	Environmental Impact Assessment	552
8	Pollution Monitoring and Control	563
9	Environmental Management	524
10	Environmental Engineering	576
11	Global Environmental Problems and Solutions	535
12	Waste Minimisation and Management	545
13	Environmental Sustainability	535
14	Emerging Environmental Issues	514
15	Environmental Future	527

The following are the Volumewise detailed contents of the Encyclopaedia :
Volume 1	Ecological Concepts

Chapter 1	What is Ecology ?	7
Chapter 2	History of Ecology	39
Chapter 3	Biological Organisation	53
Chapter 4	Taxonomy in the Context of Biology	58
Chapter 5	Biodiversity	69
Chapter 6	Habitat	98
Chapter 7	Ecological Niche	109
Chapter 8	Niche Construction	115
Chapter 9	Ecosystem Engineer	122
Chapter 10	Biome	127
Chapter 11	Biosphere	140
Chapter 12	Earth Science	144
Chapter 13	Life History Theory	151
Chapter 14	Ecophysiology	159
Chapter 15	Metabolic Theory of Ecology	165
Chapter 16	Population Ecology	168
Chapter 17	Organisms by Population	181
Chapter 18	Metapopulation	184
Chapter 19	Animal Migration	188
Chapter 20	Human Migration	194
Chapter 21	Community Ecology	201
Chapter 22	Ecosystem Ecology	204
Chapter 23	Food Web	211
Chapter 24	Food Chain	225
Chapter 25	Trophic Level	228
Chapter 26	Keystone Species	230
Chapter 27	Complexity	240
Chapter 28	Emergence	247
Chapter 29	Holism	263
Chapter 30	Evolutionary Ecology	272
Chapter 31	Behavioural Ecology	274
Chapter 32	Social Ecology	295
Chapter 33	Coevolution	297
Chapter 34	Biogeography	306
Chapter 35	r/K selection Theory	314
Chapter 36	Molecular Ecology	319
Chapter 37	Human Ecology	328
Chapter 38	Restoration Ecology	337
Chapter 39	Natural Resource Management	346
Chapter 40	Natural Environment	356
Chapter 41	Ecological Resilience	374
Chapter 42	Aquatic Ecosystem	381
Chapter 43	Fire Ecology	387
Chapter 44	Soil Ecology	400
Chapter 45	Biogeochemistry	402
Chapter 46	Nutrient Cycle	404
Chapter 47	Climate	414
Chapter 48	Cultural Ecology	424
Chapter 49	Political Ecology	430
Chapter 50	Chemical Ecology	435
Chapter 51	Ecological Psychology	436
Chapter 52	Information Ecology	438
Chapter 53	Digital Ecology	440
Chapter 54	Agroecology	442
Chapter 55	Systems Ecology	453
Chapter 56	Landscape Ecology	457
Chapter 57	Historical Ecology	466
Chapter 58	Microbial Ecology	481
Chapter 59	Paleoecology	484
Chapter 60	Plant Ecology	486
Chapter 61	Benthic Zone	493
Chapter 62	Desert Ecology	496
Chapter 63	Forest Ecology	497
Chapter 64	Marine Ecosystem	501
Chapter 65	Urban Ecology	502
Chapter 66	Arctic Ecology	513
Chapter 67	Polar Ecology	522
Chapter 68	Tropical Ecology	528
Chapter 69	Deep Ecology	531
Chapter 70	Festive Ecology	544
Chapter 71	Industrial Ecology	547

Volume 2	Environmental Concepts
Chapter 1	What is Environment ?	7
Chapter 2	Natural Environment	9
Chapter 3	Environmental Epidemiology	29
Chapter 4	Environmental Science	30
Chapter 5	Atmospheric Sciences	35
Chapter 6	Environmental Chemistry	39
Chapter 7	Freshwater Environmental Quality Parameters	42
Chapter 8	Environmental Monitoring	50
Chapter 9	Ecological Sanitation	60
Chapter 10	Environmental Movement	71
Chapter 11	Environmental Impact Statement	87
Chapter 12	Environmental Planning	93
Chapter 13	Environmental Health	108
Chapter 14	Environmental Disease	113
Chapter 15	Environmental Medicine	116
Chapter 16	Environmental Racism	118
Chapter 17	Environmental Psychology	130
Chapter 18	Environmental Art	142
Chapter 19	Environmental Policy	156
Chapter 20	Environmental Governance	160
Chapter 21	Environmental Politics	188
Chapter 22	Environmental Ethics	193
Chapter 23	Green Politics	198
Chapter 24	Environmental Quality	208
Chapter 25	Environmental Law	209
Chapter 26	Social Environment	224
Chapter 27	Environmental Issues in India	226
Chapter 28	Environmental Impact of Irrigation	236
Chapter 29	Environment of India	243
Chapter 30	Environmental Issues	248
Chapter 31	Human impact on the Environment	251
Chapter 32	Human–Wildlife Conflict	268
Chapter 33	Environmental Impact of Agriculture	272
Chapter 34	Environmental Impact of Fishing	277
Chapter 35	Environmental Impact of Meat Production	280
Chapter 36	Social and Environmental Impact of Palm Oil	289
Chapter 37	Environmental Impact of the Energy Industry	298
Chapter 38	Environmental Impact of Biodiesel	306
Chapter 39	Environmental Impact of the Coal Industry	310
Chapter 40	Environmental Impact of Electricity Generation	320
Chapter 41	Environmental Impact of Nuclear Power	334
Chapter 42	Environmental Impact of the Oil Shale Industry	357
Chapter 43	Environmental Impact of the Petroleum Industry	360
Chapter 44	Environmental Impact of Reservoirs	365
Chapter 45	Environmental Impact of Wind Power	370
Chapter 46	Ecological Light Pollution	386
Chapter 47	Environmental Impact of Cleaning Agents	391
Chapter 48	Environmental Impact of Nanotechnology	392
Chapter 49	Environmental Impact of Leather	398
Chapter 50	Environmental Impact of Paint	412
Chapter 51	Environmental Impact of Paper	415
Chapter 52	Environmental Impact of Pesticides	426
Chapter 53	Env. Impact of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products	440
Chapter 54	Environmental Impact of Mining	452
Chapter 55	Environmental Impact of Transport	461
Chapter 56	Environmental Impact of Aviation	467
Chapter 57	Environmental Impact of Roads	481
Chapter 58	Environmental Impact of Shipping	487
Chapter 59	Environmental Impact of War	495
Chapter 60	Environmental Issues with Coral Reefs	500
Chapter 61	Human impact on the Nitrogen Cycle	512
Chapter 62	Effects of Global Warming on Human Health	518

Volume 3	Environmental Education
Chapter 1	Environmental Education	7
Chapter 2	Citizen Science
Chapter 3	Education for Sustainable Development	31
Chapter 4	Science Education	38
Chapter 5	Outdoor Education	47
Chapter 6	Experiential Education	54
Chapter 7	Garden-based Learning	65
Chapter 8	Inquiry-based Learning	70
Chapter 9	Arts-based Environmental Education	79
Chapter 10	Environmental Adult Education	87
Chapter 11	Environmental Studies	90
Chapter 12	Environmental Ethics	91
Chapter 13	Bioethics	96
Chapter 14	Climate Ethics	101
Chapter 15	Conservation (Ethic)	104
Chapter 16	Ecocentrism	109
Chapter 17	Ecofeminism	112
Chapter 18	Environmental Design	120
Chapter 19	Environmental Health Ethics	123
Chapter 20	Environmental Communication	127
Chapter 21	Environmental Journalism	129
Chapter 22	Ecological Literacy	134
Chapter 23	Ecological Psychology	136
Chapter 24	Ecological Humanities	138
Chapter 25	Environmental Archaeology	140
Chapter 26	Ecophysiology	141
Chapter 27	Environmental History	147
Chapter 28	Environmental Justice	168
Chapter 29	Environmental Criminology	190
Chapter 30	Environmental Sociology	192
Chapter 31	Sustainable Development	202
Chapter 32	Green Development	220
Chapter 33	Sustainopreneurship	224
Chapter 34	Eco-innovation	229
Chapter 35	Environmental Governance in India	231
Chapter 36	Environment & Pollution Control curriculum for Schools in India	302
Chapter 37	Stage-wise Syllabus for Environmental Education	322
Chapter 38	Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan	372
Chapter 39	List of Cleanest Cities in India	379
Chapter 40	Water Supply and Sanitation in India	387
Chapter 41	Open Defecation	403
Chapter 42	Indian States and Union Territories	413
Chapter 43	Environmental Health	415
Chapter 44	Health Effects from Noise	420
Chapter 45	Waterborne Diseases	429
Chapter 46	Environmental Monitoring	437
Chapter 47	Freshwater Environmental Quality Parameters	446
Chapter 48	Drinking Water Quality Standards	454
Chapter 49	Biomonitoring	461
Chapter 50	Exposure Assessment	467
Chapter 51	Toxicology	473
Chapter 52	Hazardous Waste	477
Chapter 53	Toxic Waste	482
Chapter 54	Recycling	488
Chapter 55	Vermicompost	513
Chapter 56	Organic Farming	522
Chapter 57	Green Computing	546
Volume 4	India's Environment
Chapter 1	Environment of India	7
Chapter 2	Wildlife of India	13
Chapter 3	Fauna of India	22
Chapter 4	Flora of India	35
Chapter 5	Geography of India	131
Chapter 6	Indo-Gangetic Plain	150
Chapter 7	Thar Desert	155
Chapter 8	Islands of India	174
Chapter 9	Major Rivers of India	177
Chapter 10	Climate of India	183
Chapter 11	Climatic Regions of India	205
Chapter 12	Geology of India	209
Chapter 13	Earthquake Zones of India	216
Chapter 14	Natural Resources of India	218
Chapter 15	Environmental Issues in India	227
Chapter 16	Environmental Policy of India	237
Chapter 17	Water Pollution in India	242
Chapter 18	Pollution of the Ganges	254
Chapter 19	Deforestation in India	265
Chapter 20	Drought in India	266
Chapter 21	Water Scarcity in India	267
Chapter 22	Air Pollution in India	269
Chapter 23	Central Pollution Control Board	278
Chapter 24	15 Indian Cities among the World's most Polluted	282
Chapter 25	Indian Rivers Inter-link	284
Chapter 26	Environmental issues in Delhi	296
Chapter 27	Impact of Climate Change on Mountain Ecosystems of India	299
Chapter 28	‘Eco-feminism’ and Save the Girl Child Movement in India	304
Chapter 29	Air Quality in Delhi	307
Chapter 30	Climate of Delhi	309
Chapter 31	Great Smog of Delhi	314
Chapter 32	Waste Management in India	317
Chapter 33	Present Status of Waste Management Practices in India	318
Chapter 34	Conservation in India	323
Chapter 35	Chipko Movement	329
Chapter 36	Protected areas of India	334
Chapter 37	National Parks of India	336
Chapter 38	Wildlife Sanctuaries of India	344
Chapter 39	Botanical Gardens in India	365
Chapter 40	Rock-cut Temples in India	368
Chapter 41	Biosphere Reserves of India	376
Chapter 42	Reserved Forests and Protected Forests of India	380
Chapter 43	Forestry in India	382
Chapter 45	Social Forestry in India	398
Chapter 46	Common and Community Forests of India	402
Chapter 47	Conservation Reserves and Community Reserves of India	406
Chapter 48	Private Protected Areas of India	407
Chapter 49	Top 10 Green Cities of India	411
Chapter 50	Impact of Building Regulations on Indian Hill Towns	417
Chapter 51	Eco-cities in India	434
Chapter 52	10 Major Environmental Challenges Faced by India	438
Chapter 53	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change	441
Chapter 54	Noise Pollution in India	443
Chapter 55	8 Major Environmental Movements in India	448
Chapter 56	Bhopal Disaster	456
Chapter 57	2017 Ennore oil Spill	479
Chapter 58	Indian Vulture Crisis	482
Chapter 59	Sundarbans Mangrove Environment	485
Chapter 60	Godavari-Krishna Mangroves	507
Chapter 61	Bhitarkanika Mangroves	509
Chapter 62	Indian Birds	511
Chapter 63	India’s Environmental History	512
Chapter 64	India: Green Growth - Overcoming Environment Challenges	516

Volume 5	Natural Resources Conservation and Management
Chapter 1	What do we know about Nature ?	7
Chapter 2	Natural Resource	28
Chapter 3	Conservation	35
Chapter 4	Conservation Ethic	37
Chapter 5	Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage	41
Chapter 6	Conservation Biology	56
Chapter 7	Conservation Genetics	74
Chapter 8	Energy Conservation	79
Chapter 9	Habitat Conservation	86
Chapter 10	Marine Conservation	93
Chapter 11	Soil Conservation	100
Chapter 12	Water Conservation	105
Chapter 13	Wetland Conservation	111
Chapter 14	Wildlife Conservation	116
Chapter 15	Wildlife Management	121
Chapter 16	Natural Resource Management	127
Chapter 17	Biodiversity	137
Chapter 18	Conservation-reliant Species	165
Chapter 19	Environmental Resource Management	168
Chapter 20	National Natural Resources Management System	176
Chapter 21	Water Resource Management	178
Chapter 22	Wildlife	182
Chapter 23	Wildlife of India	188
Chapter 25	Birds of India	196
Chapter 26	Indian State Birds	286
Chapter 27	Indian State Flowers	297
Chapter 28	Indian State Trees	304
Chapter 29	Indian State Animals	313
Chapter 30	Flora of the Indian Epic Period	321
Chapter 31	Indian Timber Trees	418
Chapter 32	Forest Genetic Resources	431
Chapter 33	Environmental DNA	433
Chapter 34	Forestry in India	436
Chapter 35	Mountains in India	453
Chapter 36	Rivers of India	461
Chapter 37	Major Rivers of India	479
Chapter 38	Dams and Reservoirs in India	485
Chapter 39	Mineral Resources in India	526
Chapter 40	Oil and Gas Industry in India	528
Chapter 41	Water Resources in India	531
Chapter 42	Marine Conservation	536
Chapter 43	Exploitation of Natural Resources	543
Chapter 44	Overconsumption	546
Chapter 45	Overexploitation	548
Chapter 46	Biosphere Reserves of India	558
Chapter 47	Indian Remote Sensing	562
Chapter 48	Natural Disasters in India	565
Chapter 49	Types of Natural Resources in India	567

Volume 6	Natural Resources Conservation and Management

Chapter 1	Environmental Law	7
Chapter 2	Environmental Laws by Country	22
Chapter 3	Six environmental Laws to be Amended Soon	47
Chapter 4	Environmental Laws and Constitutional Provisions in India	49
Chapter 5	International Environmental Agreements	62
Chapter 6	Climate Change Initiatives	69
Chapter 7	Environmental Lawsuits	72
Chapter 8	Supranational Environmental Agencies	86
Chapter 9	Environmental Ministries	88
Chapter 10	Ministers of Environment	96
Chapter 11	Forestry Ministries	178
Chapter 12	Ministers of Climate Change	183
Chapter 13	Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System	188
Chapter 14	Environmental Protocol	190
Chapter 15	Environmental Policy of India	192
Chapter 16	Environmental issues in India	196
Chapter 17	The Environment (Protection) Act,	206
Chapter 18	Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974	218
Chapter 19	The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) CESS Act, 1977	258
Chapter 20	Water (Prevention and of Pollution) CESS Rules, 1978	267
Chapter 21	Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 with Amendments Made in 1988	272
Chapter 22	The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981	275
Chapter 23	The Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 Deptt of Env.	306
Chapter 24	The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972	316
Chapter 25	The Biological Diversity Act, 2002	394
Chapter 26	Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules 2001	421
Chapter 27	Recycled Plastics, Plastics Manufacture and Uses Rules 1999	428
Chapter 28	National Green Tribunal Act	430
Chapter 29	The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991	433
Chapter 30	Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989	444
Chapter 31	Hazardous Wastes (Mgt. and Handling) Amendment Rules 2003	451
Chapter 32	Radioactive Waste Management : Indian Scenario	465
Chapter 33	Role of Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment	469

Volume 7	Environmental Impact Assessment

Chapter 1	Environmental Impact Assessment	7
Chapter 2	Strategic Environmental Assessment	24
Chapter 3	Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol	28
Chapter 4	Millennium Ecosystem Assessment	33
Chapter 5	Environmental Full-cost Accounting	35
Chapter 6	Environmental Accounting	39
Chapter 7	Environmental Profit and Loss Account	41
Chapter 8	Environmental Good	43
Chapter 9	Environmental Indicator	45
Chapter 10	Global environmental Analysis	48
Chapter 11	Phase I Environmental Site Assessment	53
Chapter 12	Social Impact Assessment	59
Chapter 13	Economic impact Analysis	61
Chapter 14	Environmental Audit	64
Chapter 15	International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions	67
Chapter 16	Environmental Impact Assessment in India	78
Chapter 17	Understanding EIA	81
Chapter 18	Purposes of Conducting EIA	90
Chapter 19	Environmental Impact Assessment of Kol-Dam	92
Chapter 20	EIA Analysis of Jindal Thermal Power Plant	100
Chapter 21	Environmental Assessment of Mining Activities	108
Chapter 22	Environmental and Social Impact Assessment	112
Chapter 23	EIA and Clearance of River Valley Projects	118
Chapter 24	Tracking Sand Mining	178
Chapter 25	EIA Application in Some Countries of South Asia	181
Chapter 26	India�s EIA Process & Failure to Protect the Yamuna River	202
Chapter 27	Why EIA ?	205
Chapter 28	Environmental Impact Assessment EIA	209
Chapter 29	Hydro � Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)	211
Chapter 30	Environmental Impact of Reservoirs	215
Chapter 31	Personal Environmental Impact Accounting	220
Chapter 32	Environmental Product Declaration	221
Chapter 33	Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol	223
Chapter 34	Millennium Ecosystem Assessment	228
Chapter 35	Environmental Impact Statement	230
Chapter 36	Environmental Impact of Transport	236
Chapter 37	Environmental Impact of Biodiesel	242
Chapter 38	Environmental Impact of Aviation	246
Chapter 39	Vehicle Recycling	261
Chapter 40	Environmental Impact of Fishing	265
Chapter 41	Environmental Impact of Meat Production	268
Chapter 42	Environmental Impact of Agriculture	277
Chapter 43	Environmental Vegetarianism	282
Chapter 44	Environmental Impact of Pesticides	287
Chapter 45	Environmental Impact of the Energy Industry	301
Chapter 46	Environmental Impact of Electricity Generation	309
Chapter 47	Environmental Impact of Concrete	323
Chapter 48	Environmental Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing	329
Chapter 49	Environmental Impact of the Petroleum Industry	340
Chapter 50	Environmental Impact of the Oil Shale Industry	345
Chapter 51	Effects of E-Waste on Our Environment	348
Chapter 52	Impact of Industrialization on the Environment	350
Chapter 53	Environmental Impacts of Tourism	354
Chapter 54	Environmental Impact of Deforestation	359
Chapter 55	Environmental Impact of Paper	363
Chapter 56	Environmental Impacts of Solar Power	374
Chapter 57	Environmental Impact of Leather Tanning Industry	377
Chapter 58	Environmental Impact of Pharmaceuticals and Care Products	381
Chapter 59	Drug Pollution	393
Chapter 60	Steel Production and Environmental Impact	395
Chapter 61	Environmental Impact Analysis	404
Chapter 62	Environmental Impact Assessment Applied to Decision Making	406
Chapter 63	Drivers and Impacts of Air Pollution	419
Chapter 64	Road Ecology	422
Chapter 65	Railroad Ecology	428
Chapter 66	Wildlife Crossing	430
Chapter 67	Environmental Impact of Irrigation	439
Chapter 68	Environmental Impact of Smoking	446
Chapter 69	Environmental Impact of the Coal Industry	448
Chapter 70	Environmental Effects of Global Warming	458
Chapter 71	Impact of the Environmental Education Movement by IIEE	484

Volume 8	Pollution Monitoring and Control
Chapter 1	What is Pollution ?
Chapter 2	Air Pollution
Chapter 3	Light Pollution
Chapter 4	Litter
Chapter 5	Noise Pollution
Chapter 6	Soil Contamination
Chapter 7	Radioactive Contamination
Chapter 8	Visual Pollution
Chapter 9	Water Pollution
Chapter 10	Plastic Pollution
Chapter 11	Pollutant
Chapter 12	Toxic Hotspot
Chapter 13	Pollution-related Diseases
Chapter 14	Regulation and Monitoring of Pollution
Chapter 15	Biomagnifications
Chapter 16	Carbon Dioxide
Chapter 17	Invasive Species
Chapter 18	Nitrogen Oxide
Chapter 19	Smog
Chapter 20	Sulfur Dioxide
Chapter 21	Pollution Prevention
Chapter 22	Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling
Chapter 23	Source Reduction
Chapter 24	Cleaner Production
Chapter 25	Waste Minimization
Chapter 26	Overconsumption
Chapter 27	Overexploitation
Chapter 28	Urban Runoff
Chapter 29	Nonpoint Source Pollution
Chapter 30	Agricultural Wastewater Treatment
Chapter 31	Recycling
Chapter 32	Reuse
Chapter 33	Environmental Mitigation
Chapter 34	Compost
Chapter 35	Plant nutrition
Chapter 36	Waste Sorting
Chapter 37	Automated Vacuum Collection
Chapter 38	Kerbside Collection
Chapter 39	History of Waste Management
Chapter 40	History of Water Supply and Sanitation
Chapter 41	Materials Recovery Facility
Chapter 42	Mechanical Biological Treatment
Chapter 43	Waste Collection
Chapter 44	Thermal Oxidizer
Chapter 45	Dust Collector
Chapter 46	Electrostatic Precipitator
Chapter 47	Scrubber
Chapter 48	Baffle Spray Scrubber
Chapter 49	Cyclonic spray Scrubber
Chapter 50	Ejector Venturi Scrubber
Chapter 51	Mechanically Aided Scrubber
Chapter 52	Spray Tower
Chapter 53	Wet Scrubber
Chapter 54	Sewage Treatment
Chapter 55	Sedimentation
Chapter 56	Activated Sludge
Chapter 57	Aerated Lagoon
Chapter 58	Constructed Wetland
Chapter 59	Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Chapter 60	Marine Pollution
Chapter 61	Environmental impact of Shipping
Chapter 62	Marine Debris
Chapter 63	Regulation and Monitoring of Pollution
Chapter 64	Central Pollution Control Board
Chapter 65	When will India be Able to Control Pollution ?

Volume 9	Environmental Management
Chapter 1	Environmental Management
Chapter 2	Environmental Resource management
Chapter 3	Environmental Management System
Chapter 4	Sustainability versus Environmental Management
Chapter 5	Environmental Manager
Chapter 6	Environmental Planning
Chapter 7	Natural Resource Management
Chapter 8	Environmental Management Scheme
Chapter 9	Ecosystem Services
Chapter 10	Environmental Protection
Chapter 11	What is Sustainability ?
Chapter 12	Integrated Landscape Management
Chapter 13	Brundtland Commission
Chapter 14	Our Common Future
Chapter 15	National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
Chapter 16	Biophysical Environment
Chapter 17	Environmental Sociology
Chapter 18	Anthropocentrism
Chapter 19	Ecocentrism
Chapter 20	Radical Environmentalism
Chapter 21	Deep Green Resistance
Chapter 22	Environmental Crime
Chapter 23	Ecotax
Chapter 24	Environmental Killings
Chapter 25	Green Criminology
Chapter 26	Environmental Degradation
Chapter 27	Ecological Collapse
Chapter 28	Environmental Issues
Chapter 29	Ecologically Sustainable Development
Chapter 30	Greenhouse Debt
Chapter 31	Ecological Debt
Chapter 32	Carbon Footprint
Chapter 33	Carrying Capacity
Chapter 34	Biocapacity
Chapter 35	Human Overpopulation
Chapter 36	Environmental Remediation
Chapter 37	Wildlife Smuggling
Chapter 38	Green Syndicalism
Chapter 39	Green Ban
Chapter 40	Adaptive Management
Chapter 41	Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
Chapter 42	Environmental Impact Assessment
Chapter 43	Holistic management in Agriculture
Chapter 44	Resource Management
Chapter 45	Planetary Management
Chapter 46	Earth System Science
Chapter 47	Global Change
Chapter 48	Global Governance
Chapter 49	Global Catastrophic Risk
Chapter 50	Timeline of the Far Future
Chapter 51	Future of Earth
Chapter 52	Space and Survival
Chapter 53	ISO 14000
Chapter 54	Life-cycle Assessment
Chapter 55	Design for the Environment
Chapter 56	Coastal Management
Chapter 57	Ecological Modernization
Chapter 58	Eco-efficiency
Chapter 59	Eco-innovation
Chapter 60	Ecological Civilization
Chapter 61	Eco-sufficiency
Chapter 62	Transition Town
Chapter 63	Ecosystem-based Management
Chapter 64	Ecosystem Management
Chapter 65	Ecosystem Health
Chapter 66	Natural Resources
Chapter 67	Habitat Conservation
Chapter 68	Habitat Fragmentation
Chapter 69	Future Environmental Management
Chapter 70	Environmental Management Systems: Past, Present and Future
Chapter 71	The Future of Environmental Management
Chapter 72	How Env. Mgt. is Paving the way for a Sustainable Future
Chapter 73	The future of Health Safety and Environment Management
Chapter 74	Future environmental Risks, Opportunities and Planning
Chapter 75	Environmental Risk Management
Chapter 76	Environmental Management in India
Chapter 77	Environmental Management and Environmental Regulation
Chapter 78	Environmental Quality Management

Volume 10	Environmental Engineering
Chapter 1	What is Environmental Engineering ?
Chapter 2	Ecological Engineering
Chapter 3	Environmental Engineering Science
Chapter 4	Sustainable Engineering
Chapter 5	Green Engineering
Chapter 6	Value Engineering
Chapter 7	Concurrent Engineering
Chapter 8	Environmental Technology
Chapter 9	Environmental Protection
Chapter 10	Environmental Globalization
Chapter 11	Ecotechnology
Chapter 12	Environmental Remediation
Chapter 13	Environmental Degradation
Chapter 14	Ecological Collapse
Chapter 15	Environmental Restoration
Chapter 16	Most polluting Industries
Chapter 17	Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Chapter 18	Pollution Control at the Fossil Fuel Power Stations
Chapter 19	API Oil�Water Separator
Chapter 20	Industrial Water Treatment
Chapter 21	Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation
Chapter 22	Water Treatment
Chapter 23	Pulsed-Power Water Treatment
Chapter 24	Water Purification
Chapter 25	Water Softening
Chapter 26	Microfiltration
Chapter 27	Membrane Technology
Chapter 28	Ultrafiltration
Chapter 29	Nanofiltration
Chapter 30	Reverse Osmosis
Chapter 31	Membrane Bioreactor
Chapter 32	Waste-Water Treatment Technologies
Chapter 33	Solid Waste Treatment Technologies
Chapter 34	Waste Treatment Technologies
Chapter 35	Genetic Pollution
Chapter 36	Health Effects from Noise
Chapter 37	Greenhouse Gas
Chapter 38	Environmental Impact of Aviation
Chapter 39	Environmental Impact of Concrete
Chapter 40	Concrete Recycling
Chapter 41	Env. Impact of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
Chapter 42	Drug Pollution
Chapter 43	Plastic Particle Water Pollution
Chapter 44	Environmental Impact of Paper
Chapter 45	Bharat Stage Emission Standards
Chapter 46	Vehicle Emissions Control
Chapter 47	Low-Carbon Economy
Chapter 48	Leather Production Processes
Chapter 49	Environmental Impact of the Petroleum Industry
Chapter 50	Environmental Impact of Mining
Chapter 51	Deep Sea Mining
Chapter 52	Placer Mining
Chapter 53	Industrial Waste
Chapter 54	Chemical Waste
Chapter 55	Toxic Waste
Chapter 56	Radioactive Waste
Chapter 57	Types of Waste
Chapter 58	Biomedical Waste
Chapter 59	Green Vehicle
Chapter 60	Emerging Technologies
Chapter 61	List of Emerging Technologies

Volume 11	Global Environmental Problems and Solutions
Chapter 1	What is Globe ?	7
Chapter 2	Earth	12
Chapter 3	The Global Environment	37
Chapter 4	Environmental Issue	39
Chapter 5	Human impact on the Environment	42
Chapter 6	Ozone Depletion	60
Chapter 7	Climate change	82
Chapter 8	History of Climate Change Science	98
Chapter 9	Ice Age	110
Chapter 10	Global Cooling	127
Chapter 11	Greenhouse Effect	138
Chapter 12	Greenhouse Gas	145
Chapter 13	Carbon Dioxide in Earth's Atmosphere	172
Chapter 14	Global Warming	185
Chapter 15	Effects of Global Warming on Oceans	207
Chapter 16	Effects of Global Warming on Marine Mammals	217
Chapter 17	Attribution of Recent Climate Change	220
Chapter 18	Countries by Carbon Dioxide Emissions	238
Chapter 19	Solar Activity and Climate	242
Chapter 20	Climate Sensitivity	251
Chapter 21	General Circulation Model	259
Chapter 22	Effects of Global Warming	269
Chapter 23	Global Catastrophic Risk	294
Chapter 24	Existential Risk from Artificial General Intelligence	311
Chapter 25	Biotechnology Risk	321
Chapter 26	Biological Warfare	323
Chapter 27	Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change	336
Chapter 28	Environmental Disaster	339
Chapter 29	Environmental Emergency	341
Chapter 30	Environmental Hazard	343
Chapter 31	Grey Goo	346
Chapter 32	Bioterrorism	349
Chapter 33	Global Warming in the Arctic	360
Chapter 34	Arctic Climate Impact Assessment	372
Chapter 35	Arctic Sea Ice Decline	374
Chapter 36	Arctic Methane Emissions	380
Chapter 37	Sea Level Rise	385
Chapter 38	Effects of Climate Change on Island Nations	402
Chapter 39	Environmental Problems	407
Chapter 40	Acid Rain	411
Chapter 41	Urban Sprawl	424
Chapter 42	Habitat Fragmentation	443
Chapter 43	Human Overpopulation	448
Chapter 44	Environmental Impact of War	482
Chapter 45	Resource Depletion	488
Chapter 46	Human Extinction	492
Chapter 47	Timeline of the Far Future	499
Chapter 48	Future of Earth	513
Chapter 49	Ultimate Fate of the Universe	529

Volume 12	Waste Minimisation and Management
Chapter 1	What is Waste ?	7
Chapter 2	Resource Recovery	12
Chapter 3	Food Waste	16
Chapter 4	Agricultural Wastewater Treatment	27
Chapter 5	Biodegradable Waste	34
Chapter 6	Biomedical Waste	36
Chapter 7	Bulky Waste	42
Chapter 8	Chemical Waste	43
Chapter 9	Coffee Wastewater	49
Chapter 10	Construction Waste	55
Chapter 11	Demolition Waste	57
Chapter 12	Municipal Solid Waste	58
Chapter 13	Electronic Waste	62
Chapter 14	Green Waste	80
Chapter 15	Garden Waste Dumping	81
Chapter 16	Greywater	85
Chapter 17	Hazardous Waste	93
Chapter 18	Household Hazardous Waste	98
Chapter 19	Human Waste	100
Chapter 20	Blackwater Waste	102
Chapter 21	Sewage Sludge	103
Chapter 22	Industrial Waste	114
Chapter 23	Slag	115
Chapter 24	Fly Ash	119
Chapter 25	Litter	130
Chapter 26	Marine Debris	141
Chapter 27	Metabolic Waste	151
Chapter 28	Post-consumer Waste	153
Chapter 29	Radioactive Waste	155
Chapter 30	Low-level Waste	176
Chapter 31	High-level Waste	180
Chapter 32	Spent nuclear Fuel	182
Chapter 33	Recycling of Waste	189
Chapter 34	Sewage	214
Chapter 35	History of Water Supply and Sanitation	219
Chapter 36	Sewerage	233
Chapter 37	Sharps Waste	236
Chapter 38	Ship Disposal	241
Chapter 39	Toxic Waste	246
Chapter 40	Waste Heat	252
Chapter 41	Wastewater	258
Chapter 42	Winery Waste	265
Chapter 43	Landfill	269
Chapter 44	Landfill Gas	275
Chapter 45	Waste Management	279
Chapter 46	Garbage Truck	291
Chapter 47	Waste Container	298
Chapter 48	Compost	300
Chapter 49	Reuse of Excreta	314
Chapter 50	Ecological Sanitation	326
Chapter 51	Fecal sludge Management	336
Chapter 52	Night Soil	349
Chapter 53	Uses of Compost	353
Chapter 54	Vermicompost	357
Chapter 55	Waste Sorting	366
Chapter 56	Automated Vacuum Collection	369
Chapter 57	Incineration	372
Chapter 58	Cremation	394
Chapter 59	Waste-to-energy	421
Chapter 60	Landfill Gas Utilization	427
Chapter 61	Biomass	438
Chapter 62	Energy Recycling	449
Chapter 63	Pyrolysis	452
Chapter 64	Resource Recovery	462
Chapter 65	Waste Minimisation	466
Chapter 66	Waste Hierarchy	472
Chapter 67	Zero Waste	476
Chapter 68	Sustainable Packaging	488
Chapter 69	Plastic Pollution	492
Chapter 70	Solid Waste Treatment Technologies	504
Chapter 71	Waste-water Treatment Technologies	505
Chapter 72	The Future of Waste: Five Things to look for by 2025	507
Chapter 73	Waste Characterisation	511
Chapter 74	Waste Management Outlook for India	513
Chapter 75	12 Notable Waste Management Startups in India	515
Chapter 76	A Billion Reasons for Waste to Energy in India	520
Chapter 77	Challenges & Opportunities Associated with Waste Mgt. in India	525
Chapter 78	India’s Waste Management Industry	537
Chapter 79	Urban Waste Management	540
Chapter 80	India’s Waste Management Challenge	541

Volume 13	Environmental Sustainability
Chapter 1	What is Sustainability ?	7
Chapter 2	Sustainable Development	36
Chapter 3	History of Sustainability	55
Chapter 4	Sustainability Measurement	60
Chapter 5	Human Population Planning	68
Chapter 6	Carrying Capacity	81
Chapter 7	Millennium Ecosystem Assessment	86
Chapter 8	Sustainable Development Goals	88
Chapter 9	Sustainability and Environmental Management	97
Chapter 10	Consumption Economics	103
Chapter 11	Sustainable Energy	105
Chapter 12	Renewable Energy	131
Chapter 13	Efficient Energy Use	164
Chapter 14	Water Resources	180
Chapter 15	Ecosystem Services	194
Chapter 16	Eco-Socialism	211
Chapter 17	Social Sustainability	234
Chapter 18	Environmental Policy	237
Chapter 19	Environmental Justice	241
Chapter 20	Environmental Ethics	263
Chapter 21	Sustainability Accounting	268
Chapter 22	Sustainability Organizations	279
Chapter 23	Sustainable Advertising	290
Chapter 24	Sustainable Agriculture	292
Chapter 25	Sustainable Architecture	304
Chapter 26	Sustainable Art	316
Chapter 27	Sustainable Business	318
Chapter 28	Sustainable City	326
Chapter 29	Sustainable Community	341
Chapter 30	Sustainable Design	349
Chapter 31	Sustainable Distribution	363
Chapter 32	Sustainable Forest Management	368
Chapter 33	Sustainable Living	375
Chapter 34	Sustainable National Income	393
Chapter 35	Sustainable Packaging	396
Chapter 36	Sustainable Procurement	400
Chapter 37	Sustainable Sanitation	407
Chapter 38	Sustainable Tourism	412
Chapter 39	Sustainable Transport	422
Chapter 40	Sustainable Drainage System	435
Chapter 41	Sustainable Urban Infrastructure	437
Chapter 42	Sustainable Implant	440
Chapter 43	Ecologically Sustainable Development	449
Chapter 44	Greenhouse Debt	451
Chapter 45	Ecological Debt	452
Chapter 46	Ecological Footprint	454
Chapter 47	Planetary Boundaries	460
Chapter 48	Triple Bottom Line	479
Chapter 49	Corporate Sustainability	486
Chapter 50	Environmental Politics	488
Chapter 51	Ecological Modernization	493
Chapter 52	Ecological Civilization	496
Chapter 53	Ecological Crisis	498
Chapter 54	Eco-Innovation	501
Chapter 55	Environmental Ethics	503
Chapter 56	Computational Sustainability	508
Chapter 57	Green Computing	510
Chapter 58	Green Development	521
Chapter 59	Sustainopreneurship	525
Chapter 60	What Does a Sustainable Future Actually Look Like ?	529
Chapter 61	What is Environmental Sustainability and Development ?

Volume 14	Emerging Environmental Issues
Chapter 1	Vehicle Emissions Control	7
Chapter 2	Biodegradation	12
Chapter 3	Cadmium Poisoning	18
Chapter 4	Diseases of Affluence	21
Chapter 5	Effects of the Car on Societies	23
Chapter 6	Habitat Destruction	38
Chapter 7	Habitat Fragmentation	48
Chapter 8	Illegal Logging	53
Chapter 9	Light Pollution	59
Chapter 10	Biomedical Waste	82
Chapter 11	Pesticide Misuse	88
Chapter 12	Pesticide Poisoning	90
Chapter 13	Health Effects of Pesticides	95
Chapter 14	Population Growth	99
Chapter 15	Radioactive Waste	113
Chapter 16	Ocean disposal of Radioactive Waste	134
Chapter 17	Sudden Stratospheric Warming	142
Chapter 18	Traffic Congestion	145
Chapter 19	Tree Spiking	166
Chapter 20	Particle Radiation	168
Chapter 21	World Population	171
Chapter 22	Blackwater (Waste)	196
Chapter 23	Desertification	197
Chapter 24	Dryland Salinity	205
Chapter 25	Ecological Collapse	208
Chapter 26	Fugitive Emissions	212
Chapter 27	Global Dimming	214
Chapter 28	Environmental Security	223
Chapter 29	Environmental Threats and Opportunities	227
Chapter 30	Environmental Concerns	258
Chapter 31	10 Major Environmental Challenges Faced by India	262
Chapter 32	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	265
Chapter 33	Environmental Concerns	303
Chapter 34	Environmental Disaster	307
Chapter 35	List of Environmental Disasters	309
Chapter 36	Effects of Global Warming on Humans	315
Chapter 37	Anthropogenic Hazard	331
Chapter 38	Dangerous Goods	340
Chapter 39	CBRN Defense	347
Chapter 40	Global Catastrophic Risk	354
Chapter 41	Doomsday Clock	372
Chapter 42	Eschatology	381
Chapter 43	Environmental Hazard	386
Chapter 44	Sick Building Syndrome	389
Chapter 45	Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome	396
Chapter 46	Marine Debris Pollution	405
Chapter 47	Heavy Metals Pollution	419
Chapter 48	Explosive Materials Pollution	437
Chapter 49	Herbicide Pollution	459
Chapter 50	Carcinogenic Pollution	476
Chapter 51	Asian Dust	486
Chapter 52	Environmental Emergency	489
Chapter 53	Urgent Env. Problems and their Impact on Global Business	491
Chapter 54	Indian Vulture Crisis	495
Chapter 55	The Environmental and Health Impacts of Tobacco Agriculture	499
Chapter 56	10 Serious Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Env.& Human Health	505
Chapter 57	Smoking Environmental Risks	510

Volume 15	Environmental Future
Chapter 1	Mother Goddess	7
Chapter 2	Gaia Mythology	23
Chapter 3	Gaia Hypothesis	27
Chapter 4	Paleoclimatology	41
Chapter 5	Geological History of Oxygen	51
Chapter 6	Gaia Philosophy	53
Chapter 7	Climate Engineering	58
Chapter 8	What is Arcology ?	68
Chapter 9	Earth	72
Chapter 10	History of Earth	99
Chapter 11	Future Earth	129
Chapter 12	Future of Earth	131
Chapter 13	Eschatology	147
Chapter 14	Age of the Earth	152
Chapter 15	Formation and Evolution of the Solar System	163
Chapter 16	Origin of Water on Earth	183
Chapter 17	Evolutionary History of Life	186
Chapter 18	Ozone layer	210
Chapter 19	Timeline of the Evolutionary History of Life	218
Chapter 20	History of Evolutionary Thought	235
Chapter 21	Extinction Event	266
Chapter 22	Planet Earth: The Future	280
Chapter 23	Future	284
Chapter 24	Timeline of the Far Future	293
Chapter 25	Chronology of the Universe	310
Chapter 26	The Challenge of Achieving Environmental Protection for All	324
Chapter 27	Strategies for Protection of Environment in India	327
Chapter 28	Environmental Politics	333
Chapter 29	Environmental Movement	338
Chapter 30	Anti-consumerism	354
Chapter 31	Bright green Environmentalism	359
Chapter 32	Environmentalism	362
Chapter 33	Timeline of History of Environmentalism	377
Chapter 34	Timeline of Environmental History	395
Chapter 35	History of the World	415
Chapter 36	Economic History of the World	444
Chapter 37	Environmental History	449
Chapter 38	The Planet's Future: Climate Change	471
Chapter 39	Timeline of History of Environmentalism	474
Chapter 40	Timeline of the Environmentalist Movement	491

The following are the brief achievements of the Authors and the Members of the Editorial Board :

About the Author Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi

Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi, Ph.D is the world renowned environmental scientist, institution builder and a charismatic leader with more than 45 years of teaching and training experience in different areas of ecology, environment, disaster management, sustainable development, peace studies, conflict resolution, human rights, intellectual property rights, ecological tourism, geriatric care and institution building strategies.

He is the Founder Chancellor/Plenipotentiary of the State University "The Global Open University Nagaland" and Founder Chancellor of the "Indira Gandhi Technological and Medical Sciences University", Arunachal Pradesh. He has been responsible for the establishment of many universities and professional / vocational institutions in India as well as in other countries of the world.

He has authored the World Encyclopaedias on emerging subjects like environmental sciences, remote sensing, health care, global peace and security, production and operations management, materials management, bioinformatics, green business management, geriatric care, habitat and population studies etc.

As the President of the Confederation of Indian Universities (CIU) created during the NDA regime in the year 2004, Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi has tried to unite all the 1100 universities in the country for optimising the available resources in the country with a view to stopping the duplication of efforts in the area of higher and tertiary education. During his visits to different countries including USA, UK, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Sri Lanka, Nepal, South Korea, Mongolia, Zambia, Uganda, Ethiopia, Maldives, Indonesia, Russia, Poland and Thailand, Dr. P R Trivedi has been transferring the appropriate technologies of institution building from India to the rest of the world.

He has received more than 55 international and national awards and appreciations conferred upon him in many countries of the world for his outstanding contribution in the areas of alternative dispute resolution, diplomatic studies, interfaith studies, spiritual development etc.

Dr. P R Trivedi has designed a masterplan paradigm for leading India by providing appropriate guidance to the Government of India in the areas of skill development, entrepreneurial leadership besides managerial competence among the young boys and girls by advocating the slogan "Catch Them Young" so that they could finally become didactics to educate their fathers, mothers, teachers and colleagues, rather the entire neighbourhood with no worries and miseries in the country.

Dr. P R Trivedi is the first person in India to have thought of vocationalising the existing careers of young boys and girls by giving them employment centric education with a view to solving the problems relating to employment as well as unemployableness. He has designed more than 2100 skill based courses with self-instructional study materials for ensuring perfect training in order to achieve the milestone of producing 550 million skilled persons in the country by the year 2025.

Dr. P R Trivedi has envisaged that the two main problems of our country i.e. unemployment and pollution have to be tackled by creating environment friendly and sustainable jobs by designing a job creation policy which could be sustained by the mother earth of our country.

Dr. P R Trivedi has been duly credited for designing and launching the Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications besides short-term job oriented skilling courses on Computer Operations, Computer Programming and Computer Maintenance way back in the year 1979-1980. He has also brought out the 50 Volume Encyclopaedia of Information Technology running into more than 15,000 pages jointly brought out by the Computers (India) Limited, The Global Open University Nagaland and Indira Gandhi Technological and Medical Sciences University, Arunachal Pradesh.

About the Author Dr. UTTAM KUMAR SINGH

Uttam Kumar Singh, Ph.D. is a renowned institution builder and thinker presently the Director General of the Indian Institute of Business Management (IIBM) and Dr. Zakir Husain Institute (ZHI), Patna. He has authored more than 100 books on different subjects related to management, disaster education, criminology, forensic science and many other developmental subjects. He has also been at the helm of affairs in the management of Computer Society of India, The Global Open University Nagaland and Indira Gandhi Technological and Medical Sciences University.

About the Author Dr. MARKANDEY RAI

Markandey Rai, Ph.D. is currently the Senior Advisor of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme after his retirement as the Chief of the United Nations Inter-Agency Coordination, Global Parliamentarians and Trade Unions Programme of UN-HABITAT based in Nairobi, Kenya. Presently he is also the Chancellor of Indira Gandhi Technological and Medical Sciences University, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh established under the State Legislature of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh. Technological and Medical Sciences University, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh established under the State Legislature of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh.

He was pioneer for establishing Global Urban Observatories and Publications of the Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics and Atlas periodically. He has been the Chairperson of the Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) at Nairobi to advise the Heads of the UN offices at Nairobi (UNON) on the matters of the staff administration and welfare. He has widely travelled and attended several conferences of scientific as well as of political nature. As focal point for the Asia-Pacific region and also for India in UN-HABITAT, he achieved to organize a ministers forum for Asia-Pacific countries in December 2006 in New Delhi successfully and India became the Chairperson and permanent secretariat was established in New Delhi. He has been the President of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) in Nairobi of Kenya chapter. His biography was published in the 14th edition of Marquis Who's Who in the World in 1997. He is an "Ambassador for Peace" conferred by the Global Peace Foundation in March 2009. In March 2017, at Global Peace Convention of GPF in Manila, Dr. Rai was elected the President of Global Peace and Development Service Alliance (GPDSA). He has honors to address a number of Parliaments and Global Parliamentarian's forums. He is holding many prestigious and honorary positions in India and abroad and focusing mainly on Sustainable Urbanization, Youth and Women empowerment through Youth Vocational and Leadership programmes. He is currently the Chairman of an Accreditation Board of BMO of NABET under Quality Council of India, State Chancellor of IAEWP (NGO Affiliate of ECOSOC, DPI, UNESCO, UNICEF) for NCT of Delhi and the Executive President of World Spiritual Parliament.

About the Author Dr. aaradhana salpekar

Dr. Aaradhana Salpekar, Ph.D. is a renowned ecologist and environmentalist with more than 45 years of teaching and research experience in many specialised areas related to botany, pollution monitoring and control, eco restoration, environmental impact assessment, natural resources and conservation studies besides eco-feminism. She has authored more than 50 books on different aspects of mother earth protection strategies.

About the Author Dr. KADAMBARI SHARMA

Dr. Kadambari Sharma, Ph.D. is a renowned author and anthropologist dedicated for the cause of environmental as well as disaster education. She has authored more than 50 books related to women's development, disaster mitigation and management, environmental laws, population and community ecology, crime against women, sustainable development, conflict resolution etc. She has the credit of designing a package of new modules on disaster education for the students of different schools and colleges in the National Capital Region.

About the Author Dr. TANUJA TRIVEDI

Dr. Tanuja Trivedi, Ph.D. is a renowned author, activist and ecofeminist dedicated for the cause of national as well as international development in general and gender development in particular. In the capacity of the Head and Director of the Women's Agency for Generating Employment (WAGE), she has been developing a master plan and a paradigm for ensuring proper training of women in the new and emerging areas of rural and urban entrepreneurship besides developing a neological as well as a neocratic approach to empowering the girl child, developing strategies for the young women and ensuring all the geriatric needs of the elderly women specially living below the poverty line.

She has been chosen by many international organisations for getting felicitated based on her outstanding contribution.

She is also heading the WIBP Observer Group where she is at the helm of affairs in the capacity of the Director of the Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment (IIEE). She has travelled in almost all parts of Asia and Europe.

About the Author Dr. utkarsh sharma

Dr. Utkarsh Sharma, Ph.D. is presently the Pro Chancellor of the Indira Gandhi Technological and Medical Sciences University, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh besides the Director and Member Secretary of the National Institute of Cleanliness Education and Research, AfroAsianAmerican Chamber of Commerce, Occupational Research and Development (ACCORD). After completing his MBA Degree, he was sponsored by his parent organisation KPMG for undergoing the specialized Executive Development Programme at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow where he learnt the art and science of management and administration besides appropriate techniques for bringing productivity and efficiency within and outside the organization. He completed his doctoral studies from the Commonwealth Vocational University, Kingdom of Tonga.

He has successfully designed a masterplan and a new paradigm for developing the resources and infrastructure in different States in general and in the State of Bihar in particular.

The Total Price of the 15 Volume World Encyclopaedia of Ecology and Environment is Rs. 49,500 which is to be transferred to the following Bank Account while placing the order :

The Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, New Delhi welcomes all such organizations and institutions by emailing on mail ID : ecology@ecology.edu. if there any query.

It may also be mentioned that this is the only Encyclopaedia of its type published anywhere in the world.

The Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment (IIEE), New Delhi the Official Publisher of this Encyclopaedia in the oldest institution established on 5^th June 1980 which a view to promoting, studies, training, research, conference organization, consultancy development and publications related to ecology, environment, pollution monitoring and control, population and community ecology, environmental education, natural resources conservation, environmental laws, pollution monitoring and control, disaster management, sustainable development, GIS and remote sensing, ecological tourism etc.

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