In search of biohappiness: biodiversity and food, health and livelihood security

By:

Swaminathan, M. S

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 2011 World Scientific New JerseyDescription: xiv, 170 pISBN:

9789814329323

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

333.9516 S9I6

Summary: This book is intended to describe how an era of biohappiness, based on the conservation and sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity, can be launched. The book will deal with all aspects of conservation such as in-situ, ex-situ and community conservation. It will cover the conservation issues relating to mangroves and other coastal bioresources, whose importance will grow with the emerging possibility of sea level rise from global warming. The book will include concrete examples of how local tribal families have taken to the establishment of gene, seed, grain and water banks in villages, thus linking conservation, cultivation, consumption and commerce in a mutually reinforcing manner.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ahmedabad	333.9516 S9I6 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		175041

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This book is intended to describe how an era of biohappiness, based on the conservation and sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity, can be launched. The book will deal with all aspects of conservation such as in-situ, ex-situ and community conservation. It will cover the conservation issues relating to mangroves and other coastal bioresources, whose importance will grow with the emerging possibility of sea level rise from global warming. The book will include concrete examples of how local tribal families have taken to the establishment of gene, seed, grain and water banks in villages, thus linking conservation, cultivation, consumption and commerce in a mutually reinforcing manner.

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