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IN SEARCH OF BIOHAPPINESS : Biodiversity and Food, Health and Livelihood Security.
Title:
IN SEARCH OF BIOHAPPINESS : Biodiversity and Food, Health and Livelihood Security.
Author:
Swaminathan, M.S.
ISBN:
9789814329330
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (185 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Section I Conservation, Cultivation, Consumption and Commerce: Pathways to Biohappiness -- 1. Towards an Era of Biohappiness -- The Indian Legislation -- 2. Biodiversity and Sustainable Food Security -- Kerala, A Case Study -- Suggestions for the National Action Plan of the Biodiversity Authority of India -- 3. Biotechnology and Biohappiness -- 4. Integrated Gene Management -- 5. Mangroves -- Mangrove Genetic Resources of India -- Where Do We Go From Here? -- 6. Plant Variety Protection and Genetic Conservation -- Section II Science and Sustainable Food Security -- 7. The Tsunami and a New Chapter -- 8. Now for the Evergreen Revolution -- 9. Evergreen Revolution and Sustainable Food Security -- 10. Priorities in Agricultural Research and Education -- Adaptation to Climate Change -- Challenges Ahead -- Road Map -- 11. Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis -- 12. Synergy between Food Security Act and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act -- 13. Common and Differentiated Entitlements: Pathway for Food Security for All -- Common and Differentiated Entitlements -- 14. Designing Architecture for a Learning Revolution -- 15. Role of Sustainability Science -- 16. Towards Eliminating Hunger and Poverty -- Way Forward -- Section III Food Security in an Era of Climate Change and Civil Strife -- 17. Copenhagen, Tsunami and Hunger -- 18. Monsoon Management in an Era of Climate Change -- 19. Media and the Farm Sector -- 20. Resolving Asia's Contradictions: Growth versus Inequities -- 21. From Killing Fields to Smiling Gardens in Northern Sri Lanka -- Strategies for the Wanni Region -- 22. Finding Common International Goals -- 23. Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- Looking Back -- Looking Ahead -- Index.
Abstract:
This book describes how an era of biohappiness, based on the conservation and sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity, can be launched. It deals with all aspects of conservation such as in situ, ex situ and community conservation, and also covers co.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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