1Preface
594.2.1 Climate Change
2Chapter - 1 Introduction to Biodiversity
604.2.2 Deforestation and Habitat Loss
31.1 BIODIVERSITY
614.2.3 Overexploitation
41.2 Patterns of Biodiversity
624.2.4 Invasive Species
51.2.1 Latitudinal Gradients
634.2.5 Pollution
61.2.2 Species-Area Relationships
644.3 Exercise
71.2.3 The importance of Species Diversity to the Ecosystem
655 Conservation
81.3 Loss of Biodiversity
665.1 introduction
91.4 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: 1.4.1 Why Should We Conserve Biodiversity?
675.2 In-situ Conservation
101.5 How do we conserve Biodiversity?
685.3 In-situ methods
111.5.1 In situ Conservation
695.4 Biosphere Reserves
121.5.2 Ex-situ Conservation
705.5 Species-oriented projects
131.6 Measuring biodiversity
715.6 Project Tiger
141.6.1 Measuring Biodiversity
725.7 Project Elephant
151.6.2 Value
735.8 Crocodile breeding and management project
161.6.3 Genetic diversity as a critical component
745.9 Ex Situ Conservation: 5.9.1 Types of Ex Situ Conservation
171.6.4 Species Richness as a Common Currency
755.10 Captive Breeding
181.7 Exercise
765.11 Aquarium
19Chapter - 2 Mapping Biodiversity
775.12 Botanical Gardens
202.1 introduction
785.13 Gene Banks
212.1.1 Issues of Scale
795.14 Advantages of Ex Situ Conservation
222.1.2 Species–area Relationships
805.15 Disadvantages of Ex Situ Conservation
232.1.3 Local–regional Richness Relationships
815.16 Challenges to Ex Situ Conservation
242.1.4 Extremes of High and Low Diversity
825.17 Difference between In situ and Ex situ Conservation
252.1.5 Biological Realms
835.18 STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
262.2 Biogeographic regions
845.18.1 Sufficient Participation and Support
272.3 Hotspots
855.18.2 Attitude and Process
282.3.1 Endemism
865.18.3 Structural and Financial Issues
292.3.2 Particular Environments
875.18.4 Obstacles
302.4 Terrestrial and freshwater systems
885.19 Exercise
312.5 Marine systems
89Chapter - 6 Reforestation
322.6 Mechanisms
906.1 Deforestation–Forestation
332.7 Altitude
916.2 Steps involved in a typical reforestation operation, including
342.8 Below the Earth’s surface: 2.8.1 Depth
926.2.1 Site Preparation
352.9 Peninsulas and bays: 2.9.1 Congruence
936.2.2 Mechanical Methods
362.10 Exercise
946.2.3 Manual Methods
37Chapter - 3 Ecology of Tropical Forest Systems and Marine Ecosystems
956.2.4 Chemical Methods
383.1 introduction: 3.1.1 Area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
966.2.5 Obtaining Seedlings
393.2 Rainfall
976.2.6 Species Selection
403.3 Temperature
986.2.7 Stock Type
413.4 Soil Composition
996.2.8 Planting Seedlings
423.5 Biodiversity
1006.2.9 Timing
433.6 Laterization – consequences
1016.2.10 Care and Handling
443.7 Primary production: 3.7.1 Climate, Water and Nutrients as a main driving force of Primary Productivity
1026.2.11 Tools and Planting
453.8 Global Carbon Cycle and Productivity
1036.2.12 Seedling Protection
463.9 Water cycle in forest ecosystem: 3.9.1 What is Hydrology?
1046.2.13 Plantation Maintenance
473.10 Energy and Water
1056.3 Financial help for reforestation
483.11 Marine ecosystem: 3.11.1 Origins of Marine Life
1066.4 Exercise
493.12 The Marine Environment: 3.12.1 Geography, Oceanography, and Topography
107Chapter - 7 Nature-based Tourism
503.13 Physical and chemical properties of seawater
1087.1 Nature Tourism
513.14 Ocean currents
1097.2 Ecotourism
523.15 Marine Biota
1107.2.1 Tourism Impact on Conservation
533.16 Plankton
1117.2.2 Potential for Increased Revenues for Local People
543.17 Nekton
1127.3 CONTRIBUTION OF TOURISM TO PARK FINANCES
553.18 Exercise
1137.4 Exercise
56Chapter - 4 Factors and Processes Threatening Biodiversity
114Appendix (Institutes Offering the Course)
574.1 introduction
115Glossary
584.2 5 major threats to biodiversity, and how we can help curb them
116Index
