Indian Hotspots

Dr. Chandrakasan SivaperumanDr. C. Sivaperuman, is currently a Scientist-D at the Zoological Survey of India, Port Blair. He received his master’s degree in wildlife biology from Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, and his doctorate degree in ecology of wetland birds in the Vembanad-Kole Ramsar site from the Kerala Forest Research Institute, Kerala, and Forest Research Institute, Deemed University, Dehra Dun. He has been extensively involved in field surveys in different parts of the country. He has published more than 200 research papers in national and international journals and newsletters. He also authored/edited more than 25 books published by respected national and international publishers. He has participated in 36th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica during 2016-2017 and carried out studies on the species abundance and distribution of birds and mammals in Antarctica. He has participated and presented research papers at 60 national and international seminars and symposia. He is life member of various scientific societies in India and abroad.Dr. Krishnamoorthy Venkataraman Dr. Krishnamoorthy Venkataraman, former Director Zoological Survey of India, is presently working as a senior Scientific Consultant at the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Anna University, Chennai.His research areas include coastal and marine biodiversity assessment, coral reef restoration, integrated management of coastal, marine and wetland ecosystems, biodiversity laws and policies. He is an expert on strategy formulation, climate change resilience in management of marine ecosystem, meiofaunal assemblage in Antarctic ecosystem, and training and organizing awareness programmes on faunal resources conservation. He has 37 years of research experience in faunal diversity studies, and has served at Madurai Kamaraj University, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), National Biodiversity Authority, Loss of Ecology Authority and the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in various capacities.He was the director of the Zoological Survey of India from 2010 to 2015. At BNHS he worked with internationally renowned Ornithologist, Dr. Salim Ali, in the Management of Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan. He has contributed over 458 publications in the field of marine, wetland, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, of which 41 have been published as books. He is a member of the editorial board of leading scientific journals in India and has reviewed several articles for internationally respected journals and various Government of India committees. He has participated in over 500 national and 50 international meetings, chairing sessions and panel discussions and delivering lead talks.He was the founder member secretary of the National Biodiversity Authority of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India, and coordinated the implementation of the thematic National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan, and the action plan for biophysical monitoring of coral reefs in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve. His input and involvement in the enactment and implementation of Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and establishment of State Biodiversity Boards are worth mentioning. He was instrumental in Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve (GNBR), Andaman and Nicobar Islands becoming recognized in the UNESCO-MAB World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

• Chapter 1 Hotspots - An Introduction and Role in Conservation.- Chapter 2 Notes On Snakes of The Genus Bungarus (Serpentes: Elapidae) From Northeast India.- Chapter 3 Herpetofauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.- Chapter 4 Observations on Oviposition, Egg Clutches and Hatching in Endangered Tree Frog Polypedates Insularis Das, 1995 from Great Nicobar Island, India.- Chapter 5 Diversity of Reptiles in the Indian Biodiversity Hotspots.- Chapter 6 Avifauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with an Updated Checklist.- Chapter 7 Is Southern Spotted Owlet Athene Brama Brama (Temminck 1821) Serving as a Bio-control Agent of Agricultural Pests? A Case Study From Cauvery Deltaic Regions in Southern India.- Chapter 8 Mammals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.- Chapter 9 Mammals of Arunachal Pradesh, India.- Chapter 10 Diversity and Distribution of Mammals in the Indian Himalayas.- Chapter 11 An Updation of Mammals of Western Ghats.- Chapter 12 Population Status, Group Size, Distribution and Human Disturbances on the Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithicus Johnii) in the Upper Nilgiris, Western Ghats, Southern India.- Chapter 13 Status and distribution of Nigiri Tahr in the Western Ghats.- Chapter 14 Conservation Threats on Critically Endangered Gyps Vultures in the Tamil Nadu Part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Southern India.- Chapter 15 The Bat Fauna of Meghalaya, Northeast India: Diversity and Conservation.- Chapter 16 Conservation Status of Large Mammals in Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India.- Chapter 17 Conservation Status and Guidelines for the Maintenance of Endangered Grizzled Giant Squirrel Ratufa Macroura in Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary.- Chapter 18 Crop Damage by Wild Animals in Thrissur District, Kerala, India.- Chapter 19 People Participation in Biodiversity Conservation.- Chapter 20 Colonization of Large Wildlife in Rehabilitated Forests of Lowland in Chitwan National Park’s Buffer Zone, Nepal.