Sustainable Management of Wetlands

Jyoti Parikh is Executive Director of Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe), New Delhi, and Senior Professor at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. She has previously worked with the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University in Japan as well as with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria. A recipient of several international awards, she is a member of several important international and national committees and panels. Among others, Professor Parikh was the National Project Coordinator of a UNDP project on capacity building for environmental governance, Chairperson of the Environmental Economics Research Committee (EERC) and Environmental Consultant to the UNDP and the World Bank. She has made significant contributions in the areas of natural resource accounting and valuation, climate change, energy and power systems modelling and technology assessment. Her previous publications include Sustainable Regeneration of Wetlands; North-South Co-operation for Climate Change; and Environmental Governance Series, Volumes 1 to 5.Hemant Datye is an independent consultant based in Pune. After obtaining his Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Bombay, he acquired advanced training in environment and wildlife conservation and management, and in environmental economics. He has been a fellow under the Capacity 21 Project sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme. Apart from his writing in Marathi on environmental issues, Dr Datye has edited A Week with Elephant.

• Foreword - Ian JohnsonMessage - P V JayakrishnanMessage - Walter ReidIntroduction - Jyoti ParikhOverview of Indian Wetlands - Y N Rao and Hemant DatyeWetland Mapping - P S Roy and Mukunda Dev BeheraA Remote-Sensing PerspectiveCoral Reef Ecosystem - M V M Wafar and Sayeeda WafarMangrove Ecosystems of India - Sanjay Deshmukh and T A Rao Status, Management and PolicyWetlands and River Systems - Prakash GoleSome Experiments in Their Ecodevelopment Planning and IntegrationAn Approach to Indicators for Wetland Planning, Monitoring and Policy - Hemant Datye and Jyoti ParikhEconomic Assessment and Wetland Management - Jyoti Parikh and Hemant DatyeSalient Features of the Ecosystem of the Keoladeo National Park - V S Vijayan and Lalitha VijayanPeople′s Participation in Wetland Conservation through Conservation Education - Prashant V MahajanA Case Study of Keoladeo National Park, BharatpurThe Valuation of Biodiversity within Protected Areas - Kanchan ChopraAlternative Approaches and a Case StudyThe Need and Approach for a Wetland Protected Area Network in India - B C Choudhury and T L Raghu RamDeveloping a National Wetland Strategy - Jyoti Parikh, Hemant Datye and T L Raghu RamIndex

`This work is a very comprehensive and multidisciplinary study of Indian wetlands.... This is a valuable book for scholars and students in the field of environment, ecology, development, biology, geography, economics and anthropology... it is an invaluable resource for policy makers, environmentalists, industrialists and NGO′s′ - International Journal of Environmental Studies