Conservation Biogeography and Forest Management Navigating the Complexities of Human-Nature Interactions

This book offers a novel approach to the new science of conservation biogeography by examining the role of this science and its integration with social science research in advancing new knowledge about sustainable environmental management. It offers a new perspective and integration of the shared roles of cultural biogeography and the environmental aspects of economics, anthropology, psychology and history, providing a background for conservation management as well as effective advice and applicable tools for environmental studies. In addition, the book also considers conservation biology, biogeography and cultural biogeography as sister and founding disciplines of conservation biogeography and offers meaningful, illustrative case studies. For academic researchers, this illustrates an integration of paradigmatically different disciplines for conservation management. For students, it provides a fundamental assessment of multidisciplinary training for conservation practice. For practitioners and policymakers, it provides an analytical tool for more responsive and conscious environmental protection. For futurists, it contributes to understanding trends in environmental change.

Preface.- PART 1 BIOGEOGRAPHY AND CONSERVATION.- Development of Conservation Biogeography.- Conservation Biogeography and Social Sciences.- Multitherapeutic Attributes of Ethnomedicinal Plants, Use and Marketing by Indigenous Communities in the Northeastern Hotspots of India.- Ethno-Veterinary Practices by Rural and Indigenous Communities Across India.- PART 2 CONSERVATION BIOGEOGRAPHY AND FOREST COMMUNITIES.- Forest Communities, Threatened and Near-Threatened Medicinal Trees and Climate-Imposed Threats in Central India.- Exploring socio-ecological interactions, including the role of formal & informal rules, in forest management outcomes: A case study from selected forests in Central India.- Rehabilitation and Reclamation of Iron and Manganese Mines in Bellary, India: Theory and Practices.- Impact of Landuse Change on Forest Fringe Communities: Cases from India and Africa.

Kaushalendra Kumar Jha is a forester with high administrative and academic skills in forest management and environmental science. He holds degrees, research and teaching position from Indian Universities and Management Institute (Botany and forestry: aquatic, afforestation, avian and raptor ecology; forest produce management; climate change and international conventions). He acquired skill upgradation degree and trainings from European and North American Universities (sustainable tropical forest management with specialization in environment, tree improvement and geoinformatics). He has considerable number of publications.

Michael O'Neal Campbell is an environmental scientist with expertise in geomatics, applied ecology and conservation biology. He holds degrees, research and teaching positions in applied biogeography, geomatics, conservation biology and landscape ecology, from the Universities of London (Imperial College), Manchester Metropolitan, Leicester and Lancaster (all in the UK) and Carleton University in Canada. He has published widely in the environmental sciences.