Description
Book SynopsisThis book looks at using forestry and several other innovative measures to facilitate environmental sustainability, covering an important selection of research that focuses on scientific applications and trends. Chapters discuss such diverse topics as using agroforestry for resource management, employing legumes in agroforestry, livestock management for climate change mitigation, introducing higher plants for air pollution mitigation in urban industrial areas, the uses and benefits of sludge, technological assessment of sewage treatment plants, and much more.
This book will be a helpful and informative reference for those in the disciplines of forestry, agriculture, ecology, and environmental science and will also be a pathway to addressing new concepts for a sustainable world.
Table of Contents1. Forests for Resource Management and Environmental Protection 2. Agroforestry Systems in the Hills and Their Ecosystem Services 3. Multifunctional Role of Legumes in Agroforestry 4. Multifunctional Pastures for Livestock Management and Climate Change Mitigation 5. Role of Higher Plants for Air Pollution Mitigation in Urban Industrial Areas 6. The Uses and Benefits of Sludge and Ways to Protect Against Its Probable Harmful Effects 7. Contributions of Pit Lakes to the Socioeconomic Status: A Case Study of the Raniganj Coal Field Area 8. Chlorine Status and Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Within a Public Distribution System of Kollam District 9. Effect of Environmental Pollution on Health and Its Prevention: An Overview 10. Innovative Approach to Sustainable Development and Biodiversity Conservation 11. Prospects of Biotechnology for a Sustainable Environment 12. Technological Assessment of Sewage Treatment Plants
