Table of Contents

Section I - Natural Resources Management 1. Importance of Natural Resources Conservation: Moving Towards the Sustainable World 2. Challenges in Natural Resource Management for Ecological Sustainability 3. Soil Management for Food Security 4. Soil Improvement in Arid and Semi-arid Regions for Sustainable Development 5. Remote Sensing for Agriculture and Resource Management

Section II - Ecological Restoration 6. Biodiversity Recovery at Environmental Mining Restorations 7. Climate Change Adaptation through Ecological Restoration 8. Eco-Restoration of Bauxite Mining: An Ecological Approach 9. Riparian Conservation and Restoration for Ecological Sustainability

Section III - Forest based Environment and Ecological Sustainability 10. Ecological Wisdom for Natural Resources Management and Sustainability 11. Environmental Sustainability: Challenges and Approaches 12. Prospects and Implementation of Nanotechnology in Environmental Remediation and Clean up 13. Agroforestry a Model for Ecological Sustainability 14. Tree Shelters: A Promising Tool for Environmental and Livestock Management 15. Influence of Stand Structure on Forest Biomass Sustainability 16. Native Forests in Agricultural Landscapes: An Option for Sustainability 17. Bioclimatology and Botanical Resources for Sustainable Development 18. Modelling for Soil and Water Conservation Towards the Sustainable Agro-forest based Systems

Section IV - Technological Intervention for Resources Management 19. Environmental Education for Sustainable Development 20. Application of GIS and Remote Sensing towards Forest Resource Management in Mangrove Forest of Niger Delta 21. Sustainable Management of Tropical Anguillid eels in Southeast Asia 22. Agronomic and Biochemical Characteristics of Pteris vittata L. under the Impact of Chromium Stress 23. Seaweed Farming: A Perspective of Sustainable Agriculture and Socio-economic Development 24. Species Invasion and Ecological Risk 25. Contribution of Three Indigenous Plant Species in the Sustainability and Reduction of Environmental Pollution 26. Sustainable Natural Resources Exploitation: Clay/Sand Mining on Diminishing Greener Security and Increased Climate Risks in Nigeria 27. Study of the Composition of PM2.5 Aerosols on Heavy Metals in Primary Schools: Case of Tiaret City (Algeria) 28. Characterizing to Sustain the Agrobiodiversity for Southern Nations and Peoples’ in the Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia

About the Author

Dr. Manoj Kumar Jhariya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Farm Forestry at Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya (Formerly, Sarguja University), Sarguja, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India. Dr. Jhariya acquired B.Sc. (Agriculture), M.Sc. (Forestry) and PhD. (Forestry) Degrees from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He won the University Gold Medal for securing first class first position in PhD. examination. He was awarded Chhattisgarh Young Scientist Award in the year 2013 from Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology. He was awarded a UGC-RGNF Fellowship, New Delhi, India. He is editorial board member of several journals. He is life member of- The Indian Science Congress Association, Applied and Natural Science Foundation, Society for Advancement of Human and Nature, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association of India, and ISDS Society &International Journal of Development and Sustainability. He is dynamically involved in teaching and research. Dr. Ram Swaroop Meena is an Agronomist working in the Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India. Dr. Meena has been awarded Raman Research Fellowship by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. He has completed his postdoctoral research on soil carbon sequestration under Padma Shri Prof. Rattan Lal, World Food Prize Laureate, Columbus, USA. Dr. Meena has completed 10 external funded projects including, MHRD, ICAR, DST, etc. Dr. Arnab Banerjee is an Assistant Professor in Department of Environmental Science, Sarguja Vishwavidyalaya, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has completed M.Sc. and PhD. (Environmental Science) From Burdwan University and M.Phil. in Environmental Science from Kalyani University West Bengal. He won the University Gold Medal for securing first class first position in M.Sc. examination. He has been awarded Young Scientist Award for best oral presentation at International Conference held at University of Burdwan. He was a project fellow under UGC sponsored major research project. HHe is life member of academy of environmental biology. In addition to research and teaching, he supervises Post Graduate Students. Dr. Surya Nandan Meena is currently a DSK PDF at Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. Earlier Dr. Meena has secured the National Postdoctoral Fellowship through Department of Science and Technology (DST), India and worked at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa for two years. He has completed his MSc (Agri) Plant Biotechnology from University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad, India and Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the Department of Biotechnology, Goa University, Goa India through research fellowship of Department of Biotechnology (DBT). Dr. Meena has more than 5 years of postdoctoral research experience in natural products chemistry which resulted in more than 10 peer reviewed research papers in international journals, three book chapters and editors of two books in Elsevier. Dr. Meena has presented his research work in different national and international conferences.