Biodiversity for Sustainable Development

“This book explores the interrelationship between biodiversity and sustainable development through the perspective of access and benefit sharing, biodiversity governance, and sustainable livelihood. … The book has many illustrations (nine half tone and 45 coloured), and in general is suitable for researchers and policy makers wishing to understand how international and national agreements relate to issues in their own lives, and the relevance of grassroot initiatives and bottom-up solutions for sustainable development.” (Rajani Srivastava, Biodiversity and Conservation, Vol. 27 (14), December, 2018)

• Part I – Access and benefit sharing for sustainable development.- 1. International and National Framework on Access and Benefit Sharing.- 2. Access and Benefit Sharing mechanism under the Multilateral System of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.- 3. Contributions of the Corporate Sector to Sustainable Development.- 4. Biodiversity, Access and Benefit Sharing in India: A Critical Analysis.- 5. Access and Benefit sharing: Challenges ahead.- 6. Ethnopharmacology, Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights.- 7. Can Benefits Be shared?:Three tangles for access and benefit sharing.- 8. Bio-resources Valuation for Ensuring Equity in Access and Benefit Sharing: Issues and Challenges.- 9. Green GSDP for Sustainable Development.- Part II – Biodiversity governance for sustainable development.- 10. Decentralized governance for sustainable development.- 11. Community conservation of marine turtles and sustainable ecosystems.- 12. Grass-root initiatives for Environmental sustainability.- 13. Conservation through payment for ecosystem services.- 14. Geographical indications and sustainable livelihood.- 15. Grass root initiatives for sustainable livelihood.- Part III Biodiversity for sustainable livelihood.- 16. Release of indigenous tribal community from debt trap.- 17. Sustainable development of Idamalakudy - A tribal Panchayat.- 18. Meliponiculture for pollination support, yield enhancement and poverty eradication.- 19. Sustainable use of wild yams by tribal communities in Kerala, India.- 20. Sustainability of native fish broods and rural livelihood.- 21. Restoring fish habitats for sustainable livelihood.- 22. Sustainable livestock farming-issues and concepts.- 23. Biodiversity and Sustainable development – A Retrospect.