Biodiversity

Prof. Vir Singh, Ph.D., is an Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science at GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, India. He has more than three decades experience in teaching, research, extension, project execution, and research supervision. He has also worked as Coordinator of Liberal Education, Director of Communication, Editor-in-Chief of two monthly magazines published by the university, and Nodal Officer of Disaster Management for the Uttarakhand Government, India. He has been educated and trained in many universities and institutes in India and has also worked with many reputed organizations outside India, including International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) based in Kathmandu, Nepal, Galilee International Management Institute (GIMI) in Israel, and Friedrich-Schiller University in Germany. He has a passion for environmental science, ecology, agroecology, and eco-philosophy. He is fascinated by nature's biodiversity. Prof. Vir Singh has published 54 books, many monographs, a lab manual, and more than 250 research papers, book chapters, and popular articles. In his book Fertilizing the Universe (Cambridge Scholars, 2019), he proposes a theory of astrobiological evolution. His textbook on Environmental Plant Physiology (Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 2020) brings to the fore a botanical strategy for a climate-smart planet. He is also a Climate Reality Leader committed to creating awareness about the ongoing climate change and its long-term implications of every walk of life. He is also actively engaged in environmental writing. His articles on vital contemporary issues are being widely published in English and Hindi dailies and e-magazines.

• 1. Biodiversity: Concepts and Values2. Agrobiodiversity: Biodiversity in Agriculture3. Biodiversity of the Pedosphere4. Biodiversity in the Chemosynthesis-Based Community5. Threats to Biodiversity6. Biodiversity Conservation7. Biodiversity and Sustainability