Ecosystem Management Climate Change and Sustainability

This book is essential for anyone who wants to understand the challenges of environmental degradation and learn about the sustainable solutions needed to address these critical issues.

Today, the entire globe is suffering from various forms of environmental degradation, resource depletion, and an imbalance of natural phenomena. In this context, one of the major issues is loss of ecosystem services and proper functioning of natural ecosystems. Pollution, ecological invasion, loss of biodiversity, land degradation, and loss of productivity across various ecosystems have become the biggest challenges humankind is faced with. Considering Sustainable Development Goals 2030, the major target is to restore degraded ecosystems and their functionality, which will bring back the valuable ecosystem services of a diverse ecosystem. Ecosystem Management: Climate Change and Sustainability addresses all these issues to teach a global readership the dimensions of ecosystem services and ways toward a future sustainable world.

Arnab Banerjee, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has published 80 research papers in reputed national and international journals, as well as 17 books and 90 book chapters. Additionally, he is a life member of the Academy of Environmental Biology and is dynamically involved in post-graduate teaching and research, including work as a fellow under a University Grants Commission project.

Manoj Kumar Jhariya, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Farm Forestry at Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya, Sarguja, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India. He is the author or co-author of more than 86 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, 16 books, 86 book chapters, and several extension articles and serves as an editorial board member of several journals. He is a 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 International Journal of Development and Sustainability.

Abhishek Raj, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Forest Product and Utilization, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay College of Horticulture & Forestry, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University, India. He has published over 20 papers in scientific journals, 60 book chapters, and five books.

Taher Mechergui, PhD, is an assistant professor on the faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Laboratory of Forest, Tabarka Pastoral Resources, Jarzouna, Tunisia. He has published various research papers and chapters from reputed international publishers and has a long, well-respected career in academia and research, particularly in research and development. He has a wide specialization in the diverse field of ecophysiology along with allied biological sciences.