From the Back Cover
This edited book offers coverage towards SDG 15 in particular, but it provides for all the SDGs in general. The book is an inclusive comprehension on ecosystem restoration and sustainability including agricultural and ecosystem resilience, the role of biodiversity, climate change and water resources, hydrological modelling, extreme events, disaster risk and management, sustainable policy making on disaster management. The world is facing diverse and severe challenges. Millions of people are suffering from the catastrophic effects of extreme disasters, climate emergencies, water and food insecurity, and the repercussions of COVID-19 pandemic. Ecosystems are essential players in people's capacity to meet these challenges. Hence, managing them and protecting their resources in sustainable ways is crucial. The book 'Ecosystem Restoration: Towards Sustainable and Resilient Development' provides comprehensive information on fundamentals, approaches and latest developmentsin the field of ecosystem restoration, resilience and sustainability. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, climate change scientists, and valuable source of reference to the professionals and students in the relevant disciplines. Besides, the book serves as additional reading for graduate students of water, ecology, restoration forestry, soil science, and environmental sciences. National and international ecological policy makers, scientists and planners will also find this to be a useful read.
Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta is a noted resilience and sustainability strategist, crisis management professional, and thought leader. Presently he is Head of Division, Director of Projects & COE, in-charge of International Cooperation and Advisory Services, and Full Professor of Policy-planning and strategies at India's National Institute of Disaster Management at New Delhi. He is known for pioneering National and Sectoral planning, National human resource planning, ebA/ecoDRR & NBS, Adaptation strategies, and Consortium projects, in DRR and sustainability areas. He implemented projects of action research, policy-planning, advocacy, knowledge management, etc. with many international and national partners.
Prof. Manish Kumar Goyal is Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean of Infrastructure Development at Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, India. His research interests include climate change, environment, water resources, hydrology, biodiversity, Artificial intelligence and GIS-remote sensing applications.
Prof. S. P. Singh is among the top-notch Himalayan ecologists. His research systems range from the blade of a leaf to inherently fragile and disaster-prone landscapes. He along with his associates have studied almost all dimensions of the Himalayan forest ecosystems, including biomass and productivity, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, phenology, tree water relations, forest fire adaptation, and ecosystem services.
