Anmol since its inception in 1984 has made rapid strides in the publishing industry. Issuing nearly more than 250 titles a year. Anmol has made landmark success in bringing out many outstanding Encyclopedia/Reference works in almost all disciplines Anmol since its inception in 1984 has made rapid strides in the publishing industry. Issuing nearly more than 250 titles a year.

Anmol since its inception in 1984 has made rapid strides in the publishing industry. Issuing nearly more than 250 titles a year. Anmol has made landmark success in bringing out many outstanding Encyclopedia/Reference works in almost all disciplines Anmol since its inception in 1984 has made rapid strides in the publishing industry. Issuing nearly more than 250 titles a year.

There is an integral relationship of interdependence between Man, Environment and Wildlife resources. Man without his dependence on natural assets is just an abstract and would be a most helpless dummy denizen of the planet Earth. The nature has very intelligently evolved the human species on earth to provide protection to the entire spectrum of the existing natural resources. In India the wildlife is the worst victim of over-exploitation. The magnificent Indian Cheetah has already become extinct and can be seen no longer now in India.

Recent reports indicate that many plants and animal species are slipping into extinction at a stunning rate. In the next three decades, fully a fifth of the earth's species could vanish for ever. The rate of extinction of these species is so fast and alarming that we are loosing one species per day and if goes unchecked we may loose one species per hour in the near future.

The present book is an edited work containing several classical contributions of various experts of the subject. Each contributor has discussed in depth the subject-matter in an uptodate form to make this book indispensable reading for the naturalists, ecologists, environmentalists, wildlife experts, climatologists, agriculturists, scholars and scientists.

Our ancient scriptures and epics are testimony to our spectacular wildlife heritage. Our ancestors worshipped Nature and considered themselves as the custodian of wildlife.

The status of animals in the wild, particularly large mammals, act as barometers of the health of their natural habitats. Wildlife management and conservation, therefore, should not narrowly focus on practices that are heavily slanted towards animals to the exclusion of plant life that form a part of the food chain of all living creatures. Further, the people's involvement is crucial to protection and conservation of our wildlife population.

The present volume is a compilation of critical contributions highlighting the nature and extent of the threats to our wildlife and the conservation and management practices that are appropriate to contain such threats. This volume is a source material for wildlife conservationists and also useful for lay persons interested in wildlife preservation.

Of all the mountain systems of the world the Himalayan are the longest and highest range of mountains which harbours a potentially rich and varied diversity of the spectrum of fauna and flora. Today it is quite dismaying to note that the pristine glory and health aura of the Himalayas have been greatly damaged by man who has lavishly over-exploited all natural resources just for his greed and luxury without realizing its consequences.

The present book has been produced with the objective of creating environmental awareness among the masses, and also points out various eco-threats to the Himalayan environment. The book also suggests the remedial measures to save the vanishing Himalayan mountains and the remarkable potentials of their natural resources.

It is, hoped, that the present book which is a compilation of many classical contributions of various experts would be of immense interest for the Himalayan environmentalists, climatologists, mountain ecologists, hill development experts, highlanders, scholars, scientists, natural resource specialists, designers, planners and all other interested in the Himalayan ecosystems and their conservation.