An approach to island development; Island development strategy and marine environmental health; island resource development and their biological diversity; and Convention on small island are the major themes, elaborately discussed in this book. Written in simple yet scientific language and supported with diagrams and data, the book has become a reliable source of reference. Scholars, academic in the field besides environmental scientists, activists, policy planners and administrators will find this book most useful and informative.

Protected areas, national parks and their networking; Nature protection: value ethics and laws; Management fragile eco-systems; and conserving protected areas: Future options etc. are the major topics dealt in this book. Scholars, academics in the field besides environmental scientists, activists, policy planner and administrator will find this book most useful and informative.

Decline of wildlife and its protection; Decline of forests and its protection; Preventing trade in endangoured flora and fauna; Other conventions for wildlife and forest conservation; and Wildlife and forest conservation are the major topics, x-rayed in this book. Scholars, academics in the field besides environmental scientists, activists, policy planners and administrators will find this book most useful and informative.

Wilderness: An introduction debate; Global and national wilderness equivalents; Wilderness and Global nature preservation etc. are the major topics, discussed in this book. Scholars, academics in the field besides environmental scientists, activists, policy planners and administrators will find this book most useful and informative.