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The proceedings of this book describe an attempt for interaction by the juxtaposition of researchers in aquaculture that provided an opportunity for presentations, discussion, and interaction of mutual benefit to the readers. It is hoped that the book- CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE accompany recommendations on future work and research priorities with a modest but useful steps toward supporting the safe and sustainable expansion of aquaculture in developing countries. Much more research is needed and this will require an increased commitment of resources.

Copenhagen on “Global Warming and Climate Change”, in December 2009 has brought recognition all over the world about the importance of sustainable environment and biodiversity. The environment whether terrestrial or aquatic including biodiversity in the current scenario is getting degraded slowly in some places and faster in other places due to human interventions and also through natural calamities. Rapid industrialization, urbanization and other developments have resulted in a threatened clean environment and depleted natural resources. Therefore, it is felt that unless proper precautions and preventive measures are taken at right time to protect our precious environment and biodiversity, the question of survival of life on this planet becomes crucial. At this turning point, the primary role of environmental biotechnology becomes pivotal in developing better approaches to protect and sustain the environment. The emergence and acceptance of the concept of sustainable development warrants the scope of environmental biotechnology to be enlarged to address issues like environmental monitoring, restoration of environmental quality, resource/residue/waste-recovery/utilization/treatment, and substitution of the non-renewable resource base with renewable resources etc Keeping in view the importance of the subject the present book on “Environmental Biotechnology and Sustainable Biodiversity” has been prepared which contains eleven chapters addressing at least some of the issues as mentioned above. First three chapters of the book deal with current environmental status concerning both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and required biotechnological interventions to manage the same. Comprehensive information on management of bio-medical waste to sustain clean and healthy environment has been covered in chapter four. Rest of the chapters provide detailed information on present status of the biodiversity of both terrestrial and aquatic environment and action plan that is essential to rejuvenate and protect the same..We are grateful to all the contributors of various chapters who made untiring efforts to generate the wealth of information on various aspects of Environmental Biotechnology and Sustainable Biodiversity and supported us to make this book.

In View Of The Enormous Growing Population, Food Security, Maintenance Of Environmental Quality Specially Harmony With The Nature And Human Health Has Become A Burning Issues These Days. The Present Book Entitled''Fish, Environment And Human Health', Is A Wonderful Binding Of All These Important Components. The Present Compendium Covers A Wide Range Of Above Noted Areas. The Book Contains 20 Chapters Written By Eminent Personalities In Their Respective Fields And Would Be Handy To The Students, Research Development Agencies And Planners Associated With The Sector As If May Provide A Kind Of Reference Book Or Guide For Bringing Positive Change To This Sector.

This Is The Happiest Moment For The Authors To Present,'Ecology Of Aquatic Insects'To Readers Of This Discipline. Study Of Any Organism Without Considering Its Ecology Is Not Complete As No Organism Can Be Separated From Its Environment. About 75% Of Earth's Surface Is Covered By Water Which Is Source Of Life On Earth. It Is The Medium Within Which All Aspects Of Ecosystem Co-Exist Both Living & Nonliving. Insects Have Adopted Themselves To Occupy Almost Every Conceivable Ecological Niche, In On Or Above The arth. They Are All Around Us Occupying Our Houses, Puncturing Our Skin, Consuming Our Food & Clothing. There Is Scarcely Any Place On The Earth That Is Not Home To Atleast One Kind Of Insects. They Endure All Extremes Of Environment And Are The Most Successful Group Of Animals From Protozoa To Mammals. This Is An Attempt To Provide Distinct Advantage To Its User (Undergraduate, Postgraduate & Life Science Students And Also The Researchers Who Are Engaged In Deciphering The Mystery Of Aquatic Ecology) Towards Better Sderstanding Of Relation Between Insects & Aquatic Environment.

The Present Book Entitled'Sustainable Management And Conservation Of Biodiversity'Comprises 30 Articles Pertaining To This Discipline. This Book Is Basically A Proceeding Of The'National Conference On Recent Concepts Of Biodiversity And Biotechnology'Held At Shri Ram Krishna College Of Commerce And Science, Satna (M.P.) From 24th - 25th January, 2009. The Editors Are Grateful To All The Contributors Who Responded Promptly Be Making Their Available Which Has Catalytic Impact Upon Us, To Complete The Task Of Publishing This Book. The Articles Have Been Written By Well Known Experts And Researchers In Their Respective Field. This Book Will Be Very Useful For The Students, Teachers And Researchers In This Field And It Can Also Be Used As A Standard Reference Book.

This volume, therefore, comprises the works presented by reputed workers in their respective fields of specialization under the wide subject of parasitology during the 26th All India Congress of Zoology and International Conference on ‘Innovations in Animal Sciences for Food Security, Health Security and Livelihood'held from 29th -31st October, 2015 at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow in collaboration with the Zoological Society of India. The editors take this opportunity to express sincere and deep gratitude to the authors for their contributions which will go a long way in enriching the information in the field, a primary aim for any reference book.

Biomolecular Study of Cestodes Parasite Raillietina sp. in Gallus gallus domesticus from Aurangabad City (M.S.) India 2. Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) as Vectors of Plant Viruses in India 3. Studies on a new Dioecious cestode Infula himantopus sp. nov 4. Current Status and Risk Factors of Malaria in District Bulandshahr 5. Studies on Feeding Potential of three Coccinellids, Coccinella Septempunctata, Cheilomens Sexmaculata and Hippodamia Convergenson Whiteflies from Nashik (M.S.) 6. Chromosomal Analysis of A Predatory Hoverfly, Syrphus Ribesii (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Jammu Region (J&K), India 7. Evaluation of Polyherbal Anthelmintic Preparation 8. Population Dynamics of Cotton Mealybug Phenacoccus and its Natural Enemies on BT Cotton from Jalna District 9. Plasmodium vivax Malaria with Severe Thrombocytopenia 10. Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Few Butterfly Species of Family Nymphalidae From Assam (India) 11. Entomofauna Associated with some Important Medicinal Plants in Jammu Region of J & K State 12. Heterotic Effects on Economic Traits by using Sub-ordinate Function Index: A Statistical Model in Silkworm Bombyx mori L. 13. Parasitic Infestation on Different Regions of Tilapia Mossambica Collected From Kayamkulam Estuary, Kerala 14. DRDO Products for Indian Armed Forces to Combat Arthropod Vectors

This volume of reference book has been edited for young researchers as an accessible introduction to Biodiversity and Ecology that are important to understand how animal resources could be utilized for livelihood. Chapters of this book are broadly divided into 2 sections. Biodiversity aspects of bioresources and Ecology related aspects.

Over one billion people experience the hardship that hunger imposes, a figure which continues to rise even amidst the riches of the 21st century. Engulfed within a vortex of population growth, economic instability and climate change, food security has become the most intractable challenge for national and global governance. The feeble outcome of the 2009 World Summit on Food Security suggests that the richer countries have exhausted their energies and resources in rescuing the discredited banking sector. Biodiversity is the basis for human livelihoods and survival. We have lived as gatherers, hunters and fishing people during the largest part of our history. Later, agriculture and livestock keeping was based on a selection of the - for us -most useful species. Biodiversity is absolutely crucial for a sustainable food production to feed the growing population of the world. Livestock play an important part in securing the livelihoods of poor farmers around the world. Integrating the production of animals and plants can enhance yields of both and improve overall food security and income for rural livelihood. Since its founding more than 60 years ago, national and international action and advice on policies, programmes and research have been the driving forces of FAO's goal to achieve a food-secured world, free from hunger and malnutrition for present and future generations. The concept of'food security'has developed over the past three decades. Concerns about food security up to the end of the 1970s were directed more at the national and international level, and concerned the ability of countries to secure adequate food supplies. The very first corporate strategy put forward in the Strategic Framework for FAO 2000-2015,'Contributing to the eradication of food insecurity and rural poverty'states FAO's aim of ensuring'sustainable rural livelihoods and more equitable access to resources'. It is recognized that for people, countries and the world to be truly food secure at all times, our livelihood systems must be economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. FAO has developed and promoted a broad food security framework that identifies four key dimensions - availability, access, utilization and stability. A livelihoods approach applied to FAO's food security work has functioned well in both development and emergency contexts and has added value to the food security paradigm.

New Frontiers of Zoology has 27 research articles by the outstanding experts in their respective fields, who are playing significant role in furthering the different branches of Zoology and many of them are responsible for maintaining the role of Indian leadership in global aquaculture. The Society is highly thankful to them for their contributions, which enabled the Society to bring the publication in time. This book will be very useful for the students, teachers and researchers.

This volume of the conference proceedings comprises papers presented on the works on recent advances in the areas of food security, health security and livelihood by reputed workers in their respective fields of specialization. The editors take this opportunity to express sincere and deep gratitude to the authors who have contributed their articles for publication in these proceedings. Their contributions will go a long way in enriching the information in the field, a primary aim for any reference book.

Science and innovations have been as old as the Indian Civilization itself. India's first thirst for the S & T dates back to the time of Harappa and Mohen-jo-Daro civilization when people knew the measuring tools of length, mass and time. With the advent of technology and contribution of science in our country, we are on the way to make indigenous products at affordable cost which will go a long way to alleviate poverty and many health issues facing the burgeoning population, besides providing them livelihood. To cope up with the increasing population in India, the only option left with us is to tap every channel of nutritional food (as prolonged under-nutrition, over-nutrition and malnutrition and associated infections take their toll on the general health) for the security of life and sustainable development. The revolutionary wave like, green revolution, white revolution, red or yellow revolution and blue revolution have left foot-print in the development of human life and contributed a lot to sustain the economy of the nation. Fortunately, we have plenty of natural resources like, aquatic and open land, costal belt and oceanic resources with rich faunal diversity. Livestock (animal resources) are important contributors to total food production. Recent increase in livestock products appear to be even more spectacular than those achieved for cereals from green revolution. Most notably, egg production has increased by 33 per cent over the last two decades, compared with 127 per cent for meat production) equivalent with 58 per cent of that of meat production. The role of animals in food and agriculture development programme is under rated almost everywhere throughout the world despite the increasing demand inspite of the fact that livestock play an important part in securing food, health and livelihoodof the farmers around the world. We are thankful to ISCA, Kolkata and the office bearers of Indian Science Congress held at University of Mysore, Mysuru from 3-7 January, 2016 for encouraging us to hold symposium with focal theme'Innovations in Biosciences Sciences for food, health and livelihood security'in the section of Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences. We extend our sincere thanks to all the contributors who have contributed their articles for publication in this proceedings. We duly acknowledge the help rendered by Dr Gautam Kumar, Mr Vijay Kumar Pandey and Smt. Anita Pandey in compiling this book.

This volume, consisting of seventeen chapters presents the works on recent advances in fisheries and aquaculture research, development and management by reputed workers in their respective fields of specialization. The editors take this opportunity to express sincere and deep gratitute to the authors of the different chapters for their contributions which will go a long way in enriching the information in the field, a primary aim for any reference book.

The alluring diversity of life on earth, the biodiversity, is the basis of survival of human species on earth by ensuring the sustainability of basic life support systems. Nevertheless, biological diversity, the mesmerising diversity of life on earth, is disappearing at a disturbingly rapid pace. If we continue to destroy the environment, we will not only eliminate the basis of our future existence but also of our future economy. The United Nations has declared the year 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) and 2011-2020 as UN Decade on Biodiversity to create awareness about the crucial importance of biodiversity to society, to communicate the human costs of biodiversity loss, and to enthuse people, particularly the youth, throughout the world in the fight to protect all life on Earth, thereby fulfilling the objective of significantly reducing the ongoing biodiversity loss. As a mega biodiversity country and as a country that campaign for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, India has taken several initiatives for conserving the rich biodiversity heritage. Yet, a common platform to discuss the issues, challenges and opportunities in achieving the Biodiversity Target was lacking in the International Year of Biodiversity. The First Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2010) organized jointly by the Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA), a partner of United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD) for celebrating the International Year of Biodiversity, Kerala State Biodiversity Board, University of Kerala and Navdanya, New Delhi at Thiruvananthapuram during 27-31 December 2010. IBC 2010 was a colloquium of biodiversity experts, professionals, amateurs, bureaucrats, policy makers, NGOs and civil society members for discussing the status of biodiversity in India, scope for using the greater biodiversity of the country for alleviating poverty, to fight globalisation, and to formulate strategies for conservation and sustainable utilisation of biodiversity, besides sharing of benefits, as envisaged in CBD. We have a greater responsibility to share in the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity with a view of raising global awareness about biodiversity, its value to human well-being and the ways that individuals and societies can change their behaviour to become more sustainable. We hope that IBC would remain as a stepping stone for the celebrations in connection with the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity.

The aim of this book is to present the current development in selected areas of bioresources for rural livelihood covering relevant information from the different fields. Since it is not possible to be comprehensive within the confines of a single volume, we have carefully selected topics that have attained a certain level of maturity and shown promise in making a significant impact on animal health and food production in the near future. This volume-1 is meant to be a comprehensive set of reviews of our existing knowledge in bioresources. This volume has been compiled to provide resource material for researchers working in the field of bioprospecting bioresources for rural livelihood..

International Encyclopaedia of Women and Crime deals with the said subject in its totality. It provides an exhaustive introduction to the all important issue of crime against women in cotemporary global society. A conceptual analysis of the aforementioned problem is provided so as to explain and impart a proper understanding of the subject. The increasing cases of violence and domestic violence as crime against women has been discussed and a reality check has been provided so as to acquaint readers with the existing situation face to face in this regard. An impact assessment has been conducted as far as contemporary global society is concerned. Guidelines for nations as recommended by related international organizations has been provided. Various kinds of sex crimes committed against women have been reflected upon with a much relevant socio-legal perspective. Selected tools and techniques to be followed with respect to safety and security of women have found a brief mention. Related international conventions, declarations and action plans regarding general rights of women applied globally have been presented in great detail. In addition, the special provisions to prevent trafficking in and violence against women has been discussed. In sum, this book covers most of the issues related to women and crime in an analytical way.