Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Memorial Lecture: II

PANDIT GOVIND BALLABH PANT MEMORIAL LECTURE
Content
1. Tribute 1
2. Prelude 3
3. Climatic Diversity 9
4. Rock and Soil Diversity 11
5. River Systems 13
6. Biogeography 15
7. Vegetational Patterns 23
8. Agro- Ecosystems 29
9. Conservation and Production Forestry 35
10. Endemism 43
11. Centres of Diversity 51
12. Conservation of Biota 55
- In situ Conservation 58
- Ex situ Conservation 69
- Conservation and Domestication of
Wild Economic Plants 70
- Orchids 77
- Bamboo Research and Development 78
13. Biodiversity, Bioproductivity and
Ecodevelopment 81
- Biodiversity and Bioproductivity 88
- Changes in the pattern of Biodiversity 90
- Biodiversity and Ecodevelopment 92
14. The National Biodiversity
Conservation Board 95
15. Acknowledgements 103
16. References 105
17. Appendix I: Wild Relatives of
Economic Plants in the Himalaya 113
18. Appendix II: Endangered Plant
Species in the Himalaya 123
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