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Item Code:	IDE872
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, New Delhi
Author:	Compiled and Edited By: M. Zafar-ul Islam and Asad R. Rahmani
Language:	English
Edition:	2004
ISBN:	0195673336
Pages:	1151 (In Full Color Illustrations, Maps & Charts)
Cover:	Hardcover
Other Details	12.0" X 8.5"
Weight	3.71 kg

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Book Description

Team Members:

Sunil Laad, Abhijit Malekar, Mohit Kalra, Sarita Sharma, Satya Prakash Mehra, Umesh Pawar, Supriya Jhunjhunwala, Farah Ishtiaq.

Significant Contributors:

A.M.K. Bharos, Anwaruddin Choudhury, Arvind Mishra, Ashfaq A. Zarri, Bivash Pandav, Dhananjay Mohan, Girish Jathar, K.S. Gopi Sundar, Koustubh Sharma, Kulojyoti Lahkar, Kushal Mookherjee, Manoj Kulshreshtha, P. Jeganathan, P.O. Nameer, Rahul Kaul, Rashid Raza, S. Balachandran, S. Subramanya, Tara Gandhi, Thejasvi Shivanand, Usha Lachungpa, V. Kannan.

CONTENTS

FOREWORDS	vii-xi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	xii-xviii
BACKGROUND	1-29
INDIA: GENERAL INFORMATION	1-7
Biodiversity	1
Vegetation characteristics within various biogeographic zones in India	2
AVIFAUNA OF INDIA	8-24
The Indian Trans-Himalayas	9
Wetlands of Trans-Himalayas	9
Globally threatened species of the Indian Trans-Himalayas	10
The Himalayan Region	10-13
North-West Himalayas	10
Western Himalayas	10
Endemic Bird Areas of Western Himalayas	10
Restricted Range Species of the Western Himalayas	11
Central Himalayas	11
Eastern Himalayas	11
Globally threatened species of the Himalayas Biogeographic Zone	12
Endemic Bird Areas of Eastern Himalayas	12
Globally threatened and Restricted Range species of the Eastern Himalayas	13
The Indian Desert (Thar)	13-15
Avifauna of the Thar deset	14
Globally threatened species of the Indian Thar Desert	14
The Semi-arid region	15
Globally threatened species of the Semi-arid zone	15
The Western Ghats	15-16
Globally threatened and Restricted Range species of the Western Ghats	16
The Deccan Peninsula	17
Secondary Areas in the Deccan Peninsula	17
Southern Deccan Plateau (SA 072)	17
Central Indian Forests (SA 075)	17
The Eastern Ghats	18-19
Secondary Areas in Eastern Andhra Pradesh (SA 071)	18
Globally threatened species of the Deccan Biogeographic Zone	19
The Gangetic Plains	19-20
Globally threatened bird species of the Gangetic Plains	20
The Northeast India	20-22
Threatened birds of the Northeast Biogeographic Zone	21
Restricted Range species of the Assam Plains Endemic Bird Area	21
Secondary Areas of Northern Myanmar lowlands	22
Islands	22-23
Restricted Range species in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands	23
Lakshadweep	23
Coasts	24
Globally threatened species found in the Coasts Biogeographic Zone	24
WILDLIFE LEGISLATION AND POLICIES: A BRIEF ACCOUNT	25-29
The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972	25
The Protected Areas system	26
National Parks	26
Wildlife Sanctuaries	26
Tiger Reserves	27
Reserve forests	27
Biosphere Reserves	27
International conventions and agreements	28-29
International recognition	28
Ramsar Convention	28
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)	28
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)	29
The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention)	29
Convention on Protection of Migratory Bird and their habitats between India and the former USSR	29
IBAs and the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP)	29
OBJECTIVES AND METHODS OF INDIAN IBA PROGRAMME	30-40
Aims of the Inventory	30
Site based approach	31
Using birds to set conservation priorities	31
Species	32
Habitats	32
Geographic range	32
Limitations of the IBA approach	32
PROCESS OF IBA IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION	33
Indian Bird Conservation Network (IBCN)	33
Sources of data	33
Literature survey	33
Red Data Book	33
Regional Workshops and consultation	33
Identification of gaps	33
Surveys for sites and species	33
Capacity building training workshops	34
Final prioritized IBAs	34
Circulation of site accounts	34
Categories and Criteria to identity important Bird Areas	35-38
Category A1: Globally threatened species	35
Category A2: Restricted Range species	35
Endemic Bird Areas	35
Secondary Areas	35
Category A3: Biome Restricted Assemblages	36
Category A4: Congregation	36
'Biogeographic Population'	36
1% thresholds and applying the criteria	37
How do the IBA criteria relate to the identification of Ramsar sites under the Ramsar Convention	37
Ramsar sites in India	38
GIS BASED MAPPING OF THE IBAs OF INDIA	39
Background	39
DATA PRESENTATION	40
State Accounts	40
Site Accounts	40
NATIONAL OVERVIEW	41-65
ANALYSIS AND RESULTS	41
Status of IBAs	41
Categories and criteria met by Indian IBAs	41
A1: Globally threatened species	43
A2: Coverage of Restricted Range species	47
A3: Biome Restricted Assemblage	55
A4: Congregatory species	57
IBAs in different vegetation types	59
IBAs in different biogeographic zones	59
Protection Status of IBAs in different States in India	62
Threats to IBAs	63
SOME BURNING ISSUES	66-85
Illegal Bird Trade by Abrar Ahmed	66-70
Undermining India's Ecologically Sensitive Areas by Neeraj Vagholikar	71-75
IBAs in Northeast India: Threats to habitats and opportunities for conservation by Manju Menon and Neeraj Vagholikar	76-79
Can Communities Protect Important Bird Areas? by Ashish Kothari and Neema Pathak	80-85
References	86-88
IBAs IN DIFFERENT STATES OF INDIA	89-1111
Andaman and Nicobar	89-135
Andhra Pradesh	136-168
Arunachal Pradesh	169-230
Assam	231-321
Bihar	322-341
Chhattisgarh	342-353
Delhi	354-359
Goa	360-371
Gujarat	372-410
Haryana	411-423
Himachal Pradesh	424-478
Jammu and Kashmir	479-522
Jharkhand	523-530
Karnataka	531-598
Kerala	599-653
Lakshadweep	654-656
Madhya Pradesh	657-690
Maharashtra	691-734
Manipur	735-753
Meghalaya	754-776
Mizoram	777-792
Nagaland	793-812
Orissa	813-832
Pondicherry	833-837
Punjab	838-846
Rajasthan	847-897
Sikkim	898-931
Tamil Nadu	932-1001
Tripura	1002-1007
Uttaranchal	1008-1040
Uttar pradesh	1041-1086
West Bengal	1087-1111
APPENDICES	1112-1126
Appendix I: Important Bird Areas: Summary of global categories and criteria
Appendix II: A1: Globally Threatened Species
Appendix III: A2: Restricted Range Species
Appendix IV: A3: Biome Restricted Assemblage
Appendix V: A4: >= 1% of biogeographic population of waterbirds
Postscript: Vultures Decline	1127
INDEX OF SITES	1128-1133

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