Damaged ecosystems and restoration

Eco-societal restoration : rehabilitation human society's life support system. Tropical moist forest restoration on agricultural land in Latin America. Damaged ecosystems : real or perceived ? Ecosystem restoration : a new perspective for sustainable use of the planet. Free-floating hydrophytes for treatment of wastewaters. Threatened wetlands and their restoration. Biorestoration of metal damaged freshwater ecosystems : current status and future perspectives. Changes of some sediments properties in the eutrophying lakes. Restoring degraded ecosystems in the Laurentian great lakes. Restoring biological integrity of damaged inland waters. Ecology of eutrophic lake udaisagar and restoration. Biodegradation of halogenated compounds. Technological concepts for bioremediation : an overview of scientific principles. Microbial technology in protection and remediation of ecosystem. Biodegradation of dyes and dye effluents. Algae of damaged ecosystems : some case studies form South India. Mangrove flora of Kerala. Indian ethos for restoration of ecosystems.

In this context, this book is the first of its kind in reviewing the different approaches undertaken to restore various damaged ecosystems. Scientists currently working in this field have contributed their work in the form of reviews, site-specific case studies, technology for bioremediation and biodegradation.