Meet the editors

Prof. Dr. Suriyanarayanan Sarvajayakesavalu, MSc, MPhil, Ph.D., is Deputy Director Research of Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (VMRF) - Deemed to be University. Prior to this position, Dr. Suriyanarayanan served as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Turin, Italy, and a project coordinator, faculty, and head (I/c) at the Department of Water and Health, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (formerly

Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara University), Mysuru, India. He also served as a science officer for SCOPE, Beijing, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES), Chinese Academy of Sciences, from April 2015 to March 2017. He also serves as a Nodal Officer for SCOPE India activities under the JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research. He has research experience in the areas of environmental monitoring, radiation ecology, and environmental microbiology. He is a recipient of the Young Scientist research grant award from the Science and Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He also secured the prestigious visiting scientist fellowship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2016–2017.

Pisit Chareonsudjai, MSc, MPhil, Ph.D., currently works at the Department of Environmental Science, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, where he oversees the master's degree program in Intellectual Property and Innovation Management. His administrative experience includes serving as the assistant to the president of research affairs, associate dean for research and academic services, department head, director of graduate programs,

initiator of the northeast science park, director of the intellectual property management office, and director of the university royal initiative project office. His areas of expertise are soil microbial ecology, bacterial biofilm, soil heavy metal pollution, and intellectual property and innovation management.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Teki Surayya*

Reserve (NBR)

*by Gary Yohe*

**Section 2**

and Mechanism

*and Gopesh Sharma*

*by Ruby E. Jalgaonwala*

**Preface XIII**

Natural Resources **1**

**Chapter 1 3** Collaboration to Counter Fresh Water Scarcity and Promote Human Security

**Chapter 2 21**

**Chapter 3 29** Ecosystem Changes in Shola Forest-Grassland Mosaic of the Nilgiri Biosphere

**Chapter 4 37**

**Chapter 5 57**

**Chapter 6 79**

Waste Management **97**

**Chapter 7 99**

On the Value of Conducting and Communicating Counterfactual Exercise:

Rights and Responsibilities: The Reality of Forest Fringe Communities

Treatment of Dairy Wastewaters: Evaluating Microbial Fuel Cell Tools

*by Rikiatu Husseini, Stephen B. Kendie and Patrick Agbesinyale*

*by Aman Dongre, Monika Sogani, Kumar Sonu, Zainab Syed* 

*by Michael Fratantuono, Sarah House and Sam Weisman*

Environment: w.r.t. Andhra Pradesh, India

Considering Harmful Algal Blooms

in the Northern Region of Ghana

Lessons from Epidemiology and Climate Science

Microfinance Practices and NWFPs Value Additions for Sustainable

*by R. Sasmitha, A. Muhammad Iqshanullah and R. Arunachalam*
