Irrigation Tanks in Arid and Semi Arid Ecosystems - Hardcover

ABOUT THE BOOK This Publication is a conversion of a project report of 1997 into a book form. Therefore I had to elevate two of my then assistants as my co-authors due to their valuable contributions. In fact they are the actual workers – I am only a compiler of data and the writer. This has biographies of Six tanks from Tamilnadu and Pondicherry. Some of these are non-system type and all vary from each other in many characteristics. For each water body we collected data on water, soil, plants and animals, and peoples' perceptions. From these, inferences are drawn. Suggestions for management to restore and improve these ecosystems are made. This work is relevant to about 200, 000 similar waterbodies in the semi-arid regions of India spread in Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamilnadu ABOUT THE AUTHOR CBSR SHARMA, retired as a Professor from the Pondicherry University, is nearly 80 years old by virtue of which becomes the Senior Author of this book ! Dr. TRK YOGANAND is a Senior Scientist of the WWF currently in South East Asia, such as Laos, Myanmar, etc. Earlier he worked in USA, South Africa and earned laurels for himself, his friends and teachers at Pondicherry University. His work has been recognized by the Smithsonian Institute, among others. Basically a physics student turned into an excellent ecologist. Dr. M. AMRUTH, is a Senior Scientist in Forestry Research. A versatile genius, he is equally proficient in Plants, Soil, Human components as well as the Political economy that operates in the forests of India. He had the distinction of completing a 4-Semester Post Graduate Course with in 3 Semesters.