About the Book
Biological diversity is an important natural resource for functioning of the ecosystem that provides us with benefits essential for human well-being. This book contains six chapters and it will provide different tools of biodiversity analysis that offers unique software applied to different environment, how biodiversity informatics/portals relate to the use of information technology to support these needs by organizing knowledge about individual biological organisms and ecological systems they form, how DNA barcodes provide useful information for different stakeholders in conservation, objective of the Protocol and how fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources, how the Intellectual Property Rights are rights to make, use and sell a new product or technology that are granted, solely to the inventor or the corporation which files a claim on the inventor's behalf and finally enumerate the plant biodiversity parameters in Western and Eastern Ghats as a case study.
About the Author :
Prof. Dr. K. Muthuchelian is a world renowned environment scientist and former Vice-Chancellor of Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. He obtained his Master's Degree M.Sc., in Botany from Madurai Kamaraj University with distinction and earned Doctorate Degree from the School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Subsequently, he had his Post-Doctoral research from the University of Ancona, Italy. He has been conferred with the prestigious "Doctor of Science" (D.Sc.) in recognition of his research accomplishments on biomass resource management and technology. He has been nominated as "Fellow of International Energy Foundation (FIEF)", "Fellow of Palaeobotanical Society of India (FPBS)", "Fellow of National Academy of Biological Sciences (FNABS)" and Fellow of Zoological Society of India (FZSI) for his excellent contribution in "Energy and Environmental Sciences". He has been serving as member in various international prestigious professional bodies such as International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), Switzerland, The New York Academy of Sciences - USA, Rural Development Forestry Network - UK, American Association for the Advancement of Science - USA, Third World Network (Biosafety), Malaysia, World Water Council, France and Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment, Switzerland. He has been an expert member of 'Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme', Tamil Nadu State Level Expert Appraisal Committee', national policy bodies such as Guidelines of Research results- Biodiversity Act 2002, Medicinal Plants, Biotechnology and Bio safety, 'Establishment of Heritage sites in India' of National Biodiversity Authority of India (NBA) of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India. Currently, he is a member in the Steering Committee of the 12th Planning Commission (2012-2017), Government of Tamil Nadu. For his immense research contributions at international level, he has received many prestigious awards such as "Life time Achievement Award in Environmental Science", "Life time Achievement Award" and "Life time Achievement Award in Microbiology". Moreover, he has been honored twice the "Merit of Excellence Award". Recently, his name was included in "Top 100 Scientists of the Worldwide" from UK. Dr. Muthuchelian is the First Indian Scientist honoured with the prestigious award of "University of Ancona". Further, as a tribute to his noteworthy contributions to the society and dedicated involvement in the higher education, he has been awarded twice the "Best Vice-Chancellor Award". The prestigious "Eminent Scientist Award of "76th Indian Science Congress Endowment in Natural Sciences" was also conferred to him. In addition, he has been recognized as "Tamil Nadu Best Scientist in Environmental Sciences", "Best Scientist in Environmental Sciences" and "Best Scientist in Environmental Management (Karma Veerar Kamarajar Award)". He has been awarded the "Best Teacher Gold Medal (First Prize)". As an outstanding researcher with inexplicable gravitation, he has been collaborating with many national and international scientifi c laboratories/organizations such as World Bank; Swedish International Development Agency, Sweden, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy, Provincea Di Marchae, Italy, Institito Di Agrario, San Michele, Italy and Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association, USA. As a visiting scientist, he visited several countries - USA, Germany, Italy, Austria, UK, Hungary, Singapore, Bangladesh and conducted more than 10 collaborative research programmes. On his research contributions, he has published 200 research papers in peer-reviewed National and International Journals with the cumulative impact factor of 500 and above. To his credit, he has earned more than 1000 citations (h index = 17 and i-10 index = 31). He has presented and delivered inaugural/keynote/valedictory addresses in more than 578 National and International Symposia/Conferences. Till date he has organized 32 National Scientifi c Meetings, Workshops, Seminars and Conferences. Towards his research credentials, he has submitted 30 gene sequences at Gene bank, NCBI, USA. On his credit, he has published 17 books and notably he authored 4 books of "Uyir Virimam" (Biodiversity: Current Status and Management) in Tamil; Biodiversity Conservation for Sustainable Management; Perspectives in Plant Biodiversity and Glimpses of Animal Biodiversity and these books graciously released by Hon'ble Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India and His Excellency Dr. K. Rosaiah, Governor and Chancellor, Government of Tamil Nadu and widely appreciated by peers of scientists working in scientifi c arena. He has produced 37 Ph.D's and currently guiding 08 Ph.D., scholars.
