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The book is concerned with the environmental problems at the regional and global levels, such as management of waste, climate change, forest degradation, biodiversity concerns and pollution of various kinds of the environment. The thought-provoking articles focus on pressing contemporary problems and ways to deal with them. They take up the subject of environmental ethics, sustainable development needs, the nexus between trade and climate change and India’s vulnerability to climate change. They examine environmental problems due to intensive agricultural practices, need for sustainable irrigation referring to tank irrigation in particular, sustainable livelihood opportunities for forest dwellers of Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka, and non-timber forest products and policies and markets for them with particular reference to Orissa. With tabling of relevant data and including figures, they throw light on powerful tools to manage environmental concerns such as participatory forest management.