edited by B C Rana (Sardar Patel University, India)

Our environment has been greatly damaged due to pollution and over exploitation of natural resources by human beings. All the natural ecosystems have been damaged to a great extent. Restoration of these damages is becoming a priority and of environmental interest. Science and technology of restoration ecology is rapidly evolving. Restoration requires a holistic approach. Restoration technology is now available to redirect the damaged ecosystems to their near natural integrity. 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. The book will provide first hand information in this currently expanding field and will be helpful to biologists, environmental scientists, engineers, wastewater treatment experts, microbiologists and all those interested in the conservation and management of the environment.

• Eco-societal Restoration: Rehabilitating Human Society's Life-support System (J Cairns, Jr.)
• Tropical Moist Forest Restoration on Agricultural Land in Latin America (K D Holl)
• Damaged Ecosystems: Real or Perceived? (R H Gray)
• Ecosystem Restoration: A New Perspective for Sustainable Use of the Planet (J R Heckman & J Cairns, Jr.)
• Free-Floating Hydrophytes for Treatment of Wastewaters (Y B Ho & J S H Tsang)
• Threatened Wetlands and Their Restoration (P R Chaudhari & R Sarkar)
• Biorestoration of Metal Damaged Freshwater Ecosystems: Current Status and Future Perspectives (S Pradhan et al.)
• Changes of Some Sediments' Properties in the Eutrophying Lakes (M V Martinova)
• Restoring Degraded Ecosystems in the Laurentian Great Lakes (J H Hartig)
• Ecology of Eutrophic Lake Udaisagar and Restoration (B C Rana)
• Biodegradation of Halogenated Compounds (J S H Tsang & Y B Ho)
• Technological Concepts for Bioremediation: An Overview of the Scientific Principles (D Madamwar & M Gandhi)
• Microbial Technology in Protection and Remediation of Ecosystem (J D Desai & H Dave)
• Biodegradation of Dye and Dye Effluents (K C Patel & B Rawal)
• Algae of Damaged Ecosystems — Some Case Studies from South India (V Sankaran)
• The Mangroves of Kerala (India): Status and Restoration (C M Joy & A Joseph)
• Indian Ethos for Restoration of Ecosystems (A S Reddy)