The continuous degradation of our environment is linked to problems of pollution, loss of biodiversity, solid waste disposal, issues related to economic productivity, and national as well as ecological security. The increasing levels of global warming, the depletion of the ozone layer and a serious loss of biodiversity have also made everyone aware of the growing environmental concerns. It is feared that a large proportion of life on earth may get wiped out in the near future.

This book is the compilation of thirty research and review articles contributed by senior faculty members of Indian universities and scientific institutions. With its application oriented and interdisciplinary approach, we hope that the students, teachers, researchers, scientists, policy makers and environmental lawyers will find this volume much more useful.

Contents: Preface. 1. An evidence for Autosomal linkage of a new courtship traits drosophila Melanogaster/Lakshmi Kothegala V and S.N. Hegde. 2. Identification of Vibrio Harveyi in sea water sample by PCR targeted to Vhh gene/Sreenath Pillai and Leena Muralidharan. 3. Implementation of white rot fungal pre-treated rice straw for sustainable bioethanol production by Saccharomyces Cerevisiae/Malarmathi Kavindapadi Balasubramaniam, Renuka Kumarasami and Ravikumar Rajarathinam. 4. A preliminary observation on butterflies of Sahyadri College Campus, Shivamogga, Karnataka/H.A. Sayeswara, K.L. Naik and H.M. Ashashree. 5. Urban waste disposal need for process complying with clean development mechanism and resulting in farm yard manure and alternative fuel/B. Harishchandra Bhat and Sairam Bhat. 6. Comparative analysis of conventional compost and millicompost producing by Aulacobolus Newtoni (Silvestri, 1916)/R. Bhavani and R. Umamaheswari. 7. Ranking of Shrubland species in order of merit for the parameters analysed in different tree environments/R.Y. Kulkarni and D.V. Dev….