Some Recently Published Books

Environmental Law and Policy in India - Cases, Materials and Status (2nd Edition, 2001) by Shyam Dewan and Armin Rosencrinz. Published by Oxford University Press, New Delhi. Price: Rs. 395. pp. xxxviii+837.

Joint Forest Management and Community forestry in India: An Ecological and Institutional Assessment by N H Ravindranath et al., published by Oxford and IBH publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India, 2000, 326 pp Price Not Stated

Ore-Microscopic and Geochemical Studies of Primary (Hydrothermal and Pegmatitic) Uranium Minerals by S.S. Augustithis, Rainbow-Theophrastus Publishing Group, Athens-Greece, Calcutta. 2000. Pp.81, 7-plates and 168 figures.

Joint Forest Management in India, by Alind Rasotgi, published by Surya International Publications, Dehra Dun 248 001, India, 2000, Price: Rs.525.00 244+xpp.

Recently held/forthcoming Conferences and Workshops

International Workshop on Geoenvironmental Hazards and the Brain Storming Session on Arsenic Problem". During Nov. 29 - Dec.1st 2000 held at SES, JNU, New Delhi. Contact: Prof. V. Subarmanian, SES, JNU, New Delhi-67. TeleFax: 011-6106501.

Sixth International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements. During 29 July - 2 August at University of Guelph, Canada. Contact: Department of Land Resource Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, NIG 2W1, Canada.

Workshop on Soil Systems in the Context of Climate Change. During April 2 - 6. 2001 Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoritical physics. P.O. Box. 586, I-34100, Trieste, Italy. Contact: Prof. U. Aswathanarayana, Advisor, Environment and Technology, CP-1947, Maputo, Mozampic. Fax: +2581-308915. Email: anarayan@zebra.uem.mz.

National Seminar on Management of Coastal Resources and its Environs. During January 10-11, 2001 at Dharward. Contact: Dr. V.S. Hegde, Convener, Department of Civil Engineering, SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dhavalagiri, Dharward – 580 002. Ph: 0836-445327, 447465. Fax: 0836-749638. Email: sdmengec@vsnl.com

Workshop on Recent Trends in Land Slide Assessment and Monitoring. During January 17-19 , 2001 at Mumbai. Contact: Dr. R. Nagarajan, Centre of Studies in Resource Engineering, IIT, Powai, Mumbai- 400 076. Ph: 022-5767681, 5767675. Fax: 022-5723190. Email: rn@csre.iitb.ernet.in.

National Seminar on Policy Planning & Techno-regulatory Input for Solid Waste Management. During 27th – 28th March 2001 at Bhopal, organised by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi. Contact: Dr. U.R. Singh, Director(Res. & Trg), EPCO, Paryavaran Parisar, E-5, Arera Colony, Bhopal. E-mail: epcobpl@bom6.vsnl.net.in. Phone: (0755) 466970, 464318. Fax: (0755) 462136.

Indian Council of Social Science Research(ICSSR) Seminar on Disaster Management, its Economic, Social and Political Consequences. During 7-9th February, 2001 at India International Centre, Conference Room No. 2. 40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi-110 003. Contact: Prof. M.L. Sondhi, Chairman, ICSSR, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-1. Phone: 91-11-338 5959, Fax: 91-11-338 1571, Email: nassdocigss@hotmail.com


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