Climate Impacts on Sustainable Natural Resource Management. Группа авторов

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      About the Editors

      Dr. Pavan Kumar is a faculty member at the College of Horticulture and Forestry, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, U.P., India. He obtained his Ph.D degree from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He did BSc (Botany) and MSc (Environmental Science) at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India and subsequently obtained a Master's degree in Remote Sensing (M. Tech) from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, India. His current research interests include resilient agriculture and climate change studies. He is a recipient of an Innovation China National Academy Award for Remote Sensing. Dr. Kumar has published 50 research papers in international journals and authored several books. He has visited countries like USA, France, the Netherlands, Italy, China, Indonesia, Brazil, and Malaysia for various academic/scientific assignments, workshops, and conferences. Dr. Kumar is a member of the International Association for Vegetation Science, USA and the Institution of Geospatial and Remote Sensing, Malaysia.

      Dr. Ram Kumar Singh works with Hexagon Geospatial to provide innovative geospatial solutions in the capacity of Deputy Manager. Dr. Singh is also affiliated to the TERI School of Advanced Studies New Delhi as a senior researcher. He earned a Ph.D in Natural Resources from the Department of Natural Resources, TERI School of Advanced Studies New Delhi. He obtained M.Sc. in Remote Sensing and GIS from the Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics, Pune, India and an Engineering in Electronics and Instrumentation degree from Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha, India. Dr. Singh has worked on remote sensing applications as a Research Fellow in the National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Dr. Singh has authored several peer‐reviewed scientific research papers and presented works at many national and international conferences. Dr. Singh is an adjunct faculty for teaching M.Sc. Environment Management and Forestry, along with the Ph.D course at the Forest Research Institute Deemed to be University, Dehradun, India. Dr. Singh is a member of the American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., United States and the European Geosciences Union, Munich, Germany.

Dr. Manoj Kumar is a senior scientist working as In‐charge of GIS Centre at the Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun, India. The FRI is a premier research institute of the Government of India credited with initiating forestry research in the Asia Pacific region after its establishment in 1905 as the Imperial Forest Research Institute. Dr. Kumar primarily works in the field of forestry, environment, climate change, and related interdisciplinary fields with wider applications of Information Technology, Remote Sensing and GIS tools with a working experience of more than 15 years. He has initiated work on developing forest growth simulation model to study functional relationship of plants with the environment that could be used for climate change impact studies and has published high‐impact international papers on various themes of agriculture, forestry, environment and climate change. He has successfully implemented more than 20 research projects funded by national and international agencies.

      Dr. Meenu Rani is a senior research fellow in the Department of Geography, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. Dr. Rani received her M. Tech degree in Remote Sensing from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India. She has working experience in the major disciplines of agriculture and forestry while working with Haryana Space Application Centre, Indian Council of Agricultural Research and GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development. Dr. Rani has authored several peer‐reviewed scientific research papers and presented works at many national and international conferences in the USA, Italy, and China. She has been awarded with various fellowships from the International Association for Ecology, Future Earth Coast, and the SCAR Scientific Research Programme. She was awarded early career scientists achievement in 2017 at Columbia University, New York, USA.

      Dr. Pardeep Sharma is a Assistant Professor in Department of Geography, GCW, Hisar (Haryana) India. Dr. Sharma completed his Bachelors in Geography and subsequently obtained his Master's degree in Geography. He specialized in remote sensing and GIS and hydrological studies. His area of interest includes coastal ecosystem conservation and management, climate change, and disaster management. He has made a remarkable contribution in water‐related researches such as coastal landscape vulnerability and flood vulnerability. He has presented his research at various national and international conferences.

      List of Contributors

      Madhoolika Agarwal Institute of Science Department of Botany Banaras Hindu University Varanasi ‐ 221005, India Email: [email protected]

      Mohammd Ajaz‐ul‐Islam Division of Natural Resource Management Faculty of Forestry Sher‐e‐Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir Benhama Ganderbal, J&K ‐ 191201, India

      Mohamad Azani Alias Department of Forestry Science & Biodiversity Faculty of Forestry and Environment Universiti Putra, Malaysia Email: [email protected]

      K.A.M. Chathuranga Department of Spatial Sciences Faculty of Built Environment and Spatial Sciences General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University Southern Campus Sooriyawewa, Sri Lanka

      Goutam Kumar Dash Division of Crop Physiology and Biochemistry ICAR‐National Rice Research Institute Cuttack Odisha, India Deepali Dash Department of Plant Physiology College of Agriculture OUAT Bhubaneswar Odisha, India

      Anwesha Dey Department of Agricultural Economics Institute of Agricultural Sciences Banaras Hindu University Varanasi ‐ 221005, India Email: [email protected]

      Prajjal Dey Faculty of Agriculture Sri Sri University Cuttack Odisha, India

      Amir Farooq Division of Wildlife Sciences Faculty of Forestry Sher‐e‐Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir Benhama Ganderbal, J&K ‐ 191201, India

Shilan Felegari Department of Soil Science Faculty of Agriculture University of Zanjan Zanjan, Iran Email: [email protected]

      Aasif Ali Gatoo Division of Natural Resource Management Faculty of Forestry Sher‐e‐Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir Benhama Ganderbal, J&K ‐ 191201, India

      Sk Mosharaf Hossain International Rice Research Institute Plot No. 340/CSaheed Nagar Bhubaneswar ‐ 751 001, India Corresponding author: [email protected]

      Mohd Hasmadi Ismail Department of Forestry Science & Biodiversity Faculty of Forestry and Environment Universiti Putra, Malaysia Email: [email protected]

      Harshi Jain GIS Centre Forest Research Institute (FRI) PO: New Forest Dehradun ‐ 248006, India Email: [email protected]

      Darren How Jin Aik Department of Forestry Science & Biodiversity Faculty of Forestry and Environment Universiti Putra, Malaysia Email: [email protected]

      Abhishek K. Kala Advanced Environmental Research Institute University of North Texas Denton, TX, USA Email: [email protected]

      Kiswanto Faculty of Forestry Mulawarman University Indonesia Campus of Gunung Kelua Penajam