Mountains of Jammu & Kashmir
Book Specification
Item Code: | AZC777 |
Author: | Mir Nazim Hussain |
Publisher: | GULSHAN BOOKS, KASHMIR |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2011 |
Pages: | 310 |
Cover: | Hardcover |
Other Details | 10 X 6.5 INCH |
Weight | 652 gm |
Book Description
Many authors have written about the Alpine and Subalpine regions of the Himalaya but we felt the knowledge given by those authors is incomplete and scattered. Thus our mission towards a comprehensive and detailed text about the Kashmir Himalayas under a single title is the book in your hand on the subject "Mountains of Jammu and Kashmir".
The state of Jammu and Kashmir is divided into three regions: the foothill plains of Jammu, the lakes and blue valleys of Kashmir rising to alpine passes and the high altitude plains and starkly beautiful mountains Ladakh.
The book is divided into five parts - first part deals with the conservation issues of the Himalayan region which discuses various threats to the biodiversity of the region. The second part deals with the flora and fauna of the region and its exploitation by the locals/visitors. The third chapter is about the forming in the desertous region of the Kashmir Himalaya. The fourth chapter is the environment and the growing population of the Himalayas and last chapter is about the dependence of the people to these regions.
Mir Nazim Hussain, earned his Masters degree in Botany from Kashmir University in the year 2002, M.Phil in 2005, Ph.D in 2010 and also B.Ed from the same University. At present he is working as Lecturer in Govt. Education Department.
Dr.Nazim is having a recognition for outstanding contribution to plant Anatomy, Environmental Botany and Conservation Biology. He has published number of research papers in various National and International journals, honored with many awards and has attended several International and National conferences and Symposia on Biodiversity, Pollution, Conservation of Natural Resources, Stress Biology and Leaf Surface Responses to Pollution.
Dr. Nazim has been a member of Botanical Society Kashmir University, Indian Botanical Society, American Society of Plant Anatomists, International Association of Wood Anatomists, Eco-ethics International Union, Museum of Natural History London.