IGNOU announced the launch of eight new programmes under the Chair for Sustainable Development at the IGNOU Main campus, today. These include programmes on Sustainability Science, Climate Change, Population and Sustainable Development, Biodiversity, Wetland Management, Sustainable Management of Ganga, Himalayan ecosystem and Sustainability Audit. Prof. Swaminathan was speaking at the launch of his book, “Science and Sustainable Food Security” published by the World Scientific and IISc Press at a book release function organized by the IGNOU Chair for Sustainable Development, today.
Dedicated to Dr. Norman Borlaug, who along with Prof. Swaminathan was at the forefront of the scientific achievements that led to the Green Revolution, ‘Science and Sustainable Food Security’ provides a roadmap for achieving sustainable agricultural advance and food security in an era of climate change and global economic melt-down.
The book showcases a number of methods of linking ecological security with livelihood security, and provides a scientific basis for entering an era of bio- happiness based on the sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity. It also describes the methods of adaptation to the impact of global warming.
Through the Chair for Sustainable Development , IGNOU is disseminating awareness and know-how to a wide spectrum of scientists, environmentalists, administrators, social scientists, policy makers and enlightened corporate sectors on the urgent need to put sustainability in the centre of all their endeavours. It is also promoting Sustainable Development with a global spirit of “Our Common Future”, to rescue planet Earth from the brink of collapse.
Dedicated to Dr. Norman Borlaug, who along with Prof. Swaminathan was at the forefront of the scientific achievements that led to the Green Revolution, ‘Science and Sustainable Food Security’ provides a roadmap for achieving sustainable agricultural advance and food security in an era of climate change and global economic melt-down.
The book showcases a number of methods of linking ecological security with livelihood security, and provides a scientific basis for entering an era of bio- happiness based on the sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity. It also describes the methods of adaptation to the impact of global warming.
Through the Chair for Sustainable Development , IGNOU is disseminating awareness and know-how to a wide spectrum of scientists, environmentalists, administrators, social scientists, policy makers and enlightened corporate sectors on the urgent need to put sustainability in the centre of all their endeavours. It is also promoting Sustainable Development with a global spirit of “Our Common Future”, to rescue planet Earth from the brink of collapse.
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