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Education is considered to be a powerful tool for socio-economic development, environmental protection and improving the quality of life. The book describes various issues and concerns of environment and sustainable development, starting with human dimension of environmental conservation and sustainable development to perspectives of environmental education at school and college level with emphasis on structural and philosophy of environmental education, models and principles of sustainable development, teacher education, value education, women education and gender issues in environmental sustainability. The current concern for conservation of natural resources especially biodiversity has been emphasized in the perspectives of education. The book is an outstanding contribution supported with data, diagrams, flow charts and illustrations. It will be useful to students, teachers, academicians and researchers from the field of science as well as social science having interest in the fields of environmental education and sustainable development Table of Contents : Foreword Preface Man and Environment Human Dimension of Environmental Concerns and Sustainable Development-MK. Satapathy Environmental Education Philosophy, Structure and Nature D. Dash and and M.K. Satapathy Environmental and Ecological Programmes in Higher Education-J.G Ray Perspectives of Environmental Education in College and University Environment and Sustainable Development Concept, Model and Principles-Dipak De Education for Sustainable Development: Issues and Concerns -MK. Satapathy and D. Dash Education for Sustainable Development in the Context of Teacher Education Programme-MK. Satapathy and D. Dash. Equity, Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development-B.P. Sahu and P. Ghildayal Need and Importance of Value Education for Environinental Conservation and Sustainable Development-MK. Satapathy and D. Dash Biodiversity arid its Conservation Strategies 'for Sustainable Development-A.S. Dixit and MK. Satapathy Women's Education, Environmental Sustainability and National. Development-K.K. Tiwari Environment, Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Perspective of Education-Nc. Datta Understanding Microbes for Biosphere Sustainability-R. N Bisoyi Role of Mass Media in Promoting Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development -B.N Neelima Ecological Concerns and Environment-friendly Agriculture-Shivadhar Singh . Indigenous Technology, Eco-friendly Environment and Sustainable Agriculture-P.s. Sivakumar, M Nedunchezhiyan and R. C. Ray Community Participation in Management of Forest Resources and Sustainable Development-N. Subba Rao. . Women and Environment: The Gender Difference-Dipak De . Community Awareness for Sustainable Development: A Case Study from Bhubaneswar-A.K. Patra and Paramita Pramanick References and Bibliography Index List of Contributors About author : M.K. Satapathy is Professor and Head, Department of Education in Science, Mathematics & ICT in North-East Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Shillong. Dr. Satapathy worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines on Sustainable Agriculture during 1991-93 and visited countries such as UK, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia for attending conferences and workshops. Besides supervising a couple of students for Ph. D in Botany and Environmental Education, he has authored two books and published many research papers, reviews and popular articles in national and international journals of repute. Apart from sustainable agriculture, Prof. Satapathy has interest in educational innovations especially in science and environmental education in the country.