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This book on biodiversity encompasses concepts and research findings on this topic. The CBD or Convention on Biological Diversity defines biological diversity as “the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part: this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems.“ This book comes at a time when the threats to biodiversity are enormous given the extensive destruction of nature under the name of “development.“ In addition to statistics, interesting organisms and facts with research findings, this book also briefly covers the threats and solutions to mitigate the threats.

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Dr Prerna Pandey, a biotechnologist with several years of wet lab research experience, worked at International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi. Her field of research in PhD included isolation and molecular characterization of gemini viruses, genome sequencing, gene annotation, and gene silencing using the RNA interference technology. She has also worked at Transasia Biomedicals and Advance Enzyme Technologies as a scientist. Prerna has published papers in peer-reviewed journals, and has submitted a number of annotated Geminiviral genome sequences in the GenBank, including two novel ones. She has also completed her editing and proof-reading courses from Society for the promotion of Editors and Proofreaders, UK and now works as a freelance scientific editor and writer. When Prerna is not busy with her assignments, she loves to explore historical places.

ShivSanjeevi Sripathi completed his Master's in Biotechnology from Mumbai University in 2008. He was awarded for academic excellence in both his Bachelors degree and Masters of Science for securing the second rank at the university level and first rank in his college. This was followed by a short foray into research on a stem cell project and later patent writing and immunoassays. This was followed by his entry into the teaching field where he taught biology and chemistry to 11th and 12th-grade students along with English grammar and communication skills to people of all age groups. He is an author/co-author of books on biotechnology/life sciences (more than 50 published books), which are in several international libraries. These books cover several topics like “depression: insights“, “quantum biology“, “viral epidemics of the 21st century“, “yoga: research insights“, “remote sensing in biology“, “bionics“, artificial intelligence in biology“, molecular wires“, “mitochondria“, “stem cells“, “nanotechnology“, “camouflage“ and “gene editing“, to name a few. In his free time, he researches and gives talks on ancient Indian practices, temples and systems. This research compiles the science of traditional practices and how to interpret them in today“s context. He has taught and interpreted several mantras and shlokas free of cost to a global audience as a service. He has appeared in a vernacular TV show (in Hindi) on a series of talks covering different temples and customs titled “Bharat ek punah khoj“ (translates as searching again for the secrets of India) and on “Simha talks“. His core belief is the ancient and powerful prayer “Tamaso maa jyotir gamaya“ or “Lead us from darkness to the light“.