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Edited by

Pavan Kumar

College of Horticulture and Forestry

Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University

Gwalior Road, Jhansi‐284003, Jhansi, India

Ram Kumar Singh

Hexagon Geospatial

Gurgaon, India

Manoj Kumar

GIS Centre

Forest Research Institute, PO: New Forest

Dehradun ‐ 248006, Uttarakhand, India

Meenu Rani

Department of Geography

Kumaun University

Nainital‐263001, Uttarakhand, India

Pardeep Sharma

Department of Geography,

Government College for Women, Hisar‐125001, Haryana, India

This edition first published 2022

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Names: Kumar, Pavan (Professor of forestry); Singh, Ram Kumar; Kumar, Manoj; Rani, Meenu; Sharma, Pardeep editors.

Title: Climate impacts on sustainable natural resource management / edited by Pavan Kumar, Ram Kumar Singh, Manoj Kumar, Meenu Rani, Pardeep Sharma.

Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021038152 (print) | LCCN 2021038153 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119793373 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119793380 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119793397 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Natural resources–Management–Case studies. | Renewable natural resources–Case studies. | Climatic changes–Case studies.

Classification: LCC HC85 .C56 2022 (print) | LCC HC85 (ebook) | DDC 333.7–dc23

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Dr. Pavan Kumaris 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 Singhworks 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.