This book presents insights from the International Conference on Climate Change Mitigation and Environmental Amelioration through Plants and Other Sustainable Practices. It brings together leading experts, researchers, and policymakers to share innovative solutions for today’s pressing climate challenges.
Focusing on Pakistan—ranked 5th most vulnerable to climate change—the volume highlights the urgent impacts of extreme weather, glacier melt, air and water pollution, and biodiversity loss. At the same time, it showcases opportunities for resilience through sustainable practices, plant-based innovations, agroforestry, carbon sequestration, and modern technologies.
By combining research, policy, and practice, the book emphasizes the need for collaborative, multi-tier strategies to safeguard natural resources and promote a more sustainable future.
.- Foreword.- Preface.
Chapters according to the technical sessions
title, topic of papers, selected for this book.- Bibliographic Information.-
Some received abstracts inlcude: Sr. No.
Chapter name and Author.- Copper
solubility as a function of pH and redox potential, its dynamics in soils Dr.
Guilhem Bourrié.- Developing Salt-Tolerant Crops for a Changing Climate: The
Case of Alfalfa and Beyond Dr. Devinder Sandhu.- Biogas: Rural and
Agricultural Biowastes Valorization for Synergetic Mitigation of Pollution
and Emission Prof. Dr. Renjie Dong.- Current trends in Meteoritics &
Cosmochemistry, biogeochemistry and Green Chemistry: Research Cases from the
Vernadsky Institute of RAS (Moscow, Russia)Natalia S. Bezaeva.-
Considerations of climate changes and biodiversity for future agriculture Dr.
Taek-Ryoun Kwon.- Improved MODIS-Aqua Chlorophyll-a Retrievals in the Turbid
Semi-enclosed Ariake Bay, Japan Mengmeng Yang.- Plant Diversity in Western
Himalaya: A way forward by Sino-Pak one Belt and one Road for Cooperation
and Conservation Prof. Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad.- Conserving endemic and
economically important native plants of Pakistan: Ex situ conservation
activities at National Herbarium Dr. Amir Sultan.-Ethnobotanical studies and
evaluation of conservation status of some wild plants of rural areas of
pirgali district mirpur, ajk Dr. Muhammad Ajaib.- Bio- remediation: a
management tool for the reclamation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated
soil Dr. Sarwat Ismail.- climate change mitigation and environmental
amelioration through plants and other sustainable practices Dr. Cho
Gyoung-Rae.- Arsenic groundwater pollution and remediation in South Punjab,
Pakistan Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shahid.- Identification of potential
carbon-capturing tree in different climatic zones of Pakistan to mitigate
climate change Dr. Shujaul Mulk Khan.- Decarbonization to bioproducts; Algae
biotechnology for climate change mitigation Dr. Muhammad Aamer Mehmood.-
Nature-based and sustainable approaches decontamination of polluted soils
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Arshad.- Management of bacterial blight of eucalyptus
through copper based chemicals and disease predictive modelling Dr. Irfan
Ahmad.- Harmonizing Research Endeavors with Sustainable Development Goals for
Societal Progress Prof. Dr. Tehreema Iftikhar.
Dr. M. F. Nawaz is working as Director and Associate Professor in the institute of Environmental Studies, University of Karachi. With his research, he investigates the environmental services of trees, such as but not limited to climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration by integrated land use, phytoremedial potential of trees for reclaiming degraded soils and the impact of mechanized operations in forests. His major achievements in his career include Green Talent Award from Germany in 2012, Research Productivity Award (RPA-PCST) from Pakistan in 2014 and 2015, and Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship Award in 2017. From 2010 to 2024, he has contributed as author or co-author in >100 peer reviewed research publications and several book chapters. He has also presented his studies in more than 50 national or international conferences and seminars.
Prof. Dr. S. Gul is serving as Professor in Department of Botany, University of Karachi. She has published > 60 research papers on seaweeds, phytoplankton, mangroves and plant physiology. She is teaching different courses like Phycology, Ecology, Genetics, Mangroves and Biological nitrogen fixation at BS, M. Sc and M.Phil / Ph.D levels. Many M.Sc, M.Phil / Ph.D students connected in research under her supervision. She has completed successfully many research projects which were supported by WWF-Pakistan and University of Karachi etc.
Prof. Dr. Z.S. Siddiqui is serving as Professor in Department of Botany, and Director, MAHQ Biological Research Centre, University of Karachi. He has published more than 70 peer reviewed papers and several book chapters. He is also playing editorial role in many international journals. His research focus is on Photosystem II which is a light-driven water-plastoquinone oxidoreductase system commonly found in plants, other cyanobacteria and algae.
