Contents: A conference on ecology and environment, Governing council members and expert invitees, List of participants, List of contributors, Inauguration photographs, Challenge for existence, Ecology and environment, Role of education around appropriate social action in improving village environment, Social dimensions of environmental pollution, Concept of environment, Politics of environment teachers and Eco balance, Role of biofertilizers in protecting the nature, Waste water for irrigation, Studies on soil actinomycetes of Karad Taluka ecology of actinomycetes, Degradation of soil resources due to environmental pollution: an overview, environment protection, Ecology and environment-dimentions and challenges.