Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Environmental Health
Exploring the Situation of the Lower Gangetic Delta
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Impact of Climate Change on the Endemic Medicinal Plant Species Inhabiting the World Heritage Site of Indian Sundarbans
We surveyed the medicinal plant diversity in the World Heritage Site of Indian Sundarbans from 7 November 2021 to 14 November 2021 in three sectors, namely, western, central, and eastern. These plants are coll...
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Indigenous Method of Curing Pulmonary Disorders Using Mangrove Fruit by the Lodha Peoples
The Lodha people reside in the Indian Sundarban islands. They are mainly engaged in fishing activities. They live very close to the river embankments and their major occupation orients around fishery-related l...
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Open AccessPractical Guide to Measuring Wetland Carbon Pools and Fluxes
Wetlands cover a small portion of the world, but have disproportionate influence on global carbon (C) sequestration, carbon dioxide and methane emissions, and aquatic C fluxes. However, the underlying biogeoch...
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Genome-wide identification and annotation of SNPs for economically important traits in Frieswal™, newly evolved crossbred cattle of India
The Frieswal™ is a crossbred cattle evolved by ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cattle utilizing more than 15,000 cattle maintained at more than 37 military farms spread all over the agro-climatic region...
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Seasonal Variations in Bioaccumulation and Translocation of Toxic Heavy Metals in the Dominant Vegetables of East Kolkata Wetlands: a Case Study with Suggestive Ecorestorative Strategies
In recent times, East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW), a designated Ramsar site in the eastern part of megacity Kolkata, has been threatened by toxic heavy metal (HM) pollution. Besides being a natural wetland supporti...
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Transforming the Indian Livestock Sector
India is committed to addressing global challenges in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the next 7 years. The SDGs aim to eliminate poverty...
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Introduction to COVID-19
Today, the whole world is under the appalling shadow of COVID pandemic. The disease has posed severe adverse impacts on almost all sectors of the society encompassing health, education, recreation, food, trans...
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Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Marine and Estuarine Water Quality
The marine and estuarine waters are subject to significant anthropogenic disturbances due to rapid pace of industrialization, urbanization, tourism expansion, and shrimp culture proliferation in the Indian sub...
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Resilience of Farmers in Response to Salinity Intrusion Problem in Agricultural Fields of Coastal Region of Bangladesh
Bangladesh is an agriculture depended nations where most of the population depend their livelihood on agriculture related activities. Climate Change is one of the biggest threat for Bangladesh because of frequ...
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Impact of COVID-19 on Livelihoods of Lower Gangetic Delta
Indian Sundarbans in the lower Gangetic delta with a population of some 4.4 million is facing severe impact as the majority of the existing livelihoods like fishing, wood collection, honey collection, handicra...
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Traditional Livelihoods in Sundarban Delta
Agriculture and fishing activities are the two major pillars of livelihood in Indian Sundarbans although animal husbandry occupies a considerable share in this domain. Apart from paddy and different types of v...
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Mangrove-Centric Alternative Livelihoods
The concept of climate resilient sustainable livelihoods implies not just what people do in order to live and survive comfortably for a short period of time, but the resources that provide them a long-term ben...
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Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Quality
Pure air is a mixture of several gasses with nitrogen constituting the highest proportion followed by oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, etc.. During the lockdown phase of COVID-19, the air quality has been found ...
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Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Coastal Biodiversity
The lower Gangetic delta sustaining the mangrove-dominated Indian Sundarbans is known for rich taxonomic diversity. The deltaic complex is presently under threat due to unplanned urbanization, tourism, fishing...
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Anthropogenic Climate Change in the Mangrove-Dominated Indian Sundarbans: Spatio-temporal Analyses, Future Trends, and Recommendations for Mitigation and Adaptation
Anthropogenic climate change is among the most defining challenges confronting the current era, with impacts already affecting both the health of the environment and the functioning of virtually every sector o...
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Indian Sundarban Delta
Indian Sundarban is known for its unique genetic diversity, which forms the foundation of livelihoods for the island dwellers and population in and around the delta complex. It serves as the home of many endan...
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Plastic Pollution During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Disaster in the Making
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all spheres of human life and the global environmental parameters to a large extent. Research studies by scientists across the globe pointed out that COVID-19 is both a boon ...
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Threats to Livelihood Sectors
The natural resources present in Indian Sundarbans are the foundation stones of regional livelihoods. These assets encompass both floral and faunal resources, which are exposed to several natural threats like ...
