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TNAU, PhD (Forestry), IGKV, M Sc (Forestry), JNKVV, B Sc (Forestry)
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Avifaunal Diversity is one of the most important ecological indicators to evaluate the status of habitats. They act as potential bio-indicators and ideal models for predicting environmental changes. The present study investigates the avifaunal diversity along with their feeding behaviour around Kedar Dam constructed in 1971 as part of an irrigation...
Plant stresses are the conditions that adversely affect the growth, development, or productivity of plants/trees and can be caused by various physical, chemical, and biological factors. On the other hand, stress brought on by heavy metal exposure significantly impairs plant development and output. These heavy metal contaminations are responsible fo...
The study was conducted in the year 2023–24 for a duration of one year at Nandini Limestone Mines, District- Durg, Chhattisgarh, India with the objective to gather information about the floral diversity and to enable the presence or likely presence of components of flora before planning, conservation management, and development decisions for the sp...
Mining activities significantly disrupt soil properties, necessitating ecological restoration efforts for sustainable land rehabilitation. Soil enzyme activities serve as vital indicators of soil genesis and restoration progress, reflecting microbial functions and nutrient cycling processes. This study assesses enzymatic activities under various fo...
Soil quality is a fundamental determinant of ecosystem health, particularly in areas impacted by mining activities, where soil degradation disrupts nutrient cycling, microbial activity, and vegetation growth. This study evaluates the seasonal variations in the physico-chemical properties of soil under different forest tree species in the Nandini Li...
Since India attained independence in 1947, the globe has altered beyond recognition distracted by multipolar illusions. India must define its distinct foreign policy character and shape its involvement to strike a balance between the national interest and moral principles in the turbulent world of today. India promotes a worldwide dialogue and glob...
The stratified random sampling technique was used for quantifying the tree layer vegetation. The results revealed that density and basal area varied from 278 to 333 stems ha-1 and 16.18 to 19.38 m 2 ha-1 and was more in Katghora site as compare to Pali site. The concentration of dominance, Shannon index, equitability, species richness and beta dive...
Plant stresses are the conditions that adversely affect the growth, development, or productivity of plants/trees and can be caused by various physical, chemical, and biological factors. However, stress caused by the influence of heavy metals has a notable adverse effect on plant growth and productivity. These heavy metal contaminations are responsi...
Fly ash pollution is created close to Chhattisgarh's coal-fired thermal power plants, which annually produce 8.7 million metric tonnes of fly ash. Ch-hattisgarh's thermal power plants have a number of negative effects, including water contamination from fly ash, soil pollution, and air pollution. Waste from thermal power plants, known as fly ash, p...
An experiment was conducted at the nursery of Guru Ghasidas Vishawavidyalaya, Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh). Studied on germination behavior, physiological response and initial seedling growth performance of Terminalia arjuna (Roxd.) on growing media of different concentration of fly ash and soil during March to August 2022. Growing media was prepared by...
Urban trees directly help to achieve urban sustainability concept with development activities. On the other hand, study revealed the condition of urban tree which has least concerned and poor management in the Bilaspur city causes higher vandalism. Urban tree managers encounter a unique challenge in addressing this issue, as they are unable to iden...
In the era of urbanization, the green cover in the cities is shrinking rapidly causing various environmental issues. In contrast, urban parks, whether they are newly constructed or historic, are one of the most environmentally friendly ways to counteract this island of heat and pollution. In addition to creating oxygen, trees and other vegetation h...
The book “Dynamics of Urban Forestry” aims to promote the growth of urban green and blue spaces. It is an effort to explore the known and unknown benefits of urban forestry.
The management and maintenance of trees and forest resources in and around urban areas is called urban forestry. The aim is to achieve the ecological, social, economic and aest...
The wetland ecosystem provides several ecosystem services that support the life on earth and improve wellbeing of humans. In the era of rapid urbanization, the growing urban population can benefit by implementing appropriate planning and management of wetland get ecosystem services that are of prior importance. In order to comprehend the significan...
Eucalyptus species is crucial in the phytoremediation of hazardous metals such as lead and cadmium. This study involved the experimentation of four different Eucalyptus species to determine the best accumulator among them. The experimentation took place in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, using sand as the growing medium. The two tox...
Eucalyptus species is crucial in the phytoremediation of hazardous metals such as lead and cadmium. This study involved the experimentation of our different Eucalyptus species to determine the best accumulator among them. The experimentation took place in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, using sand as the growing medium. The two toxi...
The government of India has been undertaking various programs for the socioeconomic upliftment of tribals for the improvements in various indicators related to food, health, literacy, livelihood. However, there is a large gap in the human development indices between the general and tribal populations. NTFPs are getting global recognition by providi...
The tree Phyllanthus emblica L., generally known as Amla, is an indigenous tree to Southeast Asia and India. It yields fruits packed with bioactive substances, which could be investigated in context with the growing interest in compounds that are naturally occurring and have biological activity. Almost every part of the Amla tree i.e., fruit, leaf,...
The research was carried out in one of the protected areas, the Southern Achanakmar Tiger Reserve in India's Chhattisgarh state aims to estimate the provisioning services of the forest inhabitants in buffer and fringe communities. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used as a tool, and a multistage random sampling method was adopted fo...
Every living organism like human, plants, animals and microbes are dependent on non-living things for their survival in any environment. Ecosystem provides a relationship between living and non-living things to connect and fulfil their requirements in natural environment. Ecosystems are categorised on various types like terrestrial ecosystem like f...
An anthropological survey was carried out in the Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve (AABR) core zone to analyse the impact of government development schemes on tribal culture and indigenous knowledge. For this purpose, three non-rehabilitated villages from the core zone of AABR having a maximum Baiga population according to the census 2011 viz...
Increasing worldwide population associated with changing climate is putting strain on global plant production systems, and rapid agriculture crop and woody plant development is necessary to fulfill future demands. Conventional breeding takes time, especially in woody plants, and possible novel plant features are limited by genetic variety. The CRIS...
To combat the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, the Government of India implemented a lockdown plan. The study's major goal was to evaluate the impact of lockdown over household trash, focusing on mask use and handling habits. An online questionnaire survey was done on n=268 households in the Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh, India, using the snowb...
Mining activity causes a huge amount of land degradation by altering the land use pattern of the area. It is extremely difficult to restore and reclaim this degraded land because of the unfavourable Physico-Chemical conditions for plant growth. The purpose of the present study was the monitoring of land use and land cover, diversity and species com...
In the current world scenario, climate change is impacting the Earth’s ecosystem through long-term changes in average conditions such as temperature and weather patterns causing climate variability, coupled with other associated changes. Like other countries, India is also experiencing a significant increase in extreme weather events like rising te...
Forests are a vital part of tribals and forest dwellers who are
living in the forest and are reliant on its resources for food that is
consumed in the form of grains, seeds, pulses, vegetables, fruits,
and other products. Hence forest is said to be the biggest source of
nutrients. Food resources obtained from the forests are the purest
form of nutr...
Non-timber forest products, often known as NTFPs, are biologically derived, non-wood items that come from forests and are an essential source of income. About 275 million rural poor Indians who live in severe climates depend on NTFPs for both their survival and their means of generating income. In India, NTFPs account for about 40% of all official...
The investigation was carried out in Chhattisgarh, India in katghora forest division and bilaspur forest division. Each division evaluate the quantitative assessment of species richness and diversity of tree species. The katghora and bilaspur forest division total 16 and 15 sample plots randomly laid out a total number of 17 tree species were recor...
Globally energy crisis is known as a new era’s biggest problem. The use of agricultural wastes into the form of briquettes are the best alternative option of renewable energy sources. This paper studies the possibility of utilizing agricultural wastes into briquetting production with high calorific value. Major wastes were sugarcane bagasse, coffee...
High concentrations of heavy metals in soil have an adverse effect on microorganisms and microbial processes. Among different types of microorganisms of soil fungi are the only ones providing a direct link between soil and roots and can therefore be of great importance in heavy metal availability and toxicity to plants. In paper discusses the inter...
Phenological study of Acacia mangium has done at Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (CG). Two different sites Viz; (i) Experimental field of department of Forestry at Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.) and (ii) Energy Park VIP road Raipur having different soil management practice was selected for study of tree phenology a...
Heavy metals like cadmium (CdCl2) and lead (Pb NO3)2 exhibited toxic effect at higher concentrations on eucalyptus species viz.,Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. camaldulensis, E. globulus and E. citriodora. The growth parameters of seedling like shoot and root length, total dry biomass and germination percentage were inhibited more severely in E. tereti...
A pot culture experiment was carried out to study and compare the effect of terry towel textile sludge application on enzyme activity of fast growing pulp wood tree species raised under sandy loam and clay loam soils. The experiment was laid out in a Factorial Completely Randomized Block Design with two soil types viz., sandy loam soil (C1) and cla...
Live fencing, an age old and traditional agro forestry practice, remains relatively less understood and least documented at least in India. Exploratory surveys conducted in the Chhattisgarh state especially cover tribal areas, indicated that traditional farmers have vast knowledge about their live fencing practices and the species used. Two groups...
The present investigation was carried out entitled "Economics of briquette production using forest residue and wood based industrial waste" at Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam. Information were collected from three other briquetting producing unit viz.; Agni Group of Companies, Erode, Real Tech Engineers, Coimbatore and Departmen...
The present investigation was carried out with the findings of Phyto-sociological survey conducted in Badalkhole wildlife sanctuary located at Northern Hill region of Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh. In the survey, a number of plant species has been identified. The floristic diversity consists of 44 families; among these, 22 trees, 16 herbs and 7...
The present study was carried out in the laboratory of Department of Forestry, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, (CG) during 2006-07. Effect of scarification, temperature and moisture stress on seed germination and seedling growth in Acacia mangium was investigated. Seed germination and initial growth always found to be an important phase of th...
