Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.53550/eec.2023.v29i02s.030
Y. Desai, D. K. Sharma, R. Mangroliya, V.R Zala
The present investigation entitled “Performance of exotic mango cultivars under South Gujarat agro-climatic conditions” was conducted during 2018-19 at Agriculture Experimental Station, NAU, Paria and Center of Excellence on Post Harvest Technology, Department of Post Harvest Technology, ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari. The experiment was taken on 15 year old exotic mango cultivars planted at 8 m spacing in square system and laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) repeated thrice with nine treatments. Among these cultivar Maya was found to be superior with respect to TSS, ascorbic acid, reducing sugar, total sugar and overall acceptability
{"title":"Chemical Studies of Exotic Mango Cultivars under South Gujarat Agro-Climatic Conditions","authors":"Y. Desai, D. K. Sharma, R. Mangroliya, V.R Zala","doi":"10.53550/eec.2023.v29i02s.030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53550/eec.2023.v29i02s.030","url":null,"abstract":"The present investigation entitled “Performance of exotic mango cultivars under South Gujarat agro-climatic conditions” was conducted during 2018-19 at Agriculture Experimental Station, NAU, Paria and Center of Excellence on Post Harvest Technology, Department of Post Harvest Technology, ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari. The experiment was taken on 15 year old exotic mango cultivars planted at 8 m spacing in square system and laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) repeated thrice with nine treatments. Among these cultivar Maya was found to be superior with respect to TSS, ascorbic acid, reducing sugar, total sugar and overall acceptability","PeriodicalId":11458,"journal":{"name":"Ecology, Environment and Conservation","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73079896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.53550/eec.2023.v29i01s.064
Pappu K. Yadav, Ashutosh Kumar Singh
In the present work, locally available adsorbents such as Sugarcane Bagasse, Coconut Husk and Rice Husk were tested for defluoridation. The characterizations of the three adsorbents were carried out to study the effect of pH, different doses of adsorbent and variation in initial concentration of fluoride at constant temperature of 30±2 °C on removal efficiency of fluoride. It was observed that as the pH value increased, the removal efficiency increased to some time and later became constant in case of Sugarcane Bagasse at adsorbent dose of 0.5g/100 ml at contact time duration of 75 minutes. The removal efficiency decreased with gradual increase in initial fluoride concentration due to the capacity of adsorbent materials. The study revealed the applicability of low-cost adsorbents for the removal of fluoride from drinking water.
{"title":"Removal of Fluoride using low-cost materials as an adsorbent","authors":"Pappu K. Yadav, Ashutosh Kumar Singh","doi":"10.53550/eec.2023.v29i01s.064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53550/eec.2023.v29i01s.064","url":null,"abstract":"In the present work, locally available adsorbents such as Sugarcane Bagasse, Coconut Husk and Rice Husk were tested for defluoridation. The characterizations of the three adsorbents were carried out to study the effect of pH, different doses of adsorbent and variation in initial concentration of fluoride at constant temperature of 30±2 °C on removal efficiency of fluoride. It was observed that as the pH value increased, the removal efficiency increased to some time and later became constant in case of Sugarcane Bagasse at adsorbent dose of 0.5g/100 ml at contact time duration of 75 minutes. The removal efficiency decreased with gradual increase in initial fluoride concentration due to the capacity of adsorbent materials. The study revealed the applicability of low-cost adsorbents for the removal of fluoride from drinking water.","PeriodicalId":11458,"journal":{"name":"Ecology, Environment and Conservation","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75544012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.53550/eec.2023.v29i02.057
Amandeep Sharma, Mohit Singh, M. K. Rana, Pooja, R. Arya, N. Kumar, Abhivyakti, Manmohan Mittal, P. Rani
Paddy straw is one of the organic materials and natural residues obtained from the paddy crop. It is the third largest crop remanant obtained from the agriculture after sugarcane bagasse and maize straw. Storage of the surplus paddy straw, removal of entire straw from the field and very little time between the cultivation of the next crop are the major issues associated with paddy straw. Thus, stubble burning is a quickest, cheapest and easiest way to prepare field for the next crop. Burning of paddy straw results in extensive impact on both on and off farm, e.g., killing of useful microflora and fauna of the soil, losses of soil organic matter and contribution to harmful greenhouse gases including their harmful effects on human and animal health. Therefore, paddy straw burning is a major issue of environmental pollution also. Hence, need of the hour is to provide environment friendly alternatives to paddy straw instead of burning in open field. Paddy straw can be used as a source of energy, mulching material, biofuel, industrial raw material, fodder for animals, etc.
{"title":"Paddy Straw Management Practices","authors":"Amandeep Sharma, Mohit Singh, M. K. Rana, Pooja, R. Arya, N. Kumar, Abhivyakti, Manmohan Mittal, P. Rani","doi":"10.53550/eec.2023.v29i02.057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53550/eec.2023.v29i02.057","url":null,"abstract":"Paddy straw is one of the organic materials and natural residues obtained from the paddy crop. It is the third largest crop remanant obtained from the agriculture after sugarcane bagasse and maize straw. Storage of the surplus paddy straw, removal of entire straw from the field and very little time between the cultivation of the next crop are the major issues associated with paddy straw. Thus, stubble burning is a quickest, cheapest and easiest way to prepare field for the next crop. Burning of paddy straw results in extensive impact on both on and off farm, e.g., killing of useful microflora and fauna of the soil, losses of soil organic matter and contribution to harmful greenhouse gases including their harmful effects on human and animal health. Therefore, paddy straw burning is a major issue of environmental pollution also. Hence, need of the hour is to provide environment friendly alternatives to paddy straw instead of burning in open field. Paddy straw can be used as a source of energy, mulching material, biofuel, industrial raw material, fodder for animals, etc.","PeriodicalId":11458,"journal":{"name":"Ecology, Environment and Conservation","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75734352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.53550/eec.2023.v29i02s.003
Karishma Maherukh, Kunal Adhikary, Alauddin Rahaman, Arun Kumar Pal
An experiment was carried to evaluate the effect of combined application of seaweed and neem cake on growth and flowering of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa)cv. Prajwal. The study was laid out under Randomized Block Design (RBD) with eleven treatments and three replications where different combinations of neem cake and seaweed were compared with control. The result of the experiment revealed that the application of neem cake and seaweed significantly affected the quantitative and qualitative characters of tuberose. Among all the treatments, treatment T11 (Seaweed 4g/m2 + Neem cake 0.4 kg/m2 ) was found most effective regarding the growth and flowering attributes in comparison to control. The treatment T11 (Seaweed 4g/m2 + Neem cake 0.4 kg/m2 ) also gave most promising result regarding vase life and spike yield.
{"title":"Efficacy of seaweed and neemcake on growth and flowering attributes of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) in the plains of West Bengal","authors":"Karishma Maherukh, Kunal Adhikary, Alauddin Rahaman, Arun Kumar Pal","doi":"10.53550/eec.2023.v29i02s.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53550/eec.2023.v29i02s.003","url":null,"abstract":"An experiment was carried to evaluate the effect of combined application of seaweed and neem cake on growth and flowering of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa)cv. Prajwal. The study was laid out under Randomized Block Design (RBD) with eleven treatments and three replications where different combinations of neem cake and seaweed were compared with control. The result of the experiment revealed that the application of neem cake and seaweed significantly affected the quantitative and qualitative characters of tuberose. Among all the treatments, treatment T11 (Seaweed 4g/m2 + Neem cake 0.4 kg/m2 ) was found most effective regarding the growth and flowering attributes in comparison to control. The treatment T11 (Seaweed 4g/m2 + Neem cake 0.4 kg/m2 ) also gave most promising result regarding vase life and spike yield.","PeriodicalId":11458,"journal":{"name":"Ecology, Environment and Conservation","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73195117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.53550/eec.2023.v29i01.015
P. Rajaiah, C. Kumar, B. Laxman, B. Vennela, A. P. Reddy
The mechanization of Indian farms is imperative to enhance input use efficiency, reduce human drudgery, cost of production and to address issues of labour scarcity and timeliness of farm operations. Digging of trenches for laying pvc pipes in sprinkler and drip irrigation system has become drudgery by human labour, more expensive and time consuming. Commercially available machines are high capacity, more cost of operation and not affordable to the small and marginal farmers. To overcome this problems, a small tractor operated trencher was designed and developed. The developed trencher was evaluated in the field at a 1.5,2,2.5 km/h forward speeds. During field trails it was observed increase in forward speed from 1.5 to 2.5 km/h resulted in decrease in depth of trench, fuel consumption and capacity of auger. Increased in forward speed resulted in increase in length of trench.
{"title":"Design Development and Evaluation of Mini Tractor Operated Trencher","authors":"P. Rajaiah, C. Kumar, B. Laxman, B. Vennela, A. P. Reddy","doi":"10.53550/eec.2023.v29i01.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53550/eec.2023.v29i01.015","url":null,"abstract":"The mechanization of Indian farms is imperative to enhance input use efficiency, reduce human drudgery, cost of production and to address issues of labour scarcity and timeliness of farm operations. Digging of trenches for laying pvc pipes in sprinkler and drip irrigation system has become drudgery by human labour, more expensive and time consuming. Commercially available machines are high capacity, more cost of operation and not affordable to the small and marginal farmers. To overcome this problems, a small tractor operated trencher was designed and developed. The developed trencher was evaluated in the field at a 1.5,2,2.5 km/h forward speeds. During field trails it was observed increase in forward speed from 1.5 to 2.5 km/h resulted in decrease in depth of trench, fuel consumption and capacity of auger. Increased in forward speed resulted in increase in length of trench.","PeriodicalId":11458,"journal":{"name":"Ecology, Environment and Conservation","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73343370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.53550/eec.2023.v29i01.067
M. Babu, C. Hariharan, J. Gayathri, J. Sathya
The paper investigates the COVID-19 Pandemic’s impact on India’s Greenex industry. For this purpose, the present study selected the BSE Greenex Index from the BSE (Bomby Stock Exchange) of India. By using the logarithm to converted daily price into the daily returns for further analysis. Descriptive Statistics, ADF Test, Q-Q Plot and GARCH (1, 1) Model were used and its results showed that the BSE Greenex index recorded positive return with the highest return. The ADF Test confirmed that the data attained the Unit root at level difference. The study also found that the BSE Greenex Index were volatile throughout the COVID 19 Pandemic Period. Thus the study concluded that COVID 19 Pandemic influenced the Indian Greenex sectors, during the study period.
{"title":"Impact of Covid -19 Pandemic on Green Industry","authors":"M. Babu, C. Hariharan, J. Gayathri, J. Sathya","doi":"10.53550/eec.2023.v29i01.067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53550/eec.2023.v29i01.067","url":null,"abstract":"The paper investigates the COVID-19 Pandemic’s impact on India’s Greenex industry. For this purpose, the present study selected the BSE Greenex Index from the BSE (Bomby Stock Exchange) of India. By using the logarithm to converted daily price into the daily returns for further analysis. Descriptive Statistics, ADF Test, Q-Q Plot and GARCH (1, 1) Model were used and its results showed that the BSE Greenex index recorded positive return with the highest return. The ADF Test confirmed that the data attained the Unit root at level difference. The study also found that the BSE Greenex Index were volatile throughout the COVID 19 Pandemic Period. Thus the study concluded that COVID 19 Pandemic influenced the Indian Greenex sectors, during the study period.","PeriodicalId":11458,"journal":{"name":"Ecology, Environment and Conservation","volume":"244 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73619002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.53550/eec.2023.v29i03s.004
Satikanta Sahoo, Ranindra Kumar Nayak
This paper deals with the studies of some Pteridophyes in Jajpur district of Odisha. A survey has been conducted during 2020-2022 in different areas of Jajpur district to document the pteridophytes. Extensive as well as intensive floristic studies have been conducted in these areas, voucher specimens have been collected, identified and preserved in the form of herbarium following standard methods. The results revealed 15 species of Pteridophytes under 11 genera and 11 families which not only fulfil the basic needs of the local people but also maintain ecological balance in this region. Further research is necessary to promote conservation of this biodiversity in this region.
{"title":"Studies on some Pteridophytes in Jajpur district, Odisha, India","authors":"Satikanta Sahoo, Ranindra Kumar Nayak","doi":"10.53550/eec.2023.v29i03s.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53550/eec.2023.v29i03s.004","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the studies of some Pteridophyes in Jajpur district of Odisha. A survey has been conducted during 2020-2022 in different areas of Jajpur district to document the pteridophytes. Extensive as well as intensive floristic studies have been conducted in these areas, voucher specimens have been collected, identified and preserved in the form of herbarium following standard methods. The results revealed 15 species of Pteridophytes under 11 genera and 11 families which not only fulfil the basic needs of the local people but also maintain ecological balance in this region. Further research is necessary to promote conservation of this biodiversity in this region.","PeriodicalId":11458,"journal":{"name":"Ecology, Environment and Conservation","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74006510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.53550/eec.2023.v29i03s.088
K. Lal
There are many reservoirs in India. Gobind Sagar Reservoir has been created by damming River Sutlej at village Bhakra in 1963. This reservoir is located in Himachal Pradesh, India. Fishermen working in this reservoir have organized themselves in the form of fisheries co-operative societies. Fisheries co-operative society Chilt Thera is one of these co-operatives. Data of fish caught by fisheries co-operative society Chilt Thera during September 2013 to December 2016, has been included in this study. Area of operations have also been fixed for different co-operatives by the state department of fisheries, for administrative reasons. Gill nets were applied during afternoon hours and collected next morning. Only licensed fishermen are allowed to catch the fish. Fishermen hand over their catch to their concerned co-operative which further sells the fish to the concerned contractors at the already fixed price. Close season was observed for two months during monsoon season every year, for fish conservation. Cirrhina mrigala was very less in catch (8 individuals weighing 20 kg). Labeo calbasu was not in catch of this co-operative, during this period. Catch of Ctenopharyn godonidella was very less. Fish catch was dominated by the Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (silver carp) and Cyprinus carpio (Common Carp). H. molitrix have got accidently entered in the reservoir. Seed stocking of Cyprinus carpio and Indian Major Carps is being done regularly.
{"title":"Statistics of Fish Catch from Gobind Sagar Reservoir by Fisheries Co-operative Society Chilt Thera, during four years","authors":"K. Lal","doi":"10.53550/eec.2023.v29i03s.088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53550/eec.2023.v29i03s.088","url":null,"abstract":"There are many reservoirs in India. Gobind Sagar Reservoir has been created by damming River Sutlej at village Bhakra in 1963. This reservoir is located in Himachal Pradesh, India. Fishermen working in this reservoir have organized themselves in the form of fisheries co-operative societies. Fisheries co-operative society Chilt Thera is one of these co-operatives. Data of fish caught by fisheries co-operative society Chilt Thera during September 2013 to December 2016, has been included in this study. Area of operations have also been fixed for different co-operatives by the state department of fisheries, for administrative reasons. Gill nets were applied during afternoon hours and collected next morning. Only licensed fishermen are allowed to catch the fish. Fishermen hand over their catch to their concerned co-operative which further sells the fish to the concerned contractors at the already fixed price. Close season was observed for two months during monsoon season every year, for fish conservation. Cirrhina mrigala was very less in catch (8 individuals weighing 20 kg). Labeo calbasu was not in catch of this co-operative, during this period. Catch of Ctenopharyn godonidella was very less. Fish catch was dominated by the Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (silver carp) and Cyprinus carpio (Common Carp). H. molitrix have got accidently entered in the reservoir. Seed stocking of Cyprinus carpio and Indian Major Carps is being done regularly.","PeriodicalId":11458,"journal":{"name":"Ecology, Environment and Conservation","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79260230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.53550/eec.2023.v29i01s.053
Tabuiliu Abonmai, Ksh. Manishwari Dev, A. A. Arche, M. S. Singh
Mulch can effectively minimize water vapour loss, soil erosion, weed problems and nutrient loss. Modification of soil microclimate by mulching favours seedling emergence and root proliferation. Organic mulches add nutrients to the soil when decomposed by microbes in the soil. A field experiment was conducted during the rabi season of 2018 and the treatments comprised of one control (T1 -no mulch) and six levels of rice husk mulching viz, T2 (10q/ha), T3 (20q/ha), T4 (30q/ha), T5 (40q/ha), T6 (50q/ha)and T7 (60q/ ha) were laid out in RBD with three replications. The application of rice husk mulching 60q/ha (T7 ) had significant effect on the germination percentage of the crop. The highest number of pods, pods per plant and longest pod length were recorded in the treatment of rice husk mulching with 60q/ha (T7 ). The test weight was found to be non-significant. With respect to economics of yield production in pea, higher gross returns, net returns and returns per rupee invested (B:C ratio) was obtained by 60q/ha rice husk mulching as compared to the other treatments. From the present investigation it was observed that pea was found to perform better in rice husk mulching of 60q/ha.
{"title":"Effect of rice husk mulching on germination percentage, yield and economics of pea (Makhyatmubi) Pisum sativum L.","authors":"Tabuiliu Abonmai, Ksh. Manishwari Dev, A. A. Arche, M. S. Singh","doi":"10.53550/eec.2023.v29i01s.053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53550/eec.2023.v29i01s.053","url":null,"abstract":"Mulch can effectively minimize water vapour loss, soil erosion, weed problems and nutrient loss. Modification of soil microclimate by mulching favours seedling emergence and root proliferation. Organic mulches add nutrients to the soil when decomposed by microbes in the soil. A field experiment was conducted during the rabi season of 2018 and the treatments comprised of one control (T1 -no mulch) and six levels of rice husk mulching viz, T2 (10q/ha), T3 (20q/ha), T4 (30q/ha), T5 (40q/ha), T6 (50q/ha)and T7 (60q/ ha) were laid out in RBD with three replications. The application of rice husk mulching 60q/ha (T7 ) had significant effect on the germination percentage of the crop. The highest number of pods, pods per plant and longest pod length were recorded in the treatment of rice husk mulching with 60q/ha (T7 ). The test weight was found to be non-significant. With respect to economics of yield production in pea, higher gross returns, net returns and returns per rupee invested (B:C ratio) was obtained by 60q/ha rice husk mulching as compared to the other treatments. From the present investigation it was observed that pea was found to perform better in rice husk mulching of 60q/ha.","PeriodicalId":11458,"journal":{"name":"Ecology, Environment and Conservation","volume":"197 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85206060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.53550/eec.2023.v29i02.074
Subhadra Barik, Parvez, Arun Kumar Mishra, S. Sewak, Ashutosh Dey
The worship practices of indigenous people represent a symbiotic relationship between human beings and nature. Since old times conservation of biodiversity and natural resources has been an identical part of diverse cultures in different ways. Sacred groves are those patches of trees on forest land that are protected by local and Indigenous people with religious perspective and connotations. These are tracts of virgin forests with highly rich diversity, which have been protected by the traditional societies and indigenous communities since ages for their cultural and religious beliefs. Every sacred grove caries own myths, lore and legends which form the integral part of the sacred groves. These groves are distributed across the globe, and are diverse culturally. It recognizes them in different ways encoding various rules and regulations for their protection. India is rich in culture and tradition where sacred groves occur in different parts of Indian sub-continent viz., Central India, Western India, North-east India, etc. particularly where the tribal and ethnic communities live. Sacred groves play a vital role in biodiversity conservation and management. Several plants and animal species that are threatened in the wild are still well conserved in some of the groves. It also emphasizes that a number of medicinal plant species that are uncommon in wild forest lands, are abundant in many sacred groves. Furthermore, rare, threatened, endangered and endemic species are often concentrated in these groves. The religious belief of tribal and local communities plays an impressive role in utilization and conservation of flora and fauna of the particular region. Although, by the passage of time, adequate number of changes have taken place in the extension of the sacred groves, in their vegetation structure, people’s perception towards them and religious belief. The current study focused on documentation of all the sacred grooves of Badampahar Forest Range along with their floral and faunal composition. The study also aimed on documentation of all the traditional social beliefs associated to every listed sacred grove.
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