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- Do Floodplain Wetlands Enhance the Potential of Fish Ponds? Assessing Supporting Ecosystem Service of Chatla Wetland of Barak Valley, Assam, India
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1 Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar 788 011, IN
1 Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar 788 011, IN
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Current Science, Vol 114, No 12 (2018), Pagination: 2434-2436Abstract
Wetland ecosystems provide a range of ecological and economic benefits to people and society through provisioning of various goods and services. Many studies have highlighted the role of wetlands in provisioning of ecosystem goods, viz. fishery, agriculture, non-timber forest products, etc. Culture- and capture-fishery are important economic activities of people living in the Southeast Asian countries, viz. India and Bangladesh, which have large areas under floodplain wetlands. Globally, around one billion people rely on fish as the only source of protein, of which 35 million people are engaged in fishing and aquaculture, and 95% of them reside in developing countries like India and Bangladesh. In this region, a large number of people practice commercial culture fishery by constructing earthen ponds in and around the floodplains (http://agritech.tnau.ac.in).Full Text
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- Locusts Plague: An Emerging Threat to India
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1 Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar 788 011, IN
1 Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar 788 011, IN
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Current Science, Vol 120, No 1 (2021), Pagination: 10-11Abstract
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- Oil Spill In Maguri-motapung Wetland In Assam, Northeast India: A Socio-ecological Disaster
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1 Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar-788011,, IN
1 Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar-788011,, IN
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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 18, No 2 (2021), Pagination: 139-142Abstract
Wetlands are highly susceptible to the deadly impacts of oil spill events due to its minimal water flow, which might take several years to restore. A recent incident of an uncontrolled blowout of an oil-producing well in Baghjan oilfield of the Oil India Limited and subsequent fire outbreak has severely threatened the socio-ecologically important Maguri-Motapung Beel, one of largest floodplain wetlands in Assam, Northeast India. The oil blowout coated the wetland water and its surrounding areas with emulsified oil layers, and together with fire outbreak, the incident has decimated many aquatic flora and fauna causing irreversible environmental damage. In addition, the blowout induced fire has also imposed a catastrophic impact on the riparian people of the wetland displacing them towards relief camps leaving their homes. Government authorities should emphasize implementing appropriate management actions to check the installation and/or operation of such oil-producing wells and other constrictive/industrial activities at least within the 10 km radius of any wetland areas that sustain the livelihoods of thousands of poor people.Keywords
Oil blow-out, Ecosensitive area, Floodplain Livelihood impact.
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