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Mishra, Purnendu
- Sacred Groves of Barjora, Chhatna and Saltora Blocks of Bankura District, West Bengal
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1 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, M-Block, Kolkata, West Bengal, IN
2 West Bengal State University, Kolkata, IN
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Indian Forester, Vol 141, No 8 (2015), Pagination: 861-865Abstract
A total of 17 sacred groves were identified from Barjora (7), Saltora (7) and Chhatna (3) blocks of Bankura district. The largest sacred grove was reported with 0.4891 km2 at Kathia Babar Ashram in Barjora block. Total 58 trees were recorded from these three blocks of which 51 scientifically identified. Among them, 12 are important for their timber value, 16 for their food value, 17 having medicinal properties, 6 ornamental and 3 as sacred trees.Keywords
Sacred Groves, Bankura, Conservation.- Security Issues In Cloud Computing And Associated Mitigation Techniques
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International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Vol 2, No 5 (2013), Pagination:Abstract
Cloud computing is a new computational paradigm that offers an innovative business model fororganizations to adopt IT without upfront investment. It promises to provide a flexible IT architecture, accessible through internet from lightweight portable devices. This would allow multi-fold increase in the capacity and capabilities of the existing and new software. In a cloud computing environment, the entire data resides over a set of networked resources, enabling the data to be accessed through virtual machines. Despite the potential gains achieved from the cloud computing, the model security is still questionable which impacts the cloud model adoption.The security problem becomes more complicated under the cloud model as new dimensions have entered into the problem scope related to the model architecture, multi-tenancy, elasticity, and layers dependency stack. In this paper, we discussed security issues for cloud computing. We investigated the problem from the cloud architecture perspective, the cloud offered characteristics perspective, the cloud stakeholders’ perspective, and the cloud service delivery and deployment model models perspective. Based on this analysis, weelaborate the numerous unresolved issues threatening the cloud computing adoption and diffusion affecting the various stake-holders associated with it.
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cloud computing, cloud computing security, cloud computing security management, Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)- A Report on Moth Fauna (Insecta:Lepidoptera) in Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India
Authors
1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, IN
2 Academy of Biodiversity Conservation (ABC), Kolkata-700055, IN
3 Vidyasagar College, Block CL, Sector 2, Salt Lake, Kolkata-91, IN
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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 14, No 2 (2017), Pagination: 179-186Abstract
The present communication reports occurrence of 52 species of moths in Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal. Of them, 12 species were reported by Mandal (1992). The rest of 40 species have been collected using light trap at Lava, the entrance of Neora Valley National Park on its western boundary during the faunistic surveys carried out in the year 2014. Among these, fifteen species have been found as new record to the moth fauna of West Bengal.Keywords
Moth, Neora Valley, West Bengal.References
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- Insect Fauna Associated with the Tea Ecosystem of North Bengal, India
Authors
1 Zoological Survey of India, H.Q. Office, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 118, No 2 (2018), Pagination: 178-193Abstract
Present communication reports 167 species belonging to 139 genera of 42 families under 6 orders of insects from the tea gardens of North Bengal. Of them, Lepidoptera shares maximum number of species (77), followed by Hemiptera (29), Diptera (24), Coleoptera (19), Odonata (12) and Orthoptera (06). Among them, 20 species of Lepidoptera, 05 species of Hemiptera, 05 species of Coeloptera and 03 species of Orthoptera are found as tea pests. Besides this, 01 species of Diptera and Odonata are found as predators of tea pest. In addition to this, 14 species of Hemiptera, 11 species of Coleoptera and 09 species of Lepidoptera reported as pests/borers of other crops and timber plants. In addition to this, 03 species of Hemiptera and 03 species of Diptera as predator and 16 species of Diptera as flower visitors/pollinators in other ecosystem are also found.Keywords
North Bengal, Pest, Pollinator, Predator, Tea Garden.References
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