Restoring the health of degraded land is critical for overall human development as land is a
vital life-supporting system, directly or indirectly influencing the attainment of the UN …

Globally, the share of renewable energy is limited to 19% of the total energy consumption.
Out of which, 9.3% is shared by traditional biomass. In India, the installed capacity of energy …

Sustainable food production for a rapidly growing global population is a major challenge of
this century. In order to meet the demand for food production, an additional land area of 2.7 …

Land use changes have been recognized as one of the key ecological drivers in regulation
of methane (CH 4) consumption from dry upland soils. This study investigated the impact of …

Soil is a vital life supporting system of the Planet Earth. However, it has been estimated that
around 25% the global soils are highly degraded and 44% are moderately degraded mainly …

Land degradation is one of the major global environmental issues that need serious
attention. The land itself is a complex system regulating myriads of processes. Any …

Sustainable agronomic practices are being implemented worldwide to promote the cleaner
and planet friendly crop production. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated the …

Vermicomposting is an effective and environmentally friendly approach for soil organic
contamination clean-up. This study investigated the roles and mechanisms of earthworm …

Abstract The United Nations General Assembly has recently declared 2021–2030 as the
'International Decade on Ecosystem Restoration'for facilitating the restoration of degraded …

Current physical or chemical methods used for remediation of soils contaminated with
hexachlocyclohexane (HCH), leave behind significant levels of pollutants. Given the …