Background In the past decade, scrub typhus cases have been reported across India, even
in regions that had no previous history of the disease. In the North-East Indian state of …

Mizoram (India) is part of UNESCO's biodiversity hotspots in India that is primarily populated
by tribes who engage in shifting agriculture. Hence, the land use land cover (LULC) pattern …

Forest fire has been one of the compelling issues in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH)
region. To promote regeneration, clearing fields for agriculture, hunting, and security …

India has made tremendous progress in reducing malaria mortality and morbidity in the last
decade. Mizoram State in North-East India is one of the few malaria-endemic regions where …

Recent changes in the shifting cultivation landscape (SCL) of the Indian Himalayan region—
a global biodiversity hotspot—is of great concern due to their implication to conservation and …

Even when cultivated in uncontaminated soils, tobacco plant has higher propensity to extract
and accumulate trace elements. The concentrations (mass fractions) of essential elements …

Background Assessment of wild edible vegetables (WEVs) from the ethnobotanical
approach is a significant key to understanding indigenous knowledge systems. The …

At the brink of climate change, the perpetual human–nature links observed in remotely
placed rural settlements, particularly those nested within ecological regions, are alleged to …

In the last decade, scrub typhus, a zoonotic disease has emerged as a major health concern
in Mizoram, a North‐East Indian state that shares international borders with Myanmar and …

Mizoram is an underdeveloped state where agriculture, dominated by shifting cultivation is
the main occupation and a source of income for nearly half of the population. Therefore, this …