Forests play a vital role in maintaining the global carbon balance. However, globally, forest ecosystems are increasingly threatened by climate change and deforestation in recent …
The current study analyses land use changes in Sohagpur and Bishrampur coal mines located in central India during the last 20 years (2001 to 2020). Remote sensing and GIS …
Anthropogenic land use change (LUC) affects soil quality and the global carbon (C) pool. Such LUC is a potential threat for forest ecosystems because it can alter soil biome and …
J Ahirwal, SK Maiti, AK Singh - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Open strip mining of coal results in loss of natural carbon (C) sink and increased emission of CO 2 into the atmosphere. A field study was carried out at five revegetated coal mine lands …
Surface mining is recognized as one of the essential anthropogenic activities which drastically disturbs the ecosystem. To offset the impacts of surface mining, revegetation is …
Coal mine degraded land looses large amounts of soil nutrients during surface mining. However, the magnitude of the change in soil properties can be offset with afforestation. A …
D Ghosh, SK Maiti - Land Degradation & Development, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The United Nations (UN) launched 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in 2015 to be achieved by 2030 for a sustainable future for all. These SDG provide a blueprint …
J Ahirwal, SK Maiti - Journal of environmental management, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of secondary forest as post-mining land use in the surface coal mining degraded sites is of high research interest due to its potential to sequester …
A field study was carried out to assess the impact of revegetation on Technosol quality in the post-mining sites (Central Coalfield Limited, India). The study evaluated community …