Integrated phytobial remediation of dissolved pollutants from domestic wastewater through constructed wetlands: An interactive macrophyte-microbe-based green and …

TK Thakur, MP Barya, J Dutta, P Mukherjee, A Thakur… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Macrophytes have the potential to withstand pollutant-induced stress and can be used to
clean contaminated water using phyto-extraction, phyto-degradation, phyto-filtration, phyto …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon stock dynamics in a disturbed tropical forest ecosystem of Central India: Strategies for achieving carbon neutrality

SL Swamy, H Darro, A Mishra, R Lal, A Kumar… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic land use changes in the vicinity of forest catchments are explicitly
responsible for the deforestation and degradation of tropical forest thereby altering the …

A systematic review of the physiological and environmental impacts of coal dust and its control technologies

SN Akanyange, W Nie, FI Mwabaima, F Liu, W Niu… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Dust pollution has persisted for centuries, and concerns about its mitigation have grown
continuously with each passing decade. Coal mining activities contribute significantly to the …

Assessment of land use dynamics and vulnerability to land degradation in coal-mined landscapes of central India: implications for ecorestoration strategies

TK Thakur, SL Swamy, J Dutta, A Thakur… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Anthropogenic disturbances resulting from extensive mining activities in
tropical regions pose significant threats to native land use, leading to deforestation …

Land cover changes and carbon dynamics in Central India's dry tropical forests: A 25-year assessment and nature-based eco-restoration approaches

TK Thakur, SL Swamy, A Thakur, A Mishra… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic land use and land cover changes are major drivers of environmental
degradation and declining soil health across heterogeneous landscapes in Central India. To …

Coupling of underground coal mining and mine reclamation for farmland protection and sustainable mining

Z Hu, G Li, J Xia, Z Feng, J Han, Z Chen, W Wang, G Li - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Mining-induced subsidence inevitably caused damage to farmland and created newborn
ponding in mining areas with high groundwater tables. However, traditional mining and …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the effect, attribution, and potential of vegetation restoration in open-pit coal mines' dumping sites during 2003–2020 utilizing remote sensing

C Zhang, F Li, J Li, K Zhang, W Ran, M Du, J Guo… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecological restoration in open-pit coal mines faces significant challenges, particularly
regarding vegetation restoration in dumping sites, which often experience unstable …

Quality evaluation of land reclamation in mining area based on remote sensing

S Wang, J Guo, Y Yu, P Shi, H Zhang - International Journal of Coal …, 2023 - Springer
Several deficiencies exist in the present evaluation of land reclamation quality in mining
areas. These include the absence of an established set of evaluation index systems and …

Exploring synergies between India's climate change and land degradation targets: Lessons from the Glasgow Climate COP

S Dhyani, H Santhanam, R Dasgupta… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Land degradation, extending over 96 million hectares is a primary ecological issue for India
that has resulted in catastrophic biodiversity loss and exacerbated extreme weather …

Impact of coal mining on land use changes, deforestation, biomass, and C losses in Central India: Implications for offsetting CO2 emissions

A Mishra, SL Swamy, TK Thakur… - Land Degradation & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the continuous growth in renewable sources of energy, coal remains the primary
source of energy security in developing countries and accounted for 1.1 Gt of CO2 annually …