This article provides a comprehensive review of mountains as a highly heterogeneous,
dynamic, yet increasingly vulnerable terrestrial environment undergoing rapid change in the …

Alpine treelines act as bio-indicators and bio-monitors of environmental change impacts in
high elevation forests. This dendro-ecological study carried out in treeline ecotones in the …

Over the past few decades, multiple low level indoor pollutants have been found in domestic
dwellings. The types and concentrations of these indoor pollutants have not been consistent …

This concise review posits the urgent need for conserving the natural diversity of mountain
environments by envisioning mountains as a global natural heritage. Mountains are …

Governance is recognized as a means to promote sustainable outcomes by democratizing
the policy process and potentially harmonizing competing policy interests. This is particularly …

The northern part of West Bengal, India partially falls within the Terai region of Himalaya.
This region is distinctive in terms of high forest cover and rich biodiversity, but also features …

The importance of land-use legacies for shaping contemporary landscape patterns and
processes and for informing landscape management has been widely recognized for at …

The forest cover or broadly forest health is gradually deteriorated day by day due to
unexpected population growth, agricultural expansion and infrastructural development …

Studies about relationships between people and landscapes have shown that local
communities can affect the abundance of plant species useful to humans, which raises the …

The interaction between human activity and landscape pattern has been a hot research
topic during the last few decades. However, scholars used to measure human activity by …