Sacred forests offer co‐benefits of protecting both cultural traditions and forested areas.
However, sacred forests' contribution to biodiversity conservation is often undervalued …

Long-term land use/land cover (LULC) assessments, based on remote-sensing data, play a
leading role in gathering information on land degradation that has an impact on food …

Forest ecosystems play an integral role in climate regulation through carbon sequestration
and storage. Tropical forests in Assam (northeast India) have undergone major degradation …

Forest ecosystems play an important role in regulating global carbon cycle. There are very
few studies on biomass and carbon (C) stock from the community managed montane …

Forest restoration significantly enhances soil quality, carbon stock and improves community
characteristics, but reports from temperate coniferous ecosystems are limited. The present …

Sustainable forest management is the key to biodiversity conservation, flow of resources and
climate change mitigation. We assessed the impact of various forest management regimes …

Sacred groves are natural forests that are managed by local communities to support their
cultural and religious practices. These forests are often refugia to threatened species and …

The Himalayan high-altitude eco-regions exhibit higher plant species diversity, and several
environmental factors play a crucial role in shaping species distribution and diversity. The …

In the state Meghalaya, northeast India,> 80% of the forest lands are owned by local
communities and managed by traditional institutions. These forests are under severe threats …

Disturbance of forest ecosystem causes changes in vegetation structure, micro-
environmental conditions, soil properties and microbial biomass. Therefore, an …