Assessment of land degradation and restoration in coal mines of central India: A time series analysis

TK Thakur, J Dutta, P Upadhyay, DK Patel… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Use of wild edible plants: Can they meet the dietary and nutritional needs of indigenous communities in Central India

A Mishra, SL Swamy, TK Thakur, R Bhat, A Bijalwan… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite significant evidence base on quantifying ecosystem services, the role of biodiversity
in supporting such services in diversified landscapes, and how indigenous communities …

Soil organic carbon estimation along an altitudinal gradient of chir pine forests in the Garhwal Himalaya, India: A field inventory to remote sensing approach

M Kumar, A Kumar, TK Thakur… - Land Degradation & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Chir pine (Pinus roxburghii, Sarg.) forests are dominant in the Indian Himalayan
region and act as a huge carbon (C) sink. However, measuring the C sink in soil is complex …

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 …

Assessment of LULC change dynamics and its relationship with LST and spectral indices in a rural area of Bengaluru district, Karnataka India

LG Santhosh, DN Shilpa - Remote Sensing Applications: Society and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, rural areas in the surroundings of metropolitan cities have undergone
substantial development in India. This has resulted in changes in land use and land cover …

[HTML][HTML] Simulating Spatiotemporal Changes in Land Use and Land Cover of the North-Western Himalayan Region Using Markov Chain Analysis

O Bashir, SA Bangroo, W Guo, G Meraj, G T. Ayele… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Spatial variabilities and drivers of land use and land cover (LULC) change over time and are
crucial for determining the region's economic viability and ecological functionality. The North …

[HTML][HTML] Land Cover Change Detection and Subsistence Farming Dynamics in the Fringes of Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda from 1978–2020

H Opedes, S Mücher, JEM Baartman, S Nedala… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Analyzing the dominant forms and extent of land cover changes in the Mount Elgon region is
important for tracking conservation efforts and sustainable land management. Mount Elgon's …

[HTML][HTML] Human elephant conflict in changing land-use land-cover scenario in and adjoining region of Buxa tiger reserve, India

C Nad, R Roy, TB Roy - Environmental Challenges, 2022 - Elsevier
The land use land cover changes (LULCC) in and around wildlife habitat are one of the
major driving forces behind frequent human elephant conflict (HEC). The present study aims …

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 …

Change of land use/land cover in kurdistan region of Iraq: A semi-automated object-based approach

SM Nasir, KV Kamran, T Blaschke… - … Applications: Society and …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the conflict and in the years afterward, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) saw
substantial changes in land use. The mapping and monitoring of land use/land cover …