Myriad Challenges of the Coasts of India
Monitoring from space, aerial and in situ platforms in coastal regions will help develop models for interactions between ecological and anthropogenic processes, helping sustainable management of coast...
Perspectives on Coastal Research
The Indian coastline sustains unique habitats that are subjected to increasing anthropogenic stressors. The National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), engaged in addressing coastal concerns over thr...
Our Fragile Coasts: Scientific Approaches and Solutions
The Indian coasts hold diverse geomorphological features—mudflats, rocky shores, cliffs, sandy beaches and deltaic reaches that shelter unique ecosystems. However, significant sections of the coastlin...
IMPACT ARTICLES
Jhum: Shifting Cultivation
Focus: West Khasi Hills and Ri-Bhoi Districts, Meghalaya Shifting cultivation or jhum, predominantly practiced in the north-east of India is an agricultural system where a farming community slashes s...
Embankments of Sunderban
The construction of the embankments and the occurrence of floods in the Sunderban have raised the question of relevance and maintenance of the water front embankments to protect the region.
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Jhum: Shifting Cultivation
Focus: West Khasi Hills and Ri-Bhoi Districts, Meghalaya Shifting cultivation or jhum, predominantly practiced in the north-east of India is an agricultural system where a farming community slashes secondary forests on a predetermined location, burns the slash and cultivates the land for a limited number of years. The land is then left fallow and the farming community moves to the next location t...
Embankments of Sunderban
The construction of the embankments and the occurrence of floods in the Sunderban have raised the question of relevance and maintenance of the water front embankments to protect the region.