Natural Resources Conservation and Advances for Sustainability

Dr. Manoj Kumar Jhariya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Farm Forestry at Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya (Formerly, Sarguja University), Sarguja, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India. Dr. Jhariya acquired B.Sc. (Agriculture), M.Sc. (Forestry) and PhD. (Forestry) Degrees from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He won the University Gold Medal for securing first class first position in PhD. examination. He was awarded Chhattisgarh Young Scientist Award in the year 2013 from Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology. He was awarded a UGC-RGNF Fellowship, New Delhi, India. He is editorial board member of several journals. He is life member of- The Indian Science Congress Association, Applied and Natural Science Foundation, Society for Advancement of Human and Nature, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association of India, and ISDS Society &International Journal of Development and Sustainability. He is dynamically involved in teaching and research. Dr. Meena was born into a farming family and is working in the Department of Agronomy at IAS, BHU, Varanasi. With an excellent academic background, he has been elected a fellow of several academies, including the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), the National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS), the Indian Society of Agronomy (ISA), and the Society for Rapeseed-Mustard Research (SRMR). The Ministry of Education has also awarded him the Raman Fellowship for the USA under World Food Prize Laureate Prof. Rattan Lal, and he was an INSA visiting scientist at ISARC-IRRI. Additionally, he has been listed among the world's 2% of scientists for his career. He guided 8 PhD, 29 master’s and completed 10 externally funded projects from IRRI, IoE-BHU, SERB-DST, ICAR, MOE, and GOI. Dr. He has made significant research contributions to natural resource management and to farm and industrial waste recycling for soil health. Dr. Meena evaluates energy flow, atmospheric CO2 capture, carbon credit and auditing, and eco-friendly techniques for a sustainable food system and soil regeneration, as evidenced by high-impact publications and extension work at the farmer level. He has published extensively, with an H-index of 76, an I-10 index of 222, and 17,250 citations. His work is crucial for understanding the long-term stability of soil carbon, which enhances soil microbial and nutrient dynamics in rice-based diversified cropping systems. He trained farmers from the Deep Forest Tribe to adopt climate-smart practices to secure their livelihoods under the DST-SEED grant project. Dr. Meena has also contributed to the agricultural extension activities in the “Honourable Prime Minister of India” villages. His future work aims to reduce soil organic carbon oxidation and enhance its stability in agroecosystems, enabling farmers to benefit from carbon credits and generate additional income.Dr. Arnab Banerjee is an Assistant Professor in Department of Environmental Science, Sarguja Vishwavidyalaya, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has completed M.Sc. and PhD. (Environmental Science) From Burdwan University and M.Phil. in Environmental Science from Kalyani University West Bengal. He won the University Gold Medal for securing first class first position in M.Sc. examination. He has been awarded Young Scientist Award for best oral presentation at International Conference held at University of Burdwan. He was a project fellow under UGC sponsored major research project. HHe is life member of academy of environmental biology. In addition to research and teaching, he supervises Post Graduate Students. Dr. Surya Nandan Meena is currently a DSK PDF at Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. Earlier Dr. Meena has secured the National Postdoctoral Fellowship through Department of Science and Technology (DST), India and worked at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa for two years. He has completed his MSc (Agri) Plant Biotechnology from University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad, India and Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the Department of Biotechnology, Goa University, Goa India through research fellowship of Department of Biotechnology (DBT). Dr. Meena has more than 5 years of postdoctoral research experience in natural products chemistry which resulted in more than 10 peer reviewed research papers in international journals, three book chapters and editors of two books in Elsevier. Dr. Meena has presented his research work in different national and international conferences.

• Section I - Natural Resources Management1. Importance of Natural Resources Conservation: Moving Towards the Sustainable World2. Challenges in Natural Resource Management for Ecological Sustainability3. Soil Management for Food Security4. Soil Improvement in Arid and Semi-arid Regions for Sustainable Development5. Remote Sensing for Agriculture and Resource ManagementSection II - Ecological Restoration6. Biodiversity Recovery at Environmental Mining Restorations7. Climate Change Adaptation through Ecological Restoration8. Eco-Restoration of Bauxite Mining: An Ecological Approach9. Riparian Conservation and Restoration for Ecological SustainabilitySection III - Forest based Environment and Ecological Sustainability10. Ecological Wisdom for Natural Resources Management and Sustainability11. Environmental Sustainability: Challenges and Approaches12. Prospects and Implementation of Nanotechnology in Environmental Remediation and Clean up13. Agroforestry a Model for Ecological Sustainability14. Tree Shelters: A Promising Tool for Environmental and Livestock Management15. Influence of Stand Structure on Forest Biomass Sustainability16. Native Forests in Agricultural Landscapes: An Option for Sustainability17. Bioclimatology and Botanical Resources for Sustainable Development18. Modelling for Soil and Water Conservation Towards the Sustainable Agro-forest based SystemsSection IV - Technological Intervention for Resources Management19. Environmental Education for Sustainable Development20. Application of GIS and Remote Sensing towards Forest Resource Management in Mangrove Forest of Niger Delta21. Sustainable Management of Tropical Anguillid eels in Southeast Asia22. Agronomic and Biochemical Characteristics of Pteris vittata L. under the Impact of Chromium Stress23. Seaweed Farming: A Perspective of Sustainable Agriculture and Socio-economic Development24. Species Invasion and Ecological Risk25. Contribution of Three Indigenous Plant Species in the Sustainability and Reduction of Environmental Pollution26. Sustainable Natural Resources Exploitation: Clay/Sand Mining on Diminishing Greener Security and Increased Climate Risks in Nigeria27. Study of the Composition of PM2.5 Aerosols on Heavy Metals in Primary Schools: Case of Tiaret City (Algeria)28. Characterizing to Sustain the Agrobiodiversity for Southern Nations and Peoples’ in the Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia