Quality of Cultured Shrimp from World Heritage Site of Indian Sundarbans in Context to Microbial Load

Tourist congestion is a significant issue in Jiuzhai Valley World Heritage Site (JVWH). The “demand-driven” approach of alternative transportation system (ATS) has led to the issues related to visitor crowding, visitor safety, and visitor experience quality. JVWH requires a more efficient approach to achieve a suitable tourist distribution while preserving the quality of visitors’ experiences. Accordingly, this study examines descriptive data, which are collected in 2015 regarding visitor use of the ATS in JVWH to spatially model current and future distribution scenarios. Researchers developed four theoretical scenarios by using the computational model which imitate the current ATS system. Imitation results indicate Scenarios 3 and 4, which adjust spot combination and tourist duration are the two most effective methods for balancing tourist distribution, and are, therefore, the most effectively ways to optimize the current ATS system. This research provides a glimpse into potential management strategies for the tourist distribution of JVWH and possibly other parks in China.

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Spatial Variation of Soil Texture in the World Heritage Site of Indian Sundarbans

ACTA SCIENTIFIC MICROBIOLOGY ◽

10.31080/asmi.2019.02.0311 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (8) ◽

pp. 120-122

Author(s):

Arpita Saha ◽

Arpan Mitra ◽

Nabonita Pal ◽

Sufia Zaman ◽

Abhijit Mitra

Keyword(s):

Spatial Variation ◽

Soil Texture ◽

World Heritage ◽

World Heritage Site ◽

Indian Sundarbans ◽

Heritage Site ◽

The World

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Halophytes: A Glimpse of Indian Sundarbans – A World Heritage Site, Its Existing Status, and Sustainability

Handbook of Halophytes ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-17854-3_6-1 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-36

Author(s):

Sauren Das ◽

Nirjhar Dasgupta ◽

Anjan Hazra

Keyword(s):

World Heritage ◽

World Heritage Site ◽

Indian Sundarbans ◽

Heritage Site

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Exploration of Rhizospheric Microbial Diversity of the Indian Sundarbans: A World Heritage Site

Microbial Metatranscriptomics Belowground ◽

10.1007/978-981-15-9758-9_20 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 435-452

Author(s):

Abhisek R. Bera ◽

Wrick Chakraborty ◽

Sabdar Rahaman ◽

Paramita Nandy Datta ◽

Sayak Ganguli

Keyword(s):

Microbial Diversity ◽

World Heritage ◽

World Heritage Site ◽

Indian Sundarbans ◽

Heritage Site

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Heavy metal pollution status in the sediment layer in World Heritage Site: Indian Sundarbans estuarine region

Vietnam Journal of Science and Technology ◽

10.15625/2525-2518/56/4/9815 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 56 (4) ◽

pp. 474

Author(s):

Shankhadeep Chakraborty ◽

Abhijit Mitra

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Geoaccumulation Index ◽

World Heritage ◽

World Heritage Site ◽

Sediment Layer ◽

Indian Sundarbans ◽

Lead And Cadmium ◽

Heritage Site ◽

Estuarine Region ◽

Copper Lead

Heavy metals have a great ecological significance due to their toxicity and accumulative behavior. The geoaccumulation index (Igeo) in 12 stations in the UNESCO declared World Heritage Site- Indian Sundarbans estuarine region (i.e Kakdwip, Harinbari, Chemaguri, Sagar South, Lothian island, Jambu island, Frasergunge, Gosaba, Chotomollakhali, Bali island, Sajnekhali and Bagmara) were calculated for the year 2016. The sediment pollution was investigated by following the concentration of 3 heavy metals namely copper, lead and cadmium. Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) was used for analysis. According to the geoaccumulation index (Igeo) the results of all the 10 stations were analyzed and discussed in details.

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Assessment of Local People Opinion After World Heritage Site Designation, Case Study: Historic City of Yazd, Iran

Heritage ◽

10.3390/heritage2020106 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 1739-1747 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ahmad Nasrolahi ◽

Jean-Michel Roux ◽

Leila Ghasvarian Jahromi ◽

Mahmoudreza Khalili

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Local Community ◽

Buffer Zone ◽

World Heritage ◽

World Heritage Site ◽

Local People ◽

Heritage Site ◽

World Heritage List ◽

The World

Local participation in the cultural heritage conservation has always been a concern since the Venice Charter (1964). It seems the assumption of the World Heritage Center, and particularly their State Parties, is that local people living in a nominated site are willing to inscribe their properties on the World Heritage List. This research examines the points of view of a local community living in the buffer zone of the Historic City of Yazd in five categories: Willingness, quality of life, decision-making, benefits, and awareness after the designation as World Heritage Site. The main hypotheses are that local people did not agree to inscribe their properties on the World Heritage List, and their quality of life has not changed after registering. The methodology is based on both qualitative and quantitative methods by interviewing 400 people of both genders and different ages. The results show that the majority of local people living in the buffer zone were not satisfied to be on the list. In addition, more than 80% mentioned that the quality of life did not change at all after the inscription. There was a misunderstanding about the role of national and international organizations in World Heritage management and conservation among the local community.

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Survey on Quality of Life Profiling of Frontline Forest Personnel of Manas National Park

IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences (ISSN 2455-2267) ◽

10.21013/jmss.v14.n2sp.p13 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 101

Author(s):

Sangeeta Goswami ◽

Bibhuti P. Lahkar ◽

Binita Baruwati ◽

Bipul Das ◽

Kamal Machari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

National Park ◽

World Heritage ◽

Natural World ◽

Target Group ◽

World Heritage Site ◽

Work Place ◽

Job Responsibilities ◽

Heritage Site

INTRODUCTIONManas National Park is a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site and a Project Tiger reserve, an elephant reserve and a biosphere reserve in Assam, India. Located in the foothills of the Himalayas, it is contiguous with the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan. The park is known for its rare endangered and endemic wildlife such as the Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur and pygmy hog. Manas is also famous for its population of the wild water buffalo.Presently, Aaranyak is implementing working on a project viz. The Manas Tiger Conservation Programme (MTCP). It is led by Aaranyak and being implemented in partnership with the Forest Department BTC, Wildlife Conservation Trust, Panthera and Awely. The project has been supported by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The Goal of the Project is to achieve 50% increase in tiger population in the next 10 years with enhanced protection measures, research and working on livelihood on the fringe area communities of MNP.The scope of the survey is to understand the knowledge, skills and attitude of the target group in relation to their work place environment and job responsibilities. The objective is to assess their needs and quality of life in so far as conditions prevalent within the camps and the community in the fringe areas are concerned. The data collected will enable the framing of appropriate measures to enhance holistic growth and efficiency in the functioning of the frontline staff and better protection of MNP. GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGEThe project covered 500 sq. km area of the park, more than 300 forest personnel are engaged spreading over 60 Camps to protect the rich flora and fauna of this World Heritage Site.OBJECTIVESTo understand the quality of life in so far as conditions prevalent within the camps and the community in the fringe areas are concerned.To understand the gap in knowledge, skills and attitude of the forest workers in relation to their work place environment and job responsibilities.TARGET GROUPThe survey included frontline forest personnel working in Manas National Park, under Bodoland Territorial Council, Government of Assam.

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