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    Present status of flora, fauna and vegetation structure in the wetlands of Maldah district of West Bengal, India
    (University of North Bengal, 2013-03) Chowdhury, M.; Das, A.P.
    The highest area of fresh water wetlands in the West Bengal is situated in the district of Maldah. Out of 23 larger wetlands of West Bengal 11 are located in this district. Maldah-wetlands are quite old and natural with good biodiversity and healthy ecosystem. These wetlands are the house of around 351 vascular plant species and several animal species like waterfowl, fishes, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks and numerous insects. The local people largely depend also on these wetlands for their sustenance. But several threats, mainly anthropogenic, are gradually destroying these important ecosystems since the last decade.
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    Role of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Eco System Services: Time to Look into the Pages of the Past for an Answer
    (University of North Bengal, 2020-09) Chakrabarty, Shambhu Prasad
    Indigenous and tribal communities all across the world have taken care of the natural resources they have been living in for centuries. The various traditional knowledge's have transferred through generations and has been following them as ancestral knowledge. A lot many efforts have been made by these communities and serious contributions have been made in eco-system services by them. Their life has been sustainable and have respected natural resources more than their greed. Research has unraveled various method of similar eco system services which have been documented and practices till date. This practice requires to be imitated specially in jurisdictions with many indigenous, aboriginal and tribal communities specially in the area of conservation of indigenous medicines and water resources.