Jammu and Kashmir State: An Overview

Romshoo, Shakil Ahmad; Rashid, Irfan; Altaf, Sadaff; Dar, G. H.

doi:10.1007/978-981-32-9174-4_6

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“…This paper tries to statistically understand the spread of COVID-19 in selected regions of India, having a significant variation in mean annual temperatures. To establish the relationship between the changing temperature and the contagion of COVID-19, three ecologically and climatically distinct regions were considered: the subtropical Kashmir valley (Romshoo et al 2020), desertic Rajasthan (Sikka 1997) and coastal Maharashtra (Naik et al 2007). Since these three different regions have significant variations in temperature, these were considered ideal sites for validating the hypothesis of the temperature-COVID-19 dependency.…”

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Coronavirus pandemic versus temperature in the context of Indian subcontinent: a preliminary statistical analysis

Meraj

Farooq

Singh

et al. 2020

Environ Dev Sustain

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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has unleashed havoc across different countries and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Since certain evidences indicate a direct relationship of various viruses with the weather (temperature in particular), the same is being speculated about COVID-19; however, it is still under investigation as the pandemic is advancing the world over. In this study, we tried to analyze the spread of COVID-19 in the Indian subcontinent with respect to the local temperature regimes from March 9, 2020, to May 27, 2020. To establish the relation between COVID-19 and temperature in India, three different ecogeographical regions having significant temperature differences were taken into consideration for the analysis. We observed that except Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Kashmir showed a significantly positive correlation between the number of COVID-19 cases and the temperature during the period of study. The evidences based on the results presented in this research lead us to believe that the increasing temperature is beneficial to the COVID-19 spread, and the cases are going to rise further with the increasing temperature over India. We, therefore, conclude that the existing data, though limited, suggest that the spread of COVID-19 in India is not explained by the variation of temperature alone and is most likely driven by a host of other factors related to epidemiology, socioeconomics and other climatic factors. Based on the results, it is suggested that temperature should not be considered as a yardstick for planning intervention strategies for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus pandemic versus temperature in the context of Indian subcontinent: a preliminary statistical analysis

Meraj

Farooq

Singh

et al. 2020

Environ Dev Sustain

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“…Kashmir Himalaya is a part of the western Himalayan range, covering an area of about 222 235 km 2 (Hussain, 2002). It comprises two union territories of India with three climatic regions: Jammu, Kashmir valley and Ladakh (Romshoo et al, 2020). Kashmir valley is surrounded by lofty mountains of Pir-Panjal in the south and Great Himalayas in the north and east.…”

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Threat status of three important medicinal Himalayan plant species and conservation implications

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Verma²,

Ganie³

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Nat. Conserv. Res.

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A lack of precise information about the threat status of species hampers their effective conservation. The Target 2 of the Convention on Biological Diversity calls for evaluation of threat status at global, national and regional levels to identify plant species of urgent conservation concern. Here we have empirically assessed the threat status of three valuable medicinal plant species (Trillium govanianum, Rheum tibeticum, and Arnebia euchroma) through extensive field studies and herbarium consultations in Kashmir Himalaya and cold desert region of Trans-Himalayan Ladakh. In accordance with the IUCN Red List categories and criteria, each of the three target species turned out to be Near Threatened (NT). According to the NatureServe Conservation Status Assessment, each of these species faces the overall threat impact of «High» to «Very high». We found that the anthropogenic threats emanating from unplanned economic development, road construction and other infrastructure related projects contribute to a fast decline in natural populations of these three species. Keeping in view the value of these species, on the one hand, and growing threats to their survival in the wild, on the other one, we call for urgent conservation strategies in the vulnerable Himalayan habitats for regional socio-economic development.

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“…Even though, others who are engaged in other sectors also depend on agriculture for raw material (Majeed et al, 2021). The state is occupied mostly by mountainous part in which about only 30% of the reporting area is under cultivation (Romshoo et al, 2020). The hilly and mountain areas differ from plains in topography, elevation and physiographic diversity of habitats for flora and fauna.…”

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“…The altitude of the valley ranges from 1,600 m to 5,420 m (asl). Topographically, the valley depicts an elliptical bowl-shaped character, bounded by mighty Pir-Panjal range in its south and southwest and the greater Himalayan range in the north and northeast(Romshoo et al, 2020). Within the Himalayas, the Kashmir valley has a discrete geographical and distinct physiographic personality.…”

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Agricultural Crop Diversity of Kashmir Valley

Zargar

Islam

Margay

2021

The 1st International Electronic Conference on Biological Diversity, Ecology and Evolution

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Kashmir valley is located between the Pir-Panjal and the Karakoram Range in the India. The valley is encircled by mountain ranges characterized by snow covered high mountain peaks. Kashmir is known for its scenic beauty throughout the world named as "paradise on earth." One of the main factors backing to this fame of Kashmir is its rich biodiversity corresponding with a wide variety of habitats. Agricultural growth is essential for any region to alleviate rural poverty, ensure food security and create job opportunities for people living in rural and urban areas. Traditionally, agriculture has been practicable and sustainable industry in the Kashmir. By tradition it has been the predominant sector in the Kashmir valley which supports around above 70 per cent of its population directly or indirectly is associated with agriculture and allied activities. The important features like topography, physiographic feature, diversity of habitat especially Karewas and elevation are the key elements which creates the difference between hill and plain areas. Hilly areas as generally offer a vast scope for the growers and cultivation of mixed crops like, cereals, pulses, oilseeds, Saffron, maize, vegetables. The most important and dominant feature of hill farming is the small holding, sloping marginal lands. This region has its own specific geo-climatic condition, which determine the cropping pattern and its productivity allied activities like horticulture, dairy development, fisheries, livestock and sericulture also play significant role in the agriculture sector.

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Jammu and Kashmir State: An Overview

Cited by 30 publications

References 44 publications

Coronavirus pandemic versus temperature in the context of Indian subcontinent: a preliminary statistical analysis

Coronavirus pandemic versus temperature in the context of Indian subcontinent: a preliminary statistical analysis

Threat status of three important medicinal Himalayan plant species and conservation implications

Agricultural Crop Diversity of Kashmir Valley

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