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Author:   Indranee Phookan Borooah (Gauhati University, India) ,  Bidita Das (The Handique Girls’ College, Guwahati, India) ,  Sabiha Alam Choudhury (Mizoram University, Aizawl, India)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge India
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9781032825076

ISBN 10:   1032825073
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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List of Figures ix List of Tables x List of Contributors xi Foreword xv Preface xvii PART I Ecological Status Today 1 1 Way We Are: Introduction 3 BIDITA DAS, SABIHA ALAM CHOUDHURY AND INDRANEE PHOOKAN BOROOAH 2 Climate Impact in North East India 17 TSENBENI N LOTHA, KETIYALA, VEVOSA NAKRO AND LATONGLILA JAMIR 3 Status and Management of Water: Assam 35 PALLAVI SHARMA, JYOTI PRAKASH DEKA AND RUNTI CHAUDHURY 4 Climate Change and Tribal Livelihood of North East India 51 SOMENATH BHATTACHARJEE 5 Environmental Attitudes and Behaviour among Mizo Adolescents 68 LALDINPUIA, RINPARI RALTE AND C. ZOTHANMAWIA PART II Embracing Environmental Intimacies 87 6 Bodo Community and Its Intimacy with the Environment 89 MAYURI BARMAN 7 The Folk Culture and Ritual Practices of the Karbi 103 BAMONKIRI RONGPI 8 Luh and the Monpas of Arunachal Pradesh 116 PEMA DROMA AND LEEYIR ETE 9 Paying Back to Nature: Concerns for Trees in Hijan Hirao 125 M. C. ARUNKUMAR 10 The Sacred Groves of Meghalaya 135 BAHARUL ISLAM LASKAR 11 Nature-Based Livelihood and Economy: Tripura 147 BISWENDU BHATTACHARJEE 12 Eco-Feminism in the Context of the Khasi of Meghalaya 162 REKHA M. SHANGPLIANG PART III Conservation Practices 177 13 Coal Mining versus Oikophilia: Changi Village, Nagaland 179 AMRI TIASUNEP 14 Conservation at Selbalgre Wildlife Reserve: Garo Hills, Meghalaya 190 LOBENI KIKON AND JESMIN BEGUM 15 Community-Based Ecotourism and Conservation of Nature: Manas National Park 208 ANNESHA BORAH 16 Re-envisioning Disaster Management in Assam 224 HAPPY BAGLARI AND MOUSUM DUARI 17 Conclusion: The Way Forward 241 INDRANEE PHOOKAN BOROOAH, SABIHA ALAM CHOUDHURY AND BIDITA DAS Index 243

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Indranee Phookan Borooah teaches in the Department of Psychology at Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India, as a professor. During her long career her focus in research has been positive psychology. The positive social and cultural experiences of people have attracted curiosity in her, especially in the context of positive cultural psychology of North East India. Her current research is on some cultural aspects of Assam. She has been awarded for her contributions to school psychology in India, with special focus on North East India, and for teaching, research, and administration. Bidita Das is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Handique Girls’ College, Guwahati, Assam, India. She is a certified Positive Psychology Practitioner from School of Positive Transformation, USA. Her core research interest lies in positive psychological aspects of human behaviour. She is involved in several non-governmental organizations working in the areas of mental health and youth. Sabiha Alam Choudhury teaches in the Department of Psychology Mizoram University, Aizawl India as an assistant professor. Her area of specialization is positive psychology and marriage and family counselling. She is a certified CBT therapist and motivational interviewing trainer. She has been conducting training and awareness programs in several areas in North East India and was awarded the best performance award for extraordinary contribution to school psychology in India.

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