List of Contributors

      Nadeesh M. Adassooriya Department of Food Science & Technology, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Makandura, Sri Lanka

      Madhoolika Agrawal Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

      S.B. Agrawal Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

      Jitendra Ahirwal Restoration Ecology Laboratory, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

      J.R.B. Alfred Nature Environment & Wildlife Society (NEWS), Kolkata, West Bengal, India

      H.A.D.B. Amarasiri Department of Pharmacy, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

      Luís P. Azevedo Materials Engineering Department, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

      Bruno Barbosa MEtRICS, Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia da Biomassa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal; Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo – RS, Brazil

      S.P. Biswas Department of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India

      E. Bocharnikova Department of Functional Ecology, Institute Basic Biological Problems, Pushchino, Russia

      Cláudia Cseko Nolasco de Carvalho Department of Biology, State University of Alagoas, Santana do Ipanema, Alagoas, Brazil

      Udo Censkowsky Bluesensus – Sustainability & Seafood Consulting, Weilheim, Germany

      S.B. Chaphekar Homi Bhabha State University, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

      Smita Chaudhry Institute of Environmental Studies, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

Biswajit Roy Chowdhury Nature Environment & Wildlife Society (NEWS), Kolkata, West Bengal, India

      Ronan Courtney Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

      Sijagurumayum Geetanjali Devi Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur, India

      Ajanta Dey Nature Environment & Wildlife Society (NEWS), Kolkata, West Bengal, India

      Bhupinder Dhir School of Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India

      Denise C.R. Espinosa Polytechnic School of University of São Paulo, Chemical Engineering Department, São Paulo, Brazil

      Mihail Eva Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and Geology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Iasi, Romania

      Ana Luísa Fernando MEtRICS, Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia da Biomassa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal

      Seemaa S. Ghate Women Scientist ‘B’, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India; Knowhow Foundation, Pune, Maharashtra, India

      Anu Gopinath Department of Aquatic Environment Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, Kerala, India

      Anna Grobelak Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland

      Marta Jaskulak Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland; LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo‐Environnement University of Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts‐de‐France, Lille, France

      Lander de Jesus Alves Postgraduate Program in Biology and Biotechnology of Microorganisms, State University of Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

      Anu Joy Department of Chemistry and Research Centre, St Albert's College, Ernakulam, Kerala, India

      Atya Kapley Director's Research Cell, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, (CSIR: NEERI), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

      Rupinder Kaur Soil Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology Lab, Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

      M.L. Khan Department of Botany, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India

      Nazmun Ara Khanom Department of Chemistry, Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology (JIST), Jorhat, Assam, India

      Amit Kumar Department of Geoinformatics, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Rima Kumari Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

      Carlos A.F. Lagarinhos Polytechnic School of University of São Paulo, Metallurgical and Materials Department, São Paulo, Brazil

      Suvha Lama Director's Research Cell, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR: NEERI), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

      R.P. Madav Terracon Ecotech Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

      D.N. Magana‐Arachchi National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka

      Subodh Kumar Maiti Restoration Ecology Laboratory, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

      Thaís de Marchi Soares Department of Soil Science, University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

      V. Matichenkov Department of Ecology and Physiology of Autotrophic Organisms, Institute Basic Biological Problems, Pushchino, Russia

      Maibam Dhanaraj Meitei Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur, India

      Florin‐Constantin Mihai CERNESIM Center, Department of Sciences, Interdisciplinary Research Institute, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Iasi, Romania

      Chanchal Kumar Mitra Department of Biochemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

      Akash Nag Department of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

      Fábio Carvalho Nunes Academic Department, Federal Institute Baiano (IFBAIANO), Santa Inês, Bahia, Brazil

      Rashmi Paliwal Institute of Environmental Studies, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

      Sara Pelaez Sanchez Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

      Marcin Pietrzykowski Department of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland

      Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad School of Life Sciences,