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, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Richa Rai Plant Ecology and Climate Change Science Division, CSIR National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sanchayita Rajkhowa Department of Chemistry, Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology (JIST), Jorhat, Assam, India
Purabi Saikia Department of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Jyotirmoy Sarma Department of Chemistry, Kaziranga University, Jorhat, Assam, India
Olaf Schmidt School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Petra Schneider Magdeburg‐Stendal University of Applied Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
L.R. Sendanayake Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Fernando G. da Silva Araújo Materials Engineering Department, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Anand Narain Singh Soil Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology Lab, Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Gagan Preet Singh Sidhu Centre for Applied Biology in Environment Sciences, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
José Rodrigues de Souza Filho Academic Department, Federal Institute Baiano (IFBAIANO), Catu, Bahia, Brazil
Jorge A.S. Tenório Polytechnic School of University of São Paulo, Chemical Engineering Department, São Paulo, Brazil
Niteshwori Thongam Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur, India
R.P. Wanigatunge Department of Plant and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Shailendra Yadav Director's Research Cell, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, (CSIR: NEERI), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Preface
There is a growing global concern about environment and sustainable development. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was launched in 2015 to end poverty and set the world on a path of peace, prosperity and opportunity for all on a healthy planet (UN Sustainable development goals 2015). The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) demand nothing short of a transformation of the financial, economic and political systems that govern our societies today to guarantee the human rights of all. They require immense political will and ambitious action by all stakeholders. Global efforts to date have been insufficient to deliver the desired to current and future generations. Due to COVID‐19, globally visible and an unprecedented health emergency, economic and social crisis, threatening lives and livelihoods jeopardizing the SDG’s Agenda’s promise to the current and future generations.
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