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Nurture to nature via COVID-19, a self-regenerating environmental strategy of environment in global context

Biswaranjan Paital

Redox Regulation Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, College of Basic Science and Humanities, Bhubaneswar-751003, India.

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Supplementray Fig. 1. NO2 level in China and Italy during lockdown

Image source: Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

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Supplementray Fig. 2. NO2 emission in Wuhan City China, where lockdown was stringently started (image source, NASA, USA).

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Supplementray Fig. 3. Use of coal fuel in China after COOVID-19 pandemic (source CREA/WIND/Graphic, Jason Kwok, CNN).

Supplementray Fig. 4. Effects of COVID-19 induced lockdown on free movement of wildlife on human dominated areas.

a)Two peacocks walk down a street in Ronda on April 3, 2020 during a national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, b)A coyote stands by the roadside as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, at Golden Gate Bridge View Vista Point across from San Francisco, California, U.S., April 7, 2020 c) A Coyote stands alone Academy Road outside of Dodger Stadium during the Coronavirus Pandemic in Los Angeles on Friday, April 03, 2020, d) A wild deer, from a herd used to mingle with and be fed by the local population, roams in a deserted street during a

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government, e)Picture released by Aton Chile showing an approximately one-year-old puma in the streets of Santiago on March 24, 2020 which according to the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) came down from the nearby mountains in search for food as less people are seen in the streets due to the coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic imposed nationwide lockdown against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in the port city of Trincomalee on March 31, 2020, f) Pigeons walk on the empty street in San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 29, 2020. Puerto Rico is on a mandatory quarantine since March 16th, due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak (source: Newburger and Jeffery, 2020).

Supplementray Fig. 5. Impact of lockdowns on flight schedule in few major countries. (Source http://oag.com)

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Date from 27th January 2020 to 4th April 2020

%ase of decline in flight rate

Supplementray Fig. 6. Effects of lockdown on the preview of Himalayan mountain range from North India and sparkling Yamuna water, in India

a)Himalayan mountain range is now visible to north Indians due to clean air and it has happened once in the life time of people as due to polluted air it was not visible earlier (source Child, 2020). b) Similarly due to shutdown of industries in In New Delhi India, their effluent discharge into Yamuna river has been stopped resulting into its sparkling water (source Gandhiok, 2020).

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