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Authors
Kiruba-Sankar, R.
Adamala, Sirisha
Jha, Dilip Kumar
Barman, Jessica
Saravanan, K.
Praveenraj, J.
Yuvaraj, E.
Ahmed, S. K. Zamir
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Science and Technology
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Article History
Received: 28 June 2024
Revised: 11 December 2025
Accepted: 12 December 2025
First Online: 6 January 2026
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: Entry into the Car Nicobar Island is regulated under The Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Protection of Aboriginal Tribes) Regulation, 1956. The first author fulfilled the requirements to visit Car Nicobar Island to undertake surveys. We obtained written consent from the Chief Captain, Office of the Tribal Council, Car Nicobar, to conduct village-level personal interviews with the Nicobarese tribes as per procedure. Informed consent was obtained from the respondents before the surveys and explained the purpose, the type of questions they would encounter, and how their responses would be used including the confidentiality of the respondents who provided the information. Considering the low literacy levels of the respondents’ written consent was not obtained whereas verbal consent was taken from the respondents before the personal interviews.
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
