Forest Conservation and Management

Contents: Foreword. I. Biodiversity: 1. Microbial diversity: an ecological purview in forest systems/S. Karthikeyan, B. Nagamani and K. Ramasamy. 2. Fungal biodiversity and conservation/J.G. Vaidya and S.R. Bhosle. 3. Floristic and ecological diversity in Arunachal Pradesh: conservation and utilization/M.S. Rawat and Rama Shankar. 4. Diversity and taxonomy of Cinnamomum members growing in North-East India with emphasis on foliar epidermal characters/Akhil Baruah, S.C. Nath and Champok L. Boissya. 5. Gene conservation of forest trees/M.S. Hooda and Deepak Chopra. 6. Diversity of higher plant wealth of pharmaceutical value of North-East India in context of conservation and sustainable use: a glimpse/Subhan C. Nath and Akhil Baruah. 7. Vascular epiphytes of Southern Western Ghats with special reference to endemic species/Stephen Sequiera and Muktesh Kumar. II. Forest conservation vis-à-vis soil and water conservation: 8. Influence of forest on hydrological parameters/P.P. Dabral. 9. Forest influences vis-à-vis soil and water conservation/Laxmi Rawat and B.G. Dabral. 10. Forest conservation vis-à-vis soil and water conservation/Saswati Paik and Tamal Pal. 11. Forest soil manipulation and management by earthworms/P.T. Ramesh, M. Ganesh Kumar and K. Gunathilagaraj. III. Multidisciplinary approaches of forest management: 12. Sustainable land use involving trees in the Himalayan region: perspectives and policy implications/N.S. Jodha. 13. Sustainable land use management through agroforestry with reference to watershed management/K.S. Dadhwal and K.R. Solanki. 14. Agroforestry for conservation of degraded ecosystems and food production in Kashmir Hills/A.H. Mughal, K.N. Qaisar and P.A. Khan. 15. Tree based farming system – an approach for sustainable production in hill agroecosystem of the Eastern Himalaya/Ram Chandra and Dinesh Kumar. 16. Agri-horti-forestry system and agro-bio diversity of Andaman and Nicobar Island/D.B. Singh, T.V.R.S. Sharma and M.A. Suryanarayana. 17. Interacted cultivation of poplar clones and sugarcane varieties in rainfed agroforestry/V.K. Chauhan and R.C. Dhiman. 18. Natural regeneration in silver fir and spruce forests of Western Himalayas-challenges in new millennium/Ombir Singh. 19. Afforestation techniques for greening degraded hills of Western Himalayas/S.D. Bhardwaj and Pankaj Panwar. 20. Problems and non-reproductive potential of forest tree seeds in Arunachal Pradesh/Sudhir P. Ahlawat. 21. Forest management in Malaysia – an overview/Tuck Y. Chin. 22. Management planning of forests – an ecological framework/A. Arunachalam, K. Arunachalam, P. Savita and K. Shrivastava. 23. Role of ecological succession in management of forest health/N.D. Singh and A. Arunachalam. 24. Mangrove ecosystem and its management/K. Kumaran, S. Chandrasekar and S. Umesh Kanna. IV. Participatory forest management: 25. Joint forest management – in retrospect and challenges ahead/S.K. Dhyani and Charan Singh. 26. A case role of NGOs in afforestation of village common lands: study in a tribal area in Gujarat/Kulbhushan Balooni and Katar Singh. V. Ethnobotany, rural development and forest conservation strategies: 27. Economically important forest species in tribal region of Madhya Pradesh/V. Nath, P.K. Shukla, Rajiv Rai and I.L. Pache. 28. Ethnobotanical aspects of some medicinal barks of forestry origin/S.A. Khan, J. Ahmad and S.H. Ansari. 29. Ethno-medico botany of the Shyams of Assam, India/M.L. Dutta and S.C. Nath. 30. Economic importance of Piper species of North-East India and its potential for introduction into agroforestry systems/Padma Raj Gajurel, P. Rethy and B. Singh. 31. Growing medicinal plants as economic produces in the agro and social forestry system in North-East India/A.K. Sannigrahi. 32. Resource management through horticulture for sustained productivity in Uttaranchal Hills, India/P.L. Saroj. 33. Traditional forest resource use and conservation practices of the tribals in Arunachal Pradesh/K.K. Sood, P. Rethy and Binay Singh. 34. Traditional method of biodiversity conservation through sacred groves – a case study in Kerala/K. Balasubramanyan and N.C. Induchoodan. 35. Exploring vegetable oils from Rajasthan/Mala Rathore and R.K. Meena. 36. Potential of phytochemicals in controlling pathogenic microbionts/K.K. Srivastava and Y.C. Tripathi. 37. Biopesticides as an effective tool for integrated pest management/Y.C. Tripathi, V.K. Tiwari, K.K. Srivastava and S.I. Ahmed. 38. Genetic improvement research during the last forty years at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun/S.K. Bagchi and V.K. Sharma. 39. The significance of spiders as predators and need for their conservation/M. Ganesh Kumar.

"The book is a culmination of efforts to collect all relevant information on forest management and conservation especially that will help us to correct the harmful effects of strategies and policies adopted in the past and pursue management practices that will safeguard the ecological balance of the region and provide livelihood security for the indigenous people who are dependent on forests.

Contribution to this book come from well known scientists/researchers and academicians and represents a collection of well-written articles on the topics covered. The book is divided into five sections: first section on bio diversity consists of eight articles covering the diverse biotic forms starting from macropus, fungi and angiosperms. The only paper on faunal diversity is the one that deals with the spider species and their conservation aspects. The second section on forest conservation vis-à-vis soil water conservation includes three articles. One of them also gives an insight into the role of earthworms in soil management. The third section on multi disciplinary approaches on forest conservation and management includes twelve articles on the role of agro forestry systems in sustainable development of hilly regions. Forestation techniques that help in amelioration of degraded hills of Western Himalayas are discussed by Bhardwaj and Panwar from Y.S.P.U.H.F., Solan. Section four of the book deals with participatory forest management. Two articles included in the section emphasize the need for involving forest dwellers in decision making concerned with any developmental activities. The last section of the book is on ethnobotany, rural development and forest conservation strategies. This section includes thirteen articles, which thorough light into the traditional systems of medicine practice by tribal communities in India. It also covers some articles on the traditional forest resources and conservation aspects.

Most of the articles published in this book come from Indian authors and deal mainly with trends in conservation strategies for sustainable management of Indian forests. This book, the editors hope, will help the scientists, researchers, students, planners alike formulating various strategies and policies for the sustainable management and conservation forest resources."