Ethnoforestry : The Future of Indian Forestry

Contents: Preface. 1. Status and application of ethnoforestry in sustainable forest management and community development/P.R. Gajurel and P. Rethy. 2. Prospects of Jatropha as a source of bio-diesel in the Indian context/S.G. Bhagwat and S.F. D'Souza. 3. Genetic diversity of Jatropha species and prospects in agroforestry system/R.V. Kumar, Yogendra K. Tripathi, S.P. Ahlawat and V.P. Yadav. 4. Biofuels from seeds of forest trees/S.N. Sudhakara Babu and M. Sujatha. 5. Forest : potential source of oil seeds/A. K. Singh and Madhulika Singh. 6. Potential of medicinal, aromatic and essential oil yielding plant resources and prospects of their commercial cultivation in North-East India/B.G. Unni, S.B. Wann, Archana Borah and Barnali Devi. 7. Distribution pattern of medicinal plants of Chhattisgarh with special reference to ethnobotanical uses of important species/R.K.S. Tiwari, B.M. Ojha and Ashok Singh. 8. Medicinal and Aromatic plants and prospects of commercial cultivation in Meghalaya/H. Kayang and B. Bharbuli. 9. Medicinal and economic importance of some wild and edible legumes of Goa/B.F. Rodrigues. 10. Herbal medicine in the ethnomedical practices among the gonds of Chhattisgarh/Farhad Mollick. 11. Livelihood and ecosystem development through lac culture/R. Ramani. 12. Edible fruits in Arunachal Pradesh: utilization pattern and marketing status/P. Rethy, B. Singh, A. Angami, P.R. Gujarel and P. Handique. 13. Wild edible Mushroom flora of Indian origin - a review/Nilanjana Das. 14. Stem oleoresin tapping potential of Pines in India/Kulwant Rai Sharma. 15. Natural dye yielding plant resources and indigenous knowledge of dye preparation : a review/Debajit Mahanta and S.C. Tiwari. 16. Gloriosa superba L. : ethnobotany to biotechnology/R.B. Ade and M.K. Rai. 17. Prospects of Tasar cultivation in Chhattisgarh and its role in rural development/K.K. Chatterjee and D. Chakravorty. 18. Studies on effect of bioregulants on growth and yield of Turmeric (curcuma longa L.) cv. BSR 2/G. Sathish, P. Paramaguru, G. Balakrishnamurthy and K.S. Subramanian. 19. Lignin : structure, synthesis and biodegradation/Sukanta Shekhar Bhattacharya and Rintu Banerjee. 20. Tannin : structure, synthesis and biodegradation/Harit Jha. 21. Grassland management in hills/J.K. Bisht and Narendra Kumar. 22. Non-wood forest products : status and prospects in Chhattisgarh state/S.C. Tiwari and Ajay Bharat. 23. Status and uses of non-timber forest produces in tropical plains of West Bengal/J. Tah and D. Chakraborty. 24. Important non-wood forest products from North Western Himalayas and their role in rural development/Kamal Kishor Sood and Vishal Mahajan. 25. Non-wood forest products : status and prospects in Rajasthan state/Ranjana Arya and Hemant Kumar. 26. Non-timber forest produces and their prospects of commercial exploitation in Manipur/G.K.N. Chhetry. 27. Zoo therapeutic use of capped langur in traditional health care and the market value : view from Western Arunachal Pradesh, India/Awadhesh Kumar, G.S. Solanki and B.K. Sharma. Subject Index.

"The forest resources should not be treated as a mere source of revenue rather looked upon as national assets to protect the environment, flora and fauna. The benefits from forests should be harnessed from Non Wood Forest Products (NWFPS) and not from tree felling for timber extraction. It is the need of the hour to prepare a management plan for harnessing non wood forest products to gain economic benefits in perpetuity on sustainable basis. It is, therefore, necessary to assess the stock of these products in our natural forests for their commercial exploitation. Keeping this view in mind this ethical volume has been prepared through contributed reviews/technical papers from experts in the field of NWFPS. The 27 articles in this book are covering a variety of NWFPS starting from bio-fuels, oil seeds, fruits, fodder, legumes, mushrooms, natural dyes, tannin, lignin, resin, lac, silk, medicinal and aromatic plants, spices and animal products etc. The articles provide an overview of various NWFPS of different states so that the forest managers/planners can have an idea of availability of NWFPS in their respective states and to select a few for the commercial exploitation for employment generation and revenue earning at the state/national level as in ethnoforestry lies the future of Indian/world forestry." (jacket)