forest Conservation and management Editors Dr P.Rethy, Dr P.P. Dabral, Department ofagricultural Engineering Dr Binay Singh, Sri K. K. Sood, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology P.O. Nirjuli-791109 (Itanagar), Arunachal Pradesh INTERNATIONAL BOOK DISTRIBUTORS 9/3 Rajpur Road, 1 st Floor Dehra Dun 248001 (Uttaranchal) (INDIA)
Table of Contents Foreword Editors' Note and Acknowledgements III V Parti Biodiversity 1. Microbial Diversity: An Ecological Purview in Forest Systems 1-24 S. Karthikeyan. B. Nagamani and K. Ramasamy 2. Fungal Biodiversity and Conservation 25-48 J. G. Vaidya and S. R. Bhosle 3. Floristic and Ecological Diversity in Arunachal Pradesh : Conservation and Utilization 49-57 M. S. Rawat and Rama Shankar 4. Diversity and Taxonomy of Cinnamomum Members Growing in North-East India with Emphasis on Foliar Epidermal Characters 58-74 Akhil Baruah, S. C. Nath and Champok L Boissya 5. Gene Conservation of Forest Trees 75-98 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 99-120 Subhan C. Nath and Akhil Baruah 7. Vascular Epiphytes of Southern Western Ghats with Special Reference to Endemic Species 121-163 Stephen Sequiera and Muktesh Kumar Part II Forest Conservation Vis-a-Vis Soil & Water Conservation 8. Influence of Forest on Hydrological Parameters 164-170 P.P. Dabral VIII
9. Forest Influences vis-a-vis Soil and Water Conservation 171-185 Laxmi Rawat and B. G. Dabral. 10. Forest Conservation vis- a-vis Soil and Water Conservation 186-198 Saswati Paik and Tamal pal. 11. Forest Soil Manipulation and Management by Earthworms 199-219 P. T. Ramesh, M. Ganesh Kumar and K. Gunathilagaraj Part III Multidisciplinary Approaches of Forest Management 12. Sustainable Land use Involving trees in the Himalayan Region: Perspectives and Policy Implications 221-246 N. S. Jodha. 13. Sustainable Land use Management through Agroforestry with Reference to Watershed Management 247-261 K. S. Dadhwal and K. R. Solanki. 14. Agroforestry for Conservation of Degraded Ecosystems and Food Production in Kashmir Hills 262-265 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 266-303 Ram Chandra and Dinesh Kumar. 16. Agri-Horti- Forestry System and Agro- Bio Diversity of Andaman and Nicobar Island 304-337 D. B. Singh, T. V. R. S. Sharma and M. A. Suryanarayana. 17. Interacted Cultivation of Poplar Clones and Sugarcane Varieties in Rainfed Agroforestry 338-342 V. K. Chauhan and R. C. Dhiman 18. Natural Regeneration in Silver Fir and Spruce Forests of Western Himalayas-Challenges in New Millenium 343-360 Ombir Singh. 19. Afforestation Techniques for Greening Degraded Hills of Western Himalayas 361-373 S. D. Bhardwaj and Pankaj Panwar IX
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. 374-387 388-415 22. Management Planning of Forests-An Ecological Framework 416-423 A. Arunachalam, K. Arunachalam, P. Savita and K. Shrivastava 23. Role of Ecological Succession in Management of Forest Health 424-432 N. D. Singh and A. Arunachalam 24. Mangrove Ecosystem and Its Management 433-438 K. Kumaran, S. Chadrasekar and S. Umesh Kanna Part IV Participatory Forest Management 25. Joint Forest Management - In Retrospect and Challenges Ahead 439-448 S. K. Dhyaniand Charan Singh 26. A Case Role of NGOS in Afforestation of Village Common Lands : Study in a Tribal Area in Gujarat 449-462 Kulbhushan Balooni and Katar Singh. Part V Ethnobotany, Rural Development and Forest Conservation Strategies 27. Economically Important Forest Species in Tribal Region of Madhya Pradesh 463-469 V. Nath, P. K. Shukla, Rajiv Rai and I. L Pache. 28. Ethnobotanical Aspects of Some Medicinal Barks of Forestry Orgin. 470-479 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 480-488
30. Economic Importance of Piper Species of North-East India and its Potential for Introduction into Agroforestry Systems 489-495 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 496-505 A. K. Sannigrahi. 32. Resource Management Through Horticulture for Sustained Productivity in Uttaranchal Hills, India 506-526 P. L Saroj. 33. Traditional Forest Resource Use and Conservation Practices of the Tribals in Arunachal Pradesh 527-539 K. K. Sood, P. Rethy and Binay Singh. 34. Traditional Method of Bioderversity Conservation Through Sacred Groves - A Case Study in Kerala 540-547 K. Balasubramanyan andn. C. Induchoodan 35. Exploring Vegetable Oils from Rajasthan 548-593 Mala Rathore and R. K. Meena 36. Potential of Phytochemicals in Controlling Pathogenic Microbionts 594-612 K. K. Srivastava and Y. C. Tripathi. 37. Biopesticides as an Effective Tool for Integrated pest Management 613-639 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 640-664 S.K. Bagchiand V. K. Sharma 39 The Significance of Spiders as Predators and Need for Their Conservation 665-683 M. Ganesh Kumar XI