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ID: 61120
Title: Indigenous knowledge of tribes on forest management: A case study in drought prone district of Andhra Pradesh.
Author: G.Sudha Rani.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (6) 674-680 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Aboriginals, Indigenous, Global hemorrhage, Documentation.
Abstract: Indigenous knowledge is a belief, a part of tradition, and an important part of the lives of the poor. It is formed due to close propinquity of the aboriginal communities to natural resources along with generation of experience in natural resource and management. This paper is an attempt to broaden the list of traditional practices available at the local level, and so strength such views in forestry management science. This knowledge could be an extremely useful tool not only in involving them in forest management and development programmes, but improving their general economic condition and ensuring the long-term sustainability of forest management in the area. The paper proceeds to suggest the ways and means to incorporate their knowledge in the current forest management strategies.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Bicker A., Sillitoe P. and Potlier J. (Eds) (2004): Development and local knowledge: New approaches to issues in Natural Resource Management, Conservation and Agriculture, Rutledge, London. GOI (2001), (Census of India), Government of India, 2001.
Literature cited 2: London, M. (1998): Bio-diversity conservation and Indigenous knowledge: Rethinking the Role of Anthropology. Indigenous knowledge and Development Monitor, 6 (1): 13-15. Misra K.K. (2005): Indigenous knowledge, Natural resource Management and Development- The Konda Reddi Experience. India Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya and Pratibha Prakashan, Delhi.

ID: 61119
Title: Sacred Groves Phulbani forest division of Odisha: Socio cultural elements and plant biodiversity.
Author: Manoj Kumar Behera and Tapas Ranjan Pradhan.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (6) 670-673 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Sacred Grove, Biodiversity conservation, Traditional management practices, Kondh tribe.
Abstract: The sacred groves in the phulbani Forest Division of Odisha were studied to understand the richness of plant biodiversity and traditional socio cultural elements of the local people. Sampling method was adopted to study the biodiversity and growth of trees followed by a question survey in the sacred grove areas with special interaction with the VSS and sacred grove committee members. Most of the sacred groves were named after the deity dwelling in the respective sacred groves. Trees like sal (Shorea robusta) and rohini (Somida febrifusa) are worshipped in the sacred places by the local people of the area. Apart from common festivals, Mati Yagna and Indra Yagna are also celebrated in the sacred grove areas of this division to obtain a good harvest and timely rain. It was found that various traditional customs associated with sacred groves were in practice by the Kondh tribe. From the sampling enumeration, it was confirmed that the sacred groves were rich in plant genetic diversity and were composed of many medicinally useful species, will edible fruits, fodder, fuel wood and timber yielding species. The Shannon Weiner Index of individual sacred groves was calculated for knowing the weightage of species by their frequencies.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Basu R. (2000).Studies on Sacred Groves and Taboos in Purulia District of West Bengal. Indian Forester, 126: 1309-1317. Boraih K.T., Vasudeva R., Shonil A.B. and Kushalapa C.G. (2003). Do informally managed sacred groves have higher richness and regeneration of medicinal plants than state-managed reserve forests? Current Science, 84: 804-808.
Literature cited 2: Basu R. (2000).Studies on Sacred Groves and Taboos in Purulia District of West Bengal. Indian Forester, 126: 1309-1317.

ID: 61118
Title: Medicinal plants diversity, indigenous uses and conservation status in Alaknanda valley of Western Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India.
Author: K.S. Kanwal and Hema Joshi.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (6) 660-669 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Traditional knowledge, Medicinal plants, Indigenous uses, Alaknanada Valley, Conservation.
Abstract: The present study deals with medicinal plants used in various traditional systems of medicine in Alaknanada valley of Uttarakhand. An ethnomedicinal survey was conducted during year 2008 to 2010 in various towns and villages of the Alaknanada valley. Information on ethnomedicinal importance of the plant species was collected through interviews and discussions with the local communities. A total of 98 plant species used for medicinal purposes were recorded during the intensive surveys. In most cases, the underground parts (roots/rhizomes/tubers) (22%) are used for medicinal purpose, followed by leaves (19 %), whole plant (17%), bark (11%), fruits (9%), flowers (8 %), stem (6%) and seeds (8%) of the plants. Maximum numbers of species were recorded from family Asteraceae (8 spp.), followed by Euphorbiaceae, Lamiaceae, Rosaceae, Renunculaceae (4 spp.each), Meliaceae, Pinaceae, Polygonaceae (3 spp.each). Some commercially important medicinal plant species are facing threat due to habitat degradation over exploitation and unsustainable harvesting in the study area.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Agrawal D.K., Lodhi M.S. and Panwar S., (2010). Are EIA studies sufficient for projected hydropower development in the Indian Himalayan region>? Current Science, 98:2, 25. Anon (1886-1970). Index Kewensis Planatarum Phanerogamarum.Vol. I, II and 15 Suppl. (Clarendron Press, Oxford).
Literature cited 2: Anon. (2003). State of the World ' s Forest, Food and Agricultural Organization. Anon. (2003). Conservation Assessment and Management Prioritization for the Medicinal Plants of Jammu-Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore.

ID: 61117
Title: Assessment of plant diversity in Hollongapar Gibbon wildlife sanctuary, Assam, Northeast India.
Author: Moumita Sarkar and Ashalata Devi.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (6) 648-659 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Community structure, Conservation, Diversity, Phytosociology, Species.
Abstract: The quantitative analysis of plant diversity of semi evergreen forest of Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in upper Assam was investigated during 2010-2011 by random plot sampling method. A total of 202 plant species (75 trees, 23 shrubs, 85 herbs including herbaceous climbers, 9 lianas, 3 bamboos, 6 rattans and 1 palm) belonging to 169 genera and 87 families were recorded from the sanctuary. Vatica lanceaefolia Bl., a critically endangered species, emerged as the dominant tree species. The highest plant density and diversity were found in herbaceous species. Shannon-Wiener diversity index (1.93 to 3.81) and Simpson ' s index (0.05 to 0.17) were within the range reported for different Indian tropical forests which indicated that the sanctuary is a species diverse forest. Plant species diversity and their quantitative features recorded from the present study may provide baseline information for conservation and management strategies of the present forest.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Ashton P.S.(1964). A quantitative phytosociological technique applied to tropical mixed rain forest vegetation. Malaysian Forester, 27: 304-17. Ayyappan N.and Parthsarathy N. (2001). Composition, population structure and distribution of Dipterocarps in a tropical evergreen forest at Varagalaiar, Anamalais, Western Ghats, South India. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 13: 311-321.
Literature cited 2: Bhuyan P., Khan M.L. and Tripathi R.S. (2003). Tree diversity and population structure in undisturbed and human-impacted stands of tropical wet evergreen forest in Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalayas, India.Biodiversity and Conservation, 12: 1753-1773. Campbell D.G. (1994). Scale and patterns of community structure in Amazonian forests. In: Larger-scale ecology and conservation biology P.J.Edwards, R.M. May & N.R.Webb (ed). Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, pp. 179-197.

ID: 61116
Title: Preliminary experimental investigation on splitting of Bambusa polymorpha.
Author: Seema Bhatt, Rajesh Bhandari and Sneha Dobhal.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (6) 642-647 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Bombusa polymorpha, Splitting
Abstract: The study was investigated the splitting failure of Bambusa polymorpha through two testing methods: fracture test and edge bearing test. This is mainly done with an aim to generate preliminary data for studying splitting behaviour of Bambusa polymorpha. The fracture test appears to yield both reliable and accurate results, but so far only one geometry has been tested for split pin test. It has yet to be shown whether a change in the pin diameter, the culm diameter, or the size of the initial crack will have any effect on the stress intensity obtained. It is further proposed that selecting a pin diameter similar to that used for bolted connections may help to develop appropriate values for design. In edge bearing test there is no significant differences were found in considering specimen with different length. As the engineering interest in bamboo is recent, there are many areas still requiring further investigation. The fracture test appears to yield both reliable and accurate results, but so far only one geometry has been tested. In edge bearing test there is no significant differences were found in considering specimen with different length.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: 1: Amada (2001). Fracture properties of bamboo.Composites.Part B.engineering, 32: 451-459. Arce O. (1993).Fundamentals of the design of bamboo structures. Thesis, Eindhoven University, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 281pp.
Literature cited 2: Kumar S. (1994). ?Bamboo Preservation Techniques: A Review.?International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing, China.

ID: 61115
Title: In Vitro propagation of Haldu (Adina cordifolia RoxB).
Author: Nusrat Sultana, Saiful Alam M.Tareq and Sharmila Das.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (6) 638-641 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Micro propagation, Growth regulators, Adina cordifolia
Abstract: Haldu (Adina cordifolia Roxb). is a naturally grown tree in moist deciduous forests of Bangladesh and has diversified uses. But the population of the species has become threatened due to over exploitation. The large scale propagation of this species is quite difficult through sexual and asexual methods. So to rescue this important species from going to be threatened, attempts were made to develop an efficient protocol through in vitro culture that would maintain and propagate it in large scale. The shoot tips were used as explants and culture established in MS media supplemented with different concentration of BAP and combination of BAP and NAA 0.5 mg/l. It was observed that MS media supplemented with BAP 1.0 +NAA 0.5 mg/l was more effective for shoot production and development. The present study also showed that IBA was more suitable than NAA where IBA 1.0 mg/l was found more effective for root induction. After sequential hardening, rooted plantlets were successfully transferred to soil and the plantlets were grown luxuriously.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Amin M.N. (1991).Callus culture and plant regeneration from an economically important tropical tree- jackfruit In: Intl.Conf.Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Kathmandu, Nepal, pp 50. Amin M.N., Islam M.N. and Azad M.A.K. (1999). Regeneration of plantlets in vitro from the seedling explants to pomegranate (Punica granatum).Plant Tissue Culture, 9 (1): 53-61.
Literature cited 2: Caboni E.and Tonalli M.G. (1999).Effect of 1, 2-Benzisoxazole-3 acetic acid on adventitious shoot regeneration and in vitro rooting in apple. Plant Cell Reports, 18: 985-988. Cheksum T., Haldina R.I., Sosef M.S.M., Hong L.T. and Prawirohatmodjo S. (1998). (Eds) : Plant resources of south-east Asia Timber trees: Lesser-known timbers.Prosea Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia, 5 (3) : 278-280.

ID: 61114
Title: Progeny variation in seed, germination and seedling traits in seedling seed orchard of Pongamia pinnata (L) Pierre.
Author: C.P.Rahangdale, L.D. Koshta, K.K. Jain and R.P. Dongre.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (6) 630-637 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Pongamia pinnata, Seed variability, Correlation, Germination, Growth.
Abstract: 22 progenies of seedling seed orchard Pongamia pinnata were evaluated for seed morphomatric traits, germination traits and seedling at the age of 8 year old provenance trial. Patterns of genetic variation in Pongamia pinnata (L) Pierre, a humid tropical oilseed leguminous tree, were evaluated at the population level. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among progenies in all studied attributes at nursery stage. All seed morphometric traits were positively correlated among themselves and with germination traits viz., germination per cent, germination value and germination index, except days of initiation of germination and germination energy but no significant correlation was observed with seedling growth traits at nursery stage. The genetic parameters for seed morphometric traits, germination and seedling growth also showed a wide range of variations. Heritability value for different traits was varied from 79 to 96 % for seed morphometric traits, 63-84 % for germination traits, 83 % for shoot height and 62 %for volume index and 56 % for collar diameter. Seed weight and seed volume showed high heritability value coupled with more genetic gain, which indicate the presence of good amount of heritable additive component in both traits.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Annapurna D., Rathore T.S. and Someshekhar P.V. (2005). Impact of clones in a clonal seed orchard on the variation of seed traits, germination and seedling growth in Santalum album L.Silvae Genetica, 54 (4&5): 153-160. Anonymous (2007). Statistical Package for Social Sciences. SPSS 16.0.0.Copyright 1993-2007 Polar Engineering and Consulting, http: // www.winrap.com
Literature cited 2: Bagchi S.K. and SharmaV.P. (1989).Biometrical studies on seed characters of Santalum album L., Silvae Genetica, 38: 152-153. Burton G.W. (1952). Quantitative in heritance in grass.Proc 6th Int.Grassland Congress, 1: 227-228.

ID: 61113
Title: Growth and Carbon storage study in some multipurpose tree species of Pondicherry area
Author: Miria A.Anisa B.Khan.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (6) 625-629 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Biomass, Growth, Carbon storage, Multipurpose trees.
Abstract: Growth rate and carbon storage in selected multipurpose trees were assessed to identify the fast growing trees and also those that store high carbon in their biomass. Among the plant parts studied, wood stored the higher carbon (56.38 mg/g), leaf stored the minimum (53.27 mg/g) and bark had a medium storage (54.06 mg/g).The fast growing tree with maximum increase in diameter and with maximum biomass production was Syzigium cumini (4.42 cm) and slow growing tree was Milletia pinnata (0.82 cm). Syzigium cumini stored maximum carbon (2.71 kg/year) and biomass (4.9 Kg/year). Milletia pinnata stored the minimum carbon (0.67 kg/year) and biomass (1.24 Kg/year). Parkia biglandulosa (3.97 cm), Khaya senegalensis (3.7 cm), Tabebuia rosea (3.5 cm), Peltaphorum pterocarpum (3.17 cm) are also considered as fast growing trees. Trees with fast growth rate and also those which store high biomass carbon are recommended for planting as avenue and ornamental trees as a step to mitigate atmospheric carbon concentration.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Chavan B.L., Rasal G.B. (2010).Sequestered standing carbon stock in selective tree species grown In University campus at Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 2: 3003-3007. Chave J., Andalo C., Brown S., Cairns M.A.,Chambers J.Q.,Eamus D., Folster H., Fromard F., Higuchi N., Kira T., Lescure J.P.,NelsonB.W., Ogawa H., Puig H., Riera B. and Yamakura T. (2005). Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks and balance in tropical forests. Oecologia, 145: 87-99.
Literature cited 2: Chauhan S.K., Gupta N., Ritu S., Yadav and Chauhan R. (2009). Biomass and carbon allocation in different parts of agroforestry tree species. Indian Forester, 135: 981-993. Dinakaran J., Krishnayya N.S.R. (2010). Variations in soil organic carbon and litter decomposition across different tropical vegetal covers. Current Science, 99: 1051-1060.

ID: 61112
Title: Effect of pretreatment on Germination enhancement of Tephrosia Candida (ROXB) DC seed.
Author: Nawa Bahar
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (6) 621-624 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Tephrosia candida, Physical dormancy, Hard coated seed, Treatment, Germination.
Abstract: Tephrosia candida is an excellent nitrogen fixing green manure yielding species, which produces hard-coated and green black colour seeds. Seed has physical dormancy due to hardiness of testa. Suitable pretreatment to break the dormancy was investigated. Germination was enhanced from 22.77 percent (untreated) to 90.14 percent (mechanical scarification). Although, mechanical scarification treatment gave early, uniform and highest germination, but it is not practicable on large-scale. Therefore, hot water soaking for 24 hours or scarification by sulphuric acid for 15 minutes is recommended.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Abdul-Baki A.A. and Anderson J.J (1973).Vigour determination in soya bean seed by multiple criteria. Crop Science, 13: 630-633. Acoba R.N. (1987). Pre-sowing treatments of Tropical Acacia. In (Kamra, S.K. and Ayiing, R.D., ed)., Proceedings of the International Symposium on forest seed problems in Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe, 23 August-2 September, 37-61.
Literature cited 2: Adeola A.O. and Dada A.O. (1986). Pretreatment effects on seed germination of Acacia nilotica Linn. Malaysian Forester, 49:45-462. Ahmed N., Bezbaruah H.P. and Singh I.D. (1993). Germination and storage of storage of shade tree seeds. Two-and-a-Bud, 40 (2): 34-37.

ID: 61111
Title: Effect of crown position on cone, seed and germination characteristics in blue pine (Pinus wallichiana, A.B.Jacks)
Author: Virendra Singh, V.K.Sah and Ajay Kumar Singh.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (6) 615-620 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Crown position, Cone length, Seed length, Seed width, Seed germination, Seedling length and dry weight.
Abstract: Effect of crown position study revealed that the cone length (22.14 cm), cone diameter (2.88 cm), number of fertile scales/cone (130.02), total number of scales/cone (141.58), number of seeds/cone (254.04) and weight of seeds/cone (13.04 g) were highest for the cones which were collected from middle crown. The seed length (11.80 mm), width (5.02 mm), thickness (2.99 mm), fresh (5.35 g) and dry weight of 100 seed (4.07 g) were also found maximum of seeds from middle crown. Seed germination was also maximum (68.25%) from middle crown cones under laboratory condition and was significantly higher than the germination of seeds of lower crown. The germination value differed significantly only with lower and upper crown. The maximum germination, germination value, germination index and speed of germination under nursery condition were obtained from the seeds of middle crown but the value of these parameters was less than the values obtained under controlled conditions. The collar diameter and shoot length obtained from the seed collected from middle crown showed a significant difference with the collar diameter and shoot length of lower crown position. However, the seedling dry weight from middle crown differed significantly from upper as well as lower crown position.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Copeland L.O. and McDonald M.B. (1985) .Principles of Seed Science and Technology. MacMillan Publishing Company, New York, 321 pp. Czabator F.J. (1962) Germination value: an index combining speed and completeness of pine seed germination. For Sci., 8: 386-396.
Literature cited 2: El-Lakany M.H., Omran T.A. and Shehata M.S. (1989) Variation in seed characteristics of Csuarina as affected by species, season of collection and position of tree crown. The International Tree Crops Journal, 5: 237-245. F.A.O. (2010). Planted forests in sustainable forest management-A statement of principles.15 pp, Rome.

ID: 61110
Title: Conserving Biodiversity through sacred groves in Pudukkottai district.
Author: M.Geethanjali and Mariaselvam
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (6) 599-614 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Sacred groves, Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystem services.
Abstract: Pudukkottai is a small district which had a lot of rich forests earlier. Later, all these thick forests were cleared for eucalyptus plantation to feed the paper and rayon factories. Much of the biodiversity has been lost due to the monoculture of eucalyptus. There a quite few sacred groves in this district which still harbor a substantial number of the native flora and fauna and continue to offer the ecosystem services. But many of them are slowly getting degraded due to human intrusion, cattle grazing and invasion by exotic species like Prosopsis. Conservation of these sacred groves helps in conserving biodiversity and also restores the valuable ecosystem services. Conservation measures should aim to improve the conservation status of existing sacred groves and to replicate these in other areas available for plantation.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Anane M. (1997). Religion and conservation in Ghana. In: Leyla Alvanak and Adrienne Cruz (eds).Implementing Agenda 21: NGO experiences from around the world. United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison service, Geneva.pp. 99-107. Chandran M.D.S., Gadgil M.and Hughes J.D. (1998). Sacred groves of the Western Ghats of India. In: Conserving the sacred for Biodiversity management. (Ramakrishna, P.S., Saxena, K.G. and Chandrasekhara, V.M. eds) Oxford and IBH publishing Co.Pvt.Ltd.pp211-231.
Literature cited 2: FSI (2011). Forest Survey of India, Dehradun.Pp. 221. (http://fsi.org.in/cover_2011/tamilnadu.pdf Gadgil M.and Vartak V.D. (1976). The sacred groves of the Western Ghats in India. Economic Botany, 30:152-160.

ID: 61109
Title: Vegetation survey of the Panchpatmali Bauxite mine area, Koraput district, Orissa.
Author: Abhay Kumar Singh, Pradeep Kumar Das, V.R.R. Singh and Rajdeep Singh.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (6) 591-598 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Virgin area; Unmined area plantation; Overburden area; Pre-monsoon; Floristic composition; Rehabilitated area.
Abstract: The present study reports results vegetation survey of naturally occurring plant species found at Panchpatmali bauxite mine area at its undisturbed state and also after plantation without mining for bauxite and at rehabilitated sites of various ages after bauxite mining. Altogether 9, 12 and 23 shrub species and 43, 34 and 113 herb/lianas species were recorded during pre-monsoon period in virgin area, unmined area and rehabilitated over burden (OB) area, respectively. These figures were 9, 13 and 24 for shrubs, and 68, 51 and 163 for herb/lianas during post monsoon period in virgin area, unmined area and rehabilitated over burden (OB) area, respectively. A total 225 species belonging to 56 families were recorded from the study area.
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Literature cited 1: Saxena H.O. and Brahman M. (1994-1996). The Flora of Orissa, vol.1-IV.Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneshwar and Orissa Forest Development Corporation Ltd., Bhubaneshwar.2918 p.
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61108
Title: Conservation and Resource Augmentation of Medicinal Plants Karikanamma Forest,Honavar Forest Division,Uttara Kannada District
Author: Subash Chandran M.D, Ramachanchandra T.V., Joshi N.V.Akhil C.A., Rao G.R., Vishnu D. Mukri
Editor: Dr. T.V.Ramachandra
Year: 2015
Publisher: CES, EWRG
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Conservation and Resource Augmentation Of Medicinal Plants In Karikanama Forest,Honavar Forest Division,Uttara Kannada District
Subject: Conservation And Resource Augmentation Of Medicinal Plants In Karikanamma Forest,Honavar Forest Division,Uttara Kannnada District
Keywords: Conservation, Resource, Augmentation, Medicinal Plants, Karikanamma Forest, Honavar Forest Division,Uttara Kannada
Abstract: This project on "Conservation and Resource Augmentation of Karikanamma Forest in the Honavar Forest Division of Uttara Kannada District" is a part of "National Medicinal Plants Board assisted Resource Augmentation and Conservation of RET Species of Western Ghats" undertaken by the Karnataka Forest Department.The current project is a short term one entrusted to us vide letter No.A2/CR-53/NMPB/2014-15 dated 7-03-2015 of The Deputy Conservator of Forests, Honavar Division, Karnataka Government.The expected outcome from this study is enshrined in the very title itself while special emphasis is on (i) Regeneration studies and (ii).Rapid threat assessment as mandated in the letter from the DCF, Honavar Forest Division (vide letter No.A2/CR-53/NMPB/2014-15 dated 7-03-2015.)
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61107
Title: Sankey Lake: Waiting For An Immediate Sensible Action.
Author: Ramachanchandra T.V., Asulabha K.S., Sincy V.Vinay S, Sudarshan P.Bhat, Bharath H Aithal
Editor: Dr. T.V.Ramachandra
Year: 2015
Publisher: CES, EWRG
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sankey Lake: Waiting For An Immediate Sensible Action, Page 1-130, June (2015)
Subject: Sankey Lake: Waiting For An Immediate Sensible Action
Keywords: Sankey Lake, Waiting, Immediate, Sensible, Action
Abstract: Wetlands (and lakes) constitute the most productive ecosystems with a wide array of goods and services.These ecosystems serve as life support systems; serve as habitat for a variety of organisms including migratory birds for food and shelter.They aid in bioremediation and hence aptly known as ' Kidneys of the landscape ' .Major services include food control,wastewater treatment,arresting sediment load,drinking waer,protein production, and more importantly recharging of aquifers apart from aidings as sinks and climate stabilizers.The wetlands provide a low cost way to treat the community ' s wastewater, while simultaneously functioning as wild fauna sanctuary,with public access.These ecosystems are valuable for education and scientific endeavours due to rich biodiversity.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None

ID: 61106
Title: Biodiversity, Ecology,Energy, Landscape Dynaimcs &Hydrology of Agastya Foundation Campus, Kuppam.
Author: Ramachanchandra T.V., Harish Bhat, Bharath H.Aithal, Rao G.R., Sudarshan Bhat, Vinay S., Ganesh Hegde, Gouri Kulkarni, Vishnu D.Mukri
Editor: Dr. T.V.Ramachandra
Year: 2015
Publisher: CES, EWRG
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Biodiversity, Ecology, Energy, Landscape Dynamics &Hydrology of Agastya Foundation Campus,Kuppam Page 1-176
Subject: Biodiversity, Ecology,Energy,Landscape Dynamics & Hydrology of Agastya Foundation Campus,Kuppam
Keywords: Biodiversity, Ecology,Energy,Landscape Dynamics & Hydrology ,Agastya Foundation Campus, Kuppam.
Abstract: Agastya International Foundation i a non-profit educational trust that seeks to transform and stimulate the thinking of economically disadvantaged childeren.This has been done by bringing innovative science education to the doorstep of Government schools in various states in India (http:://www.agastya.org)
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None