MORE than one-fifth of the total area of British India (including the Shan States), comprising some 250,000 square miles, is under the control of the Forest Department. In this vast area the diversity of climate, soil, and vegetation is very great.doi:10.1038/106729a0NoneNature...
An area of forest the size of India will be lost by 2050 unless carbon pricing and anti-deforestation policies are put in place. That is the primary finding of a new study carried out by researchers from the Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, and the University of Wisconsin-Madi...
An area of forest the size of India will be lost by 2050 unless carbon pricing and anti-deforestation policies are put in place. That is the primary finding of a new study carried out by researchers from the Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, and the University of Wisconsin-Madi...
But a large group of elephants found still-green grasses along the railway line that crosses through the forest. As the elephants got near and on the tracks at dusk, a passenger train traveling at 50mph knocked into the herd. Seven elephants were killed, and 10injured. ...
Chandaka-Dompara forest area was designated as sanctuary during 1984, which was drastically influenced in economic activity and dietary habit among the Shabar tribe. The manifestation of forest conservation strategies was prohibited to use of natural resources and made more dependent into cash economy...
Data collected from the field surveys were analyzed for preparing the change matrix of forest types, basal area, importance value index, stem density and diversity indexes including similarity indexes. Impact of climate change on the vegetation was critically examined to see the species level ...
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About one fifth of India's total area is classified as wasteland with estimated biomass productivity of less than 20% of their overall potential. Re-vegetation of wasteland can be one way to reclaim the productivity and restore the carbon storage in the soils This thesis combines five separate...
23.4% of the total geographical area of the country. Over the past decades, national poli- cies of India aimed at conservation and sustain- able management of forests have transformed India’s forests into a net sink of CO 2 . From 1995 ...
According to the latest assessment of the Forest Survey of India, the net annual loss of forests is estimated to be 99,850 ha during the period 2007-2009, even though the total area under forests has increased. The REDD+ mechanism aims to provide financial incentives for reducing deforestation...