Natural Resources Conservation and Management for Mountain Development

Contents: Preface. I. Biodiversity status and management: 1. Biodiversity in north-west Himalayas and its sustainable use/Shashi Kant and Koshal K. Sharma. 2. Plant diversity and community features of the forested landscape adjacent to foot-hills of central Himalayas/R.P. Shukla and S.K. Pandey. 3. Bamboo and ratan (cane) diversity in north-east India with special reference to Arunachal Pradesh/K. Haridasan, Sunny Thomas and Anupam Sharma. 4. Bamboo resources and palm group of plants in eastern Himalayan region: productive conservation and management/K.A. Singh and P. S. Pathak. 5. Orchids of north-east India: conservation and export potential/S.N. Hegde. 6. Important medicinal plants of Arunachal Pradesh: distribution and prospects of utilization/M.S. Rawat and Rama Shankar. 7. Fungal diversity of eastern Himalayas with particular reference to Arunachal Pradesh/N.S. Bisht and N.S.K. Harsh. 8. Conservation of high level conifers in Western Himalayas using innovative nursery technology/ Ombir Singh and V.P. Panwar. II. Land-uses, hazards and their management: 9. Land use/cover status assessment using remote sensing (RS) and geographical information system (GIS) approach/A.P. Krishna. 10. Land use pattern and soil properties in Kumaun hills/R.P. Tripathi, B.C. Saini and N.P. Mishra. 11. Landslides in Garhwal Himalaya and its mitigation/Ajay K. Naithani. 12. Landslide and its control through bio-engineering technology in the Himalayas/G.P. Juyal, G. Sastry, J.S. Samra and P. Joshi. 13. Degraded land and its management in mountain region with special reference. …