All Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects are designed to contribute to the sustainable development of the host country. Livelihood is an important sustainable development benefit promised by carbon forestry projects. This aspect is more prominent in small-scale (SSC) Afforestation and...

Small-scale forestry projects with carbon sequestration as primary aim have been developed and/or implemented by low-income communities on degraded land around the world. India has the highest number of such projects registered under the clean development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. Ten...

Van Panchayats (VPs), i.e. forest-dependent communities in Uttarakhand, India and are the vital links between the villagers and the forests. However, the state has a consistent history of Forest Fires (FFs) that have an adverse impact on the people as well the environment. The present study was...

A field experiment was conducted during rabi 2019-2020 at forest nursery of College of Forestry SHUATS, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh to find out the effects of hydrogel and inorganic manure on growth and yield of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L) under citrus-based agroforestry system. The experiment was laid ...

This review paper discusses the history, concepts, scheme and role of social forestry from local and international perspectives. It summarizes the activities of social forestry in the Uttar Pradesh, focusing on the experience and lessons learned from many bilateral and multilateral development...

This review paper discusses the history, concepts, scheme and role of social forestry from local and international perspectives. It summarizes the activities of social forestry in the Uttar Pradesh, focusing on the experience and lessons learned from many bilateral and multilateral development...

Excessive salts in degraded sodic soils aggravate the bio-physicochemical properties of soils that need to be remediated and restored in a judicious way. The present study envisages smothering harmful effects of sodic soils and maintaining soil fertility through need-based silvipastoral systems. We ...

An investigation was carried out to determine the effect of type and position of branch cuttings on rooting behaviour and root morphology in Bambusa vulgaris Schard. ex.J.C Wendl. using different concentrations of Indole butyric acid (IBA) harmone Maximum rooting was observed in primary (base end)...

Remote sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) are the most effective tools in spatial data analysis. Natural resources like land, forest and water, these techniques have proved a valuable source of information generation as well as in the management and planning purposes. This study aims ...

Oroxylum indicum, an important medicinal native plant (family Bignoniaceae) is distributed throughout the country up to an altitude of 1200 m and found mainly in ravine and moist places in the forests. The species was once distributed throughout the great parts of India but now it is listed amongst ...