Archive for March, 2008
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008The landscape industry is continuously in need of novel and exciting material to maintain the viability. As a result, exotic plants are being introduced at an accelerated rate. Some of these plants have escaped from man made landscapes and invaded into natural areas causing detrimental damage to the biodiversity. As a solution, floristic wealth of […]
Action Oriented Learning: A Tool for Effective Use of Forest Resources for Better Livelihood
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Widespread poverty existed amongst the forest based tribal communities in the Aruku valley and the adjoining forest area of Andhra Pradesh state in southern India. In spite of dwelling in a forest range with rich biodiversity most of these tribal communities were unable to utilize the Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) to augment their livelihood […]
Factors Influencing Fuelwood Collection Pattern and Their Impacts on Forest Management and Livelihoods of Poor Families in the Mountains of Nepal
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008This paper examines the factors influencing the fuelwood collection and its impact on forest management and livelihoods of poor families in one of the mountain watersheds of Nepal. The annual per capita fuelwood collec tion ranged widely and had a median of 683 kg. The proportion of total fuelwood collected from private sources was a […]
Sustainable Management of Forest Resources in India Through Criteria and Indicator Approach
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008The concept of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) is not new, but has become popular in recent years. SFM encompasses environmental dimension relating to maintenance of the natural resources in perpetuity, economic dimensions for production of goods and services and social dimensions describing involvement of people in decision-making process and equitable benefit sharing. For operationalising SFM […]
Beauty Leaf (Calophyllum inophyllum L.), tree: a tree with great economic potential
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Calophyllum inophyllum L. (Clusiaceae) commonly known as Alexandrian laurel or beauty leaf or Domba (in Sri Lanka) is essentially a littoral tree of the tropics, occurring above the high-tide mark along sea coasts of northern Australia and extending throughout Southeast Asia and southern India (Agroforesrey Database 2007).The tree is native to both Australia and Sri […]
Underutilized wild Dioscorea Species Found in the Dry Zone Forests of Sri Lanka
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Wild germplasm of Dioscorea aculata (syn. Dioscorea pentaphyla) known as Katuala and Dioscorea obcuniata known as Hiritala were explored, investigated and characterized from forests of Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Hambantota areas. These species grew vigorously in dry, sandy and stony areas. They were field planted at Aralaganwila and evaluated the performance. Katuala and Hiritala species produced […]
Evaluation of a Small Scale Teak Plantation Managed under the Participatory Forestry Programme
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Teak (Tectona grandis) was introduced to Sri Lanka in 1680 by Dutch. Since then teak was grown mainly as monocultures and as a mix with Jak, Margosa, Eucalypts and Mahogany. The popular methods of establishing teak plantations were Taungya System and Participatory Forestry Programmes (PFPs) so that the Forest Department can share the benefits with […]
Trends and process of Kithul tapping as an aspect of forest utilization (A case study on the village Warukandeniya situated within Sinharaja)
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008The Sinharaja forest reserve is one of the least disturbed and biologically unique Tropical Wet Evergreen Rain Forests in Sri Lanka located in the Southern as well as Sabaragamuwa provinces in the wet zone.In addition, the forest reservation comprises two isolated villages located within it and twenty-five villages at its vicinity. Many of the villagers […]
ustainable Forest Management: A Pragmatic Approach
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Galicia is the most important forestry region of Spain, but its potential of producing the forest products is underdeveloped. A healthy and growing forestry sector could be an engine for regional and rural economic development, but forest management is impeded by forest ownership patterns. Most forests in Galicia are privately owned in small, scattered holdings […]
Estimating Above Ground Biomass of Pinus caribaea stand in lower Hantana
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Over 18, 000 ha of degraded wet lowland areas in Sri Lanka have been converted to Pinus caribaea plantations through an afforestation program. These plantations are poorly managed and subject to frequent fires, set by local people who do not see much value in them for their subsistence. Consequently, these plantations remain under-productive and under-utilized, […]
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