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A. K. Goyal

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Invasive Alien Species (lAS) cause damages amounhng to billions of dollars throughout the. world across a wide range of sectors including agriculture, forestry, fisheries, human health and tourism, threatening ecdnomic growth, prosperity as well as the environment. During the last one decade, there has been a lot of awakening to deal with lAS effectively which needs cooperation and coordination among countries as well as various agencies within countries. A number of international and regional institutions have been established for co-ordination and co-operation among the countries. A few countries have passed separate legislation to manage lAS and some others are in the process of doing so. The Forest Invasive Species (FIS) are of direct relevance to the forestry sector. In India, we need to create awareness among the people and various agencies about the harmful effects of FIS on the economy of the country and have appropriate coordination mechanisms to effectively deal with FIS. There is need to re-orient research priorities for finding out various cost effective methods to control and manage the existing FIS.

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A. K. Goyal

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The contribution of the Indian Forest Service in managing and conserving the forests and wildlife wealth of the country cannot be ignored. However, to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Service and to have a cadre of professionally competent and highly motivated officers, the management of the Service has to be improved both at the GoI as well as State Governments' level. Attempt has been made in this paper to list out some of the options for improving the management of the IFS cadre.

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A. K. Goyal

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A. K. Goyal

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Over the years, there has been increasing involvement of the IFS officers in the developmental activities for meeting the basic needs of the rural and the tribal people and accordingly the size of the service has also expanded. For maintaining it as a service of professionally competent, productive and motivated cadre of officers, the various service management aspects need to be handled efficiently, finding appropriate solutions to the prohlems/challenges presently faced by the GoI. Some of the weaknesses of the service will get automatically solved through improvements in cadre management.

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A. K. Goyal

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Forestry education and training in India, has a long history of more than 138 years. Over the years, the role of foresters has changed from mere provider of timber for developmental activities and revenue to the government to that of an environmentalist and conservationist and one who takes care of livelihood concerns of the local communities. To enable them discharge the dynamic and multifarious roles, efforts are being made by the Central Government to continuously build capacity of the forestry personnel and to provide quality forestry education to those who are aspiring for careers in forestry. However, it is necessary to conduct thorough review of the forestry education being imparted by the various institutions in the country to assess the requirement of trained forestry personnel by the public and private sectors and training needs analysis of the forestry personnel so as to appropriately equip them for intensive and sustainable management of forest and wildlife resources.

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Jagdish Kishwan , A. K. Goyal

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The gregarious flowering of muli bamboos is expected to occur in the NE States of India in the next two years, after it completes its 48 year cycle. The administration, public representatives, the people and all other stakeholders have initiated preemptive action to deal with this ecological phenomenon keeping in view the past experience of happenings due to gregarious flowering of bamboos in the North-East India especially in Mizoram. The State Governments in the North-East as well as Government of India have prepared a detailed Action Plan for managing this natural calamity having wider social and economic implications with utmost caution, alert and preparedness. However, the problem can be effectively managed only with proactive action by various agencies in the State Governments and the cooperation of various ministries/ departments at the GoI levels, civil society and the people. Adequate funding from various sources in the States and assistance from the GoI is essential to help mitigate the impact of this problem. A foolproof contingency plan is necessary for mitigating the intensity of the problem, taking preventive action in avoiding the fire hazards, outbreak of famine, providing relief to the people in the form of food grains and medical help in the event of outbreak of an epidemic. This natural calamity can be converted into an opportunity for the welfare of the people of these States by adequately utilizing the large quantity of raw material which would be available in the form of flowered bamboos. The various agencies like TIFAC, Ministry of Science and Technology, GoI; Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, Bangalore etc. are providing necessary technical know-how for value addition.

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R. K. Sharma ¹, A. K. Goyal ¹, Manju Sharma ²

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1 Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136 119, IN
2 Department of Zoology, KVA DAV College for Women, Karnal-132 001, IN

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Nest parasitism is a common phenomenon in many species of birds in which a female of one species lays her eggs in the nest of another species to be hatched and cared by the hosts. The nest parasitism evolved initially as a facultative strategy to use the nest of one species which has raised its brood or deserted nests and then further advanced into parasitism. The host species feed on a wide spectra of food resources, especially rich in protein and are insectivores, carnivores or omnivores in contrast to the very restrictive feeding habits of the parasite species. Parasitism cost for the host is often high which favour the evolution of host defence leading to a parallel evolution between adaptation and counter adaptation of host-parasite interaction. The understanding of breeding biology and ecology of nest parasitism provides important information for the population management of host and parasitic species to devise very specialized conservation strategies for the delicate interaction in the quickly evolving environmental scenario.

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Nest Parasitism, Brood Parasitism, Nest Ecology, Indian Cuckoo.

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M. B. Sharma ¹, R. K. Sharma ², A. K. Goyal ²

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1 Department of Zoology, KVA DAV College for Women, Karnal-132 001, IN
2 Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136 119, IN

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A three year study on avian diversity and environmental health index was conducted in Kurukshetra University campus. The topography, flora and bird fauna was observed during the study period. University campus embodies diverse types of habitats including forest area, crop land, orchid, garden, marsh areas, urban and rural habitat with 40 acres of land as natural forest having endemic plants and tall trees. Total 72 bird species reported from campus belong to 14 different orders and 41 families. The bird fauna observed includes, Myna, Sparrow, Crow, Robin, Drongo, Tailorbird, Babbler, Sunbird, Green Bee-eater, Wagtail, Bulbul, Munia, Chiffchaff, Baya Weaver, Woodpecker, Barbet, Dove, Green Pigeon, Parrot, Peafowl, Koel, Cuckoo, Hawk, Darter, Kingfisher, Hoopoe, Hornbill, Lapwing, Stone Curlew, Cattle Egret, Waterhen, Moorhen, Kite and Shikra etc. To conserve the rich avian fauna of the campus, specific habitats need to be protected and awareness drive signifying the importance of avian fauna should be launched.

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Environmental Health, Avian Diversity, Conservation, Habitat.

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