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- Threatened Medicinal Flora of Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary, Chhattisgarh
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Indian Forester, Vol 138, No 7 (2012), Pagination: 610-615Abstract
Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary is an important protected forest area of Chhattisgarh. The sanctuary is densely covered with rich biodiversity. The exploration of this sanctuary yielded 78 medicinally important plant species belonging to 75 genera, under 35 families and. Out of the total 78 plants, 24 species have been accesses to be threatened in India. The habit of the threatened plant species were trees, herbs, shrubs and climbers. Major threats to the medicinal flora of the sanctuary were found to be forest fire and biotic interference.Keywords
Threatened Plants, Udanti, Wild Life Sanctuary, Medicinl Important Plant Species
- Study of Lac Production Growth in Jharkhand: District-wise and Crop-wise Analysis
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Indian Forester, Vol 137, No 11 (2011), Pagination: 1309-1312Abstract
Status of lac production in lac growing districts of Jharkhand has been assessed with parameters like minimum, maximum, average production and simple growth rate for the period 2006-07 to 2009-10. A comparison of growth rate in three years period (2006- 07 to 2008-09) with those in four years period (2006-07 to 2009-10) has also been made for understanding the status of change in production. The analysis of data showed that Ranchi district has highest production of lac to the tune of 28.9 per cent of total lac production of the state followed by Simdega (24.5 per cent) and Gumla (17.9 per cent). The positive growth rate in lac production was recorded in Gumla, West Singhbhum and Simdega to the tune of 21.6, 6.32 and 28.9 per cent per annum respectively during last four years. Highest negative growth rate was recorded in Latehar (-69.3 per cent) district. Comparative analysis of last three and four years period growth rate showed that Gumla district recorded positive growth with slight reduction (24.9 to 21.6 per cent). Simdega district reported very good improvement (-21.2 to 28.9 per cent) and another district which recorded good improvement was West Singhbhum (- 17.3to 6.3 percent).Keywords
Lac Production, Growth Rate, Jharkhand, 'Rangeeni ' Lac And 'kusmi' Lac- An Economic Analysis of Lac Marketing in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh
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Indian Forester, Vol 139, No 3 (2013), Pagination: 256-259Abstract
Lac is recognized as a high value cash crop and management of its marketing plays a vital role for better returns. The present paper examines the marketing costs and price spread in marketing of lac in the state of Chhattisgarh. District Kanker has been selected purposively for the present study. Data on marketing costs, margins and constraints in lac marketing is collected from lac growers, market functionaries and manufacturers. The lac grower received ` 75 per kg. which amounts to 86.15 per cent share in consumers' price. The primary purchaser's margin was ` 260 per quintal (2.99 per cent of consumers' price) and incurred ` 63 per quintal on marketing cost (0.72 per cent of consumers' price). The total marketing cost paid by the wholesaler was ` 743 per quintal (8.53 per cent of consumers' price). The wholesaler's marketing margin was ` 140 per quintal (1.61 per cent of consumers' price). 'Arhat' charges were 3 per cent of the transacted amount. There was tremendous scope to increase the profitability of lac growers in the study area by adopting proper marketing and processing techniques.Keywords
Lac marketing, Lac growers consumer's price, Profitability.- Growth Analysis of Lac Production in Madhya Pradesh
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Indian Forester, Vol 139, No 5 (2013), Pagination: 448-452Abstract
District-wise and crop-wise status of lac growing districts of Madhya Pradesh have been assessed with parameters like minimum, maximum, average production and simple growth rate (SGR) for four years (2006-07 to 2009-10). The study reported that the state contributes 16 per cent production of the country; however, the growth rate during the study period was negative and to the tune of 10.1 per cent per annum. Seoni district contributed maximum in lac production (41.6 per cent) followed by Balaghat (30.6 per cent), Hosangabad (8.4 per cent) and Mandla (7.0 per cent). Strain-wise growth rate for the whole state showed that both rangeeni and kusmi lac production attained a negative growth of 5.2 and 32.1 per cent per annum. Crop-wise growth rate for the state showed that rangeeni-summer attained positive growth (12.1 per cent per annum) while rangeeni-rainy registered negative growth(37.5per cent). Similarly,both kusmi-winter and kusmi-summer crop registered negative growth rate of 34.0 and 29.9 per cent per annum respectively.Major reduction in lac production was due to loss of rangeeni-rainy crop which caused less availability of broodlac for next season.Thus less production in one season indirectly affected production of succeeding season crops also.Keywords
Lac production, Growth rate, Schleichera oleosa, Rangeeni and Kumi Lac- Science Journalism
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Bharati Patel
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Binita Shah
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1 Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram 695 562, IN
2 National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai 400 087, IN
1 Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram 695 562, IN
2 National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai 400 087, IN
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Current Science, Vol 117, No 11 (2019), Pagination: 1774-1775Abstract
The art of communicating truth behind the crude science for information of the public through print and online media platforms is called science journalism. It is an important tool to inform the public on the results of research. However, it comes with a responsibility to meet the expectations of both public and scientific community. Science journalism connects science to communication business model in media industry, and its expansion has increased the career options for people in science. Though a few institutions and research centres have integrated science journalism in their academic programmes, it is not sufficient to fill the huge gap of trained manpower in this area in India.Full Text
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- Gopen, G. D. and Swan, J. A., Am. Sci., 1990, 78(6), 550–558; http://www.jstor.org/stable/29774235A science journalist can sense the background for news and uses the elements which can breathe life in the story.
- Use of tree cavities by Indian vertebrates: status of research, knowledge gaps and future conservation perspectives
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1 Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Thrissur 680 653, India; Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI), Thiruvananthapuram 695 562, India; Institute of Forest Biodiversity, Hyderabad 500 100, IN
2 Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Thrissur 680 653, India; Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI), Thiruvananthapuram 695 562, IN
1 Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Thrissur 680 653, India; Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI), Thiruvananthapuram 695 562, India; Institute of Forest Biodiversity, Hyderabad 500 100, IN
2 Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Thrissur 680 653, India; Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI), Thiruvananthapuram 695 562, IN
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Current Science, Vol 121, No 4 (2021), Pagination: 490-501Abstract
Tree cavities play a key role in the structure and functioning of forest ecosystems. Though they host rich and specialized assemblages of numerous vertebrate and invertebrate species, they have received limited research attention in India as well as in tropics. We collated information on cavity using vertebrates of India from the available literature and various databases. Overall, 254 relevant references were found with information about tree and/or cavity characteristics and use for 517 species, which is about 18.4% of terrestrial vertebrate species of India. Among the 517 species, 43.9% were birds, followed by reptiles (30.8%), mammals (17.6%) and amphibians (7.7%), and the majority of them are rare, elusive and nocturnal species restricted to different regions/habitats. About 80% of the species are secondary users. Majority of the species use tree cavities as breeding sites (32.7%), and another 7.4% use them as roost, den or hibernation sites. Our analysis also shows that vertebrates use cavities with various characteristics in a wide variety of tree species. We have identified important gaps in research on cavity using vertebrates and cavity-trees. We have also emphasized the need for highly focused long-term studies on habitat interactions to elucidate species level requirements to plan habitat management strategies for the conservation of cavity using vertebrates and their cavity-treesKeywords
Cavity-trees, ecological networks, tree cavity, tree-microhabitat, tropical forests, vertebrates.Full Text
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