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J. K. Rawat , Rajesh

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Joint Forest Management is not an entirely new concept in Indian Forestry because rudiments of this approach can be traced backwards to 'Sacred Groves', 'Kans' and 'Orans' etc. Mauryan rulers kept -special forests for public use. This continued well through Mughal times till the advent of the British administration. Brandis, the founder of state-managed forestry in India had deep regard for traditional institutions and tried for more than a decade for the establishment of village forests on degenerated and wastelands, which were also to provide for grazing. Such a scheme was launched in Mysore State. A provision for village forests is also included in the Indian Forest Act, 1929. The Royal Commission on Agriculture also suggested utilization of cultivable wastelands, and other degenerated lands for making Village Forests, to be managed by Panchayats. All this has been imbibed by the present Joint Forest Management approach to Indian Forestry.

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H. B. Naithani , Sumer Chandra , Rajesh , Mohinder Pal

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Paper presents with the nomenclatnre, distribution of genus Dinochloa, Gigantochloa andamanica. A new combination viz. Dinochloa scandens var. andamanica Naithani has been proposed and its gregarious flowering has been reported for the first time from South Andaman Forest Division. Gigantochloa andamanica has been observed in sporadic flowering with mortality of clumps.

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Dinesh Mishra , Rajesh , Moyna Chakravarty , M. P. Goutam

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The present study is an attempt to explore the ethno-medicinal system of the tribal and rural areas of the Kanker District, Bastar Division (Chhattisgarh) not as a set of abstract beliefs and practices, in isolation, but as an essential part of the tribal social structure. The study mainly deals with the indigenous herbal mode of treatment among the tribal and rural people of the area. Though modern medical facilities are present in that area but herbal remedies play an important role in their culture. It is an interesting fact that they accept modern medicine, but have ardent faith in herbal medicines and use them for different types of sufferings.

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