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Ranjana Gupta , Shivendu K. Srivastava , A. K. Mahendra , Ira Pundir , Dinesh Kumar

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Joint Forest Management or Participatory Forest Management (PFM) got its formal shape in the year 1990. A need has arisen to evaluate the impact of this new management tool. A study was taken up in Kodsi and Talaichittor villages of Dehra Dun District to assess the impact of PFM on the socio-economic development of rural people and to identify the prime ingredients of PFM programme responsible for bringing about the desired changes. It was observed that the household income has considerably increased due to alternative job opportunities, agricultural production has increased, there is reduction in distance travelled and time spent for fuel wood and fodder collection, village women are now financially empowered, and institution building has paved the way for sustainability of the whole process.

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Dinesh Kumar , Shivendu K. Srivastava , Surender Singh Negi , Pradeep Kumar

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The conventional practice of extracting seeds from cones of P. roxburghii consists in drying of cones in the sun. This process takes about three weeks. A new technique has been developed which achieves seed extraction in four days. The new techniques involves soaking of cones in water for 10 minutes followed by drying at 60 ° C for 11:50 hours and then shaking for few seconds every day. The technique did not show any adverse effect on seed germination. Further studies are in progress to adapt this technique so as to eliminate the need of kilns for practical application in forest nurseries.

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