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Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Foreword. Preface. 1. Sacred groves in India an overview i. Anthropological dimensions of SGs. ii. Geographical distribution of SGs in India. iii. Sacred mangroves. iv. Number and size distribution of SGs. v. Ownership and management of SGs. vi. Ethnicity and sacred groves. vii. Gender and SGs. viii. Interfaces between people and sacred groves. ix. Political dimensions of SGs. x. Sacred groves as common property resources. 2. Biological and ecological dimensions i. Biological value. ii. Ecological services. 3. Threats Status of sacred groves of Meghalaya. 4. Opportunities i. Duvaria Saran. ii. Mizoram safety forests in Manipur and Mizoram. iii. Meghalaya Ki law Lyngdoh sacred grove. iv. Kesar Chirkav practice in Rajasthan. v. Pavitravanas in Karnataka. vi. Initiatives for strengthening SGs. vii. Chhattisgarh. viii. Karnataka. ix. Kerala. x. Maharashtra. xi. Orissa. xii. In the words of people. xiii. Rajasthan. xiv. Initiatives undertaken by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS). xv. Future strategy and action plan. Appendices. Bibliography. In India as elsewhere in many parts of the world a number of communities practise different forms of nature worship. One such significant tradition is that of providing protection to patches of forests dedicated to deities and/or ancestral spirits. These patches of forests are known as sacred groves. The tradition is very ancient and once was widespread in most parts of the world. The estimated number of sacred groves in India in about two lakhs. Groves are rich heritage of India and play an important role in religious and socio cultural life of the local people. These ecosystems harbour many threatened endangered and rare plant and animal species. The book covers various cultural and ecological dimensions of sacred groves in India and describes recent initiatives undertaken by various stakeholders to strengthen this multifarious institution. 170 pp.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The conservation planning of Rhododendrons of Eastern Himalaya was underkaen by Sudipto Chatterjee who received the Whitley Associate Award in 2009 from Whitley Fund for Nature, UK. The study could contribute to Redlisting of Rhododendrons of Eastern Himalaya by the Botanic Garden Conservation International UK. The planning process involved expertise from IUCN Nepal, Botanical Survey of India, GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Ecology and Development,State Forests Departments in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, University of Delhi, WWF-India, State Forest Research Institute, Arunachal Pradesh and Kunming Institute of Botany, China. State level consultation was held at North East Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh. Part of the study was conducted by Sudipto Chatterjee at Royal Botanical Garden, Kew, London, during International Course for Plant Conservation Techniques in 2001. Prof H.Y Mohan Ram , Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi delivered the key note address during the Conservation Planning.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Rhododendrons of Eastern Himalaya: A conservation planning | Study supported by Whitley Fund for Nature, and Botanic Garden Conservation International, UK | Sudipto Chatterjee (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 72 S. | Englisch | 2011 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783844315547 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Brivibas Gatve 197, 1039 RIGA, LETTLAND, customerservice[at]vdm-vsg[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.