India
Review Article
Perspectives of Forest Biodiversity Conservation in Northeast India
Author(s): Shri Kant Tripathi, Arijit Roy, Deepak Kushwaha, Fanai Lalnunmawia, Lalnundanga, Hnialum Lalraminghlova, Chalthleng Lalnunzira and Parth Sarathi RoyShri Kant Tripathi, Arijit Roy, Deepak Kushwaha, Fanai Lalnunmawia, Lalnundanga, Hnialum Lalraminghlova, Chalthleng Lalnunzira and Parth Sarathi Roy
Forests are major repositories of biodiversity and provide essential goods and services for humanity. Biodiversity loss is a major threat to forest ecosystem and emerging as a great challenge to humanity. Estimation of biodiversity or biological richness of a region is a difficult task that is an impossible goal without technological inputs. The Northeast India, part of Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot, is one of the still relatively undisturbed regions of the world harbouring almost 50% of the flowering plant of the Indian subcontinent. This region is economically less developed and forests are under tremendous pressure from the anthropogenic influences mainly due to the local traditional shifting (jhum) cultivation practices. This article aims to bring an overview on current state of forest biodiversity and its conservation strategies in the Northeast India including traditional know.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2376-0214.1000157