Forest Resources of North Bengal

Download or read book Forest Resources of North Bengal written by S. C. Santra and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over past three decades, due attention has been paid on the non-timber forest produces (NTFP) of the world. Inventorisation of such materials of plants and animals origin has already made in many countries, but proper utilisation of such resources are yet to made. Most of the tropical and subtropical forest areas have enormous amount of NTFP materials, but potential utility values of such materials are not exploited so far. The present text is an attempt of making the inventory of NTFP of tropical and subtropical forest of foot-hill regions (Duars) of West Bengal. This will be an unique text for students of Forestry, Botany and Agriculture as well as researcher in this field. Contents: Chapter 1: Forest of North Bengal; Introduction, Forest Composition, Plant Wealth, Animal Wealth, Forest Stratification, Phytosociological Studies, Chapter 2: Non Timber Forest Products: Availability and Utilisation; Introduction, Historical Background, NTFP: An Overview of their Availability and Utilisation, Chapter 3: Non Timber Forest Products and Tribal Life; Introduction, Historical Background, NTFP and Sociology of Tribal Life, NTFP Marketing, Women s Participation, Chapter 4: Environmental Impact of NTFP Exploitation for Forest; Introduction, Historical Background, Methodology of Assessment of Ecological Impact of NTFP Extractivism, Results and Discussion.