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The book is an outcome of a noble attempt in this direction undertaken through an investigative study during 2007-2011 which has resulted in the documentation of the Traditional plant resources and the Indigenous knowledge base on self sustained management practices of these plant resources confined among the ethnic groups of Barail Hill Range of Northeast India. The analysis of findings includes the impact of the traditional practices on flora and vegetation of ...
Illustrated Manual of Ferns of Assam is a pioneering work on fern flora of Assam in the form of a consolidated account. Detail accounts of general and pteridophytic vegetation have been provided alongwith the physiography, the drainage systems, the geology, the soil and the climate, which have a great impact on floristic diversity and habitat preference of ferns in Assam. Discussions on ecological distribution and seasonal variation of fern flora are two added ...
The importance of bamboos has increased many-folds during the last few decades as an important source of raw material for varied end-uses. Besides being important as a raw material in a number of industries, bamboos are used in a myriad industries, bamboos are used in a myriad ways by the rural people and are interwoven with their life style in many parts of our country, especially in north-eastern India including Assam. The selection of bamboos for specific need ...
The book Ethnobotanical Wisdom of Khasis (Hynniew Treps) of Meghalaya is unique in several ways. It deals with the plant resources of that region of India which is recognized as one of the centers of biological diversity on the earth. The people, the Khasis, about which the present work deals with have not only developed their own culture based on available natural resources giving rise to a distinctive cultural identity but also develop a long-standing ...