The forest resources should not be treated as a mere source of revenue rather looked upon as national assets to protect the environment, flora and fauna. The benefits from forests should be harnessed from Non Wood Forest Products (NWFPS) and not from tree felling for timber extraction. It is the need of the hour to prepare a management plan for harnessing non wood forest products to gain economic benefits in perpetuity on sustainable basis. It is, therefore, necessary to assess the stock of these products in our natural forests for their commercial exploitation. Keeping this view in mind this ethical volume has been prepared through contributed reviews/technical papers from experts in the field of NWFPS. The 27 articles in this book are covering a variety of NWFPS starting from bio-fuels, oil seeds, fruits, fodder, legumes, mushrooms, natural dyes, tannin, lignin, resin, lac, silk, medicinal and aromatic plants, spices and animal products etc. The articles provide an overview of various NWFPS of different states so that the forest managers/planners can have an idea of availability of NWFPS in their respective states and to select a few for the commercial exploitation for employment generation and revenue earning at the state/national level as in ethnoforestry lies the future of Indian/world forestry.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.C. Tiwari
Dr. S.C. Tiwari is a Molecular Microbial Ecologist, completed his doctorate from North Eastern Hill University, Shillong (Meghalaya). Dr. Tiwari is currently working as Faculty of Applied Science-Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Nirjuli-791 109, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. He is actively involved in research in areas such as soil biology and biochemistry and Molecular Microbial Ecology. He has successfully completed a few R&D projects of CSIR, ICFRE. Currently he is working on molecular microbial ecology of non-leguminous nitrogen fixing plants through a major project sanctioned by DST. He is also involved in collaborative research programme with the scientists abroad. He has guided a few students for their Ph.D. degrees. Dr. Tiwari has about eight years of teaching and 16 years of research experience. He has published 47 research papers in several national and international journals and 12 articles in books/proceedings, etc. He has also edited a book on ‘Natural Resources’. He is recipient of a few prestigious fellowships namely; SERC visiting fellowship and INSA-Overseas fellowship to Poland. He has been recognized as TSBF-scientist under TSBF programme of UNESCO of SARnet. His biography has been published in the Dictionary of Asian Mycorrhizologists, and several publications of American Biographical Institute, USA AND International Biographical Centre, UK. He is fellow of the International Society of Conservation of Natural Resources (FNRS). He is a life/active member of several professional bodies.
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