The AA. consider the role played by forest struggles and forest intellectuals in the rewriting of India's forest policies. They also evaluate the utility of a moral economy framework in guiding joint forest management policies. They draw on village
-level fieldwork to highlight the value of an approach to the management of Degraded Protected Forests that offer a key role to active and informed forest citizens.
Vegetation dynamics of several little disturbed temperate forests in east central Nepal
Biogeography ; Forest ; Forest stand ; Nepal ; Temperate zone ; Vegetation dynamics
Study of seven stands of temperature forest at Bakum Ghyang monastery, 40 km north-northeast of Kathmandu, Nepal. Site chosen for its minimal human impact in order to understand how forests regenerate without human interference. Quercus species
Distribution patterns of leaf area index for major coniferous forest types in China
AVHRR ; Biogeography ; China ; Conifer ; Ecosystem ; Forest ; Model ; NOAA ; Remote sensing ; Spatial distribution ; Vegetation index
on a lot of forest plots, the mathematical models of LAI distribution patterns in the hydro-thermal spaces for 5 coniferous forest types in China were established.
The effects of colonialism on forests and the local people in the Garhwal Himalaya, India
Administration ; Colonialism ; Forest ; Forest resources ; Himalaya ; India ; Land ; Logging ; Resource management ; Settlement history ; UttarPradesh
Impact of human activities on the forest and land resources of the Garhwal Himalaya over the past 200 years. One major cause of deforestation was the exemption of cleared land from government revenue collection. - (DWG)
Land-cover change and forest institutions: a comparison of two sub-basins in the southern Siwalik hills of Nepal
Deforestation ; Environmental management ; Forest ; Himalaya ; Land use ; Nepal ; Plant cover ; Watershed
Between 1978 and 1992, forest conversion in the two sub-basins of the Kair Khola watershed in the Chitwan District of Nepal was substantial. Although one turned into agricultural crop land and the other degraded forest, in both cases, inadequate
Biodiversity ; Deciduous forest ; Ecology ; Forest ; Geographical information system ; Human impact ; Landscape ; Ohio ; Statistics ; United States of America ; Vegetation dynamics
This study examined the distribution of Locinera maacki in a 5.2-ha old-regrowth deciduous forest in southwestern Ohio, and focused on its associations with : 1) forest-edge and internal-forest conditions; and 2) composition and structure
Response of a Mediterranean riparian forest to a 1 in 400 year flood, Ouveze River, Drôme-Vaucluse, France
Deforestation ; Ecosystem ; Flood ; Forest ; France ; Geographical information system ; Human impact ; Mediterranean area ; Natural hazards ; Southern France ; Stream
This study provides original data concerning the impact of an exceptional 400-year flood on the riparian forest of a six order French Mediterranean river. Both the restricting effects of the forest on the flood and the hydraulic behaviour
of the forest during the flood were studied. Future legislation will have to take into account the nature of antropogenic activity in the area of the study.
Hydrology of montane forests in the sierra de San Javier, Tucuman, Argentina
Argentina ; Deforestation ; Forest ; Human impact ; Mountain ; Precipitation ; Rill wash ; Soil erosion ; Tucumán ; Water balance
Study of the hydrology of the subtropical moist montane forests (Yungas) in Argentina's Tucuman province. Study site on the eastern slope of the Sierra de San Javier also included land cleared for lemon and sugarcane plantations. Recording rain
Local knowledge and the use of plants in rural communities in the montane forests of northwestern Argentina
Andes ; Argentina ; Biogeography ; Botany ; Enquiry ; Ethnobotany ; Forest ; Mountain
The access botanical knowledge in rural communities, authors interviewed adults and children in four townships located in the subtropical montane forest region of the Province of Salta in northwestern Argentina. The four localities represented
The use of digital methods in assessing forest patterns in an andean environment : the Polylepis example
Altitude ; Andes ; Bolivia ; Forest ; Geographical information system ; Remote sensing ; Slope exposure ; Soil temperature ; Spatial distribution
Author determines the distribution of Polylepis forest on Sajama Volcano in the western Cordillera of Bolivia using remote-sensing and GIS methods. He discusses indicators such as altitude and aspect that approximate the eco-climatological
Human and environmental influences on forest composition of a Tennessee loess bluff
Biogeography ; Ecology ; Forest ; Habitat ; Human impact ; Impact ; Land use ; Loess ; Oak ; Soil moisture ; Tennessee ; United States of America
This research examines the controls of tree-species distribution in an area that consists of a mosaic of former agricultural fields and uncleared bluff forest, on Mississippi River. The primary objectives are : 1) to determine the relative influence
of multiple variables on forest composition, including topographic-moisture avaibility and disturbance history; and 2) to characterize the role of particular species in relation to disturbance and habitat conditions. These patterns then are used to elucidate
Stream bank erosion rates measured over a two-year period on a moorland and a forested stream were compared. Bank erosion rates are generally higher on the mainstream of the moorland catchment and highest in winter on both streams. Bank erosion
implications for the management of forest streams are discussed.
In this study, erosion and sediment characteristics were measured in simulated rainfall experiments for 3 forest soils of contrasting physical properties. 4 erosion treatments combined varying slope and kinetic energy of rainfall to provide 3
Citizenship ; Cultural studies ; East Midlands ; England ; Environment ; Forest ; Landscape ; Landscape esthetics ; Participation ; Society-environment relationship ; United Kingdom
Within the context of global environment concerns the National Forest builds upon culturally specific interpretations of nature to construct a new national landscape for the next millenium. The nature-society relations which underpin the Forest