Rajkumar Yadav -Khaparaha (Sonpura) Village ,Jaunpur

Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India   Sir P.T. Science Collage, Modasa, Aravali, Gujarat, India Abstract The forest ecosystem is a primary source of fuel wood for forest dwellers as cooking energy and other purposes. The forest dwellers depend on the nearby forest area for taking fuel wood on headloads or otherwise. Therefore, an attempt has been done to estimate the quantity and monetary value of fuel wood being collected from the forest areas of Narmada Forest Division (NFD). This study was done in 31 forest villages covering 346 households through structured questionnaire interview based on the density classes of the forest and their dependence for fuelwood on the forest. It has been found that a total of 11 tree species are being frequently used as fuelwood. The investigation of the study showed that fuelwood collection was found to be 76561.79 Mt/annum with an estimated monetary value of Rs 114.7 million/annum. The fuel wood...

 

  Abstract The present research is comprised of seven chapters ie. Introduction, Literature review, Study area, Materials and Methods, Data analysis, Results and Discussions and Conclusions, This study was done for knowing the ecological and economic significance of the Narmada Forest Division (NFD). Forest is the significance for surviving living organisms because it provides all benefits free of cost forest provides all kind of ecosystem services like Carbon sequestration, Soil conservation, Purification of water, Maintain local climate and Biodiversity support etc. The most valuable product from the forest is wood, which has a huge diversity of applications and purposes, such as building purpose, furniture, Fuel wood purpose, NTFPs (Non Timber Forest Products), Medicinal plants etc. Total carbon sequestration and biodiversity support in the division was studied by using available literatures. Total 90 soil samples were taken from various forest type, density classes and topograp...

  Mushroom word derived from Latin and Greek words “ Fungus” and “Mykes”. In the present conception, a fungus species is considered edible if eating causes no health disorderes. In broad sense mushroom are fungi. Mushroom may be edible (Lepiota procera), inedible and poisonous( Lepiota margani), non poisonous. The digestibility of mushrooms is directely related to the cellular structuer of the bodies.

  Abstract Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) are the most accessible forest products of forest dwellers living in the vicinity of the forest areas which are important for their livelihood. In the present study, 10% of total villages and 10% of total sampled village households were selected in Baria Forest Division (BFD). Apart from this, the house to house structured questionnaire survey revealed that forest of BFD yield various NTFPs which are being collected by local people. During the study, a total of 43 types of NTFPs have been identified in BFD having economic value of INR 334.74 million/annum. The study also revealed that maximum economic value comes from leaves (76.25%) followed by flowers and seeds (18.37%), fruits (3.18%), herbs and other miscellaneous items (1.26%), gums and tanning materials (0.54%) while the least was recorded from bamboos (0.37%).Moreover, the estimated per capita value was found to be INR 157.3/annum against the per capita forest area of 0.038 ha. T...