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The Himalaya, stretching from Jammu & Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, is the most magnificent feature on the face of the earth. Nature has bestowed the Himalaya with rich and diverse forests which are comprised of thousands of species of trees, shrubs, herbs and climbers. These combine to form forest types which vary from arid desert type vegetation in the lower hills of Jammu to the dense semi-evergreen forests of eastern Himalaya and dry arctic vegetation of Ladakh, Lahaul & Spiti in the Trans-Himalaya.
Himalayan forests play a dominant role in the lives of the millions of people living in this complex mountainous system. They supply fuel, timber and raw material for cottage industries and fodder for the cattle. On the environment front, the Himalayan forests help to preserve civilization in the entire Indian subcontinent as they prevent the fragile soil covering the steep mountain slopes from destroying vast tracts of agricultural land in the food-growing regions of the Indo-Gangetic plain.
This book deals with various aspects of forests and forestry in the Himalayan region. It includes chapters on forest types, important trees, forest policy, forest law, forest products, regeneration, management and protection of forests, besides forestry research, participatory forest management, and wildlife management.

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