Forest management and land use/cover changes in a typical micro watershed in the mid elevation zone of Central Himalaya, India

Wakeel, Ahmed S. El; Rao, K. S.; Maikhuri, R. K.; Saxena, K. G.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.061

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“…As the result of these processes, as Khosrovshahi [8] has stated, the destructive floods have increased ten times since 50 years ago. The same findings are stated elsewhere in the world ( [9][10][11][12][13]). During the last decades the natural cover of the land, especially the forest lands, has decreased all over Iran [3].…”

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The Effect of the Land Use/Cover Changes on the Floods of the Madarsu Basin of Northeastern Iran

Ali¹,

Alijani²,

Mohammadi³

2010

JWARP

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In order to understand the effect of the land use/cover change on the hydrologic regime of the Madarsu Basin in Golestan province of Iran, we selected the two floods of June 1964 and June 2003 with equal amount of rainfall but different rate of runoff. For these floods the closest time images of MODIS were selected. On these images we analyzed the land use/cover types and calculated their area and change rate between two floods. We also calculated the Curve Number (CN) for each land use/cover type according to the US Soil Conservation System (SCS) model. The results showed that: the intensity of the peak floods has increased from 1960 to 2002, and the natural lands of forests, rangelands, and bare lands have been decreased from 1960 to 2002. While the agricultural lands showed increase during the same period. The CN value has also increased during the study period causing the decrease of moisture retention capacity of the soil. As a result, despite the equal rainfall, the discharge rate of 2003 flood was about 10 times larger than that of the 1964 flood, which is the direct effect of the land use/cover change from the stable forests and rangelands to the unstable agricultural lands on the both soil moisture retention capacity and run off rate.

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The Effect of the Land Use/Cover Changes on the Floods of the Madarsu Basin of Northeastern Iran

Ali¹,

Alijani²,

Mohammadi³

2010

JWARP

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“…Forest management is based on the continuous production of forest resources over time and aims basically to find the balance between timber production and maintaining the ecological functions of forest ecosystems (WAKEEL et al, 2005). Practicing forest management requires decisions that consider a commitment between the maximization of timber production and minimization of the negative impacts on the biological integrity of the forest (PINARD et al, 1999).…”

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Tree Diameter Growth Following Silvicultural Treatments in a Semi-Deciduous Secondary Forest in Central Brazil

Venturoli

Franco

Fagg

2015

CERNE

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ABSTRACT:In the Cerrado biome of Brazil, savannas and dry forests are intimately linked and form mosaics. These forests are composed of species of high commercial value, well accepted in the timber market, which causes intensive deforestation on the remaining vegetation. Thus, the management of these forests is an important alternative to reduce deforestation in the remaining vegetation. The objective of this study was to analyze the response of tree species in relation to silvicultural treatments of competition and liana cutting in a semi-deciduous forest in Central Brazil. The results showed that community basal area increased 24% over 4.8 years and the median periodic annual increment in diameter was about 20% higher in plots with silvicultural treatments: 2.9 mm . yr -1 in the control compared to 3.2 mm . yr -1 to 3.6 mm . yr -1 between treatments. This study demonstrated that it is possible to increase the rates of radial growth through silvicultural techniques. CRESCIMENTO DIAMÉTRICO EM FUNÇÃO DE TRATAMENTOS SILVICULTURAIS EM UMA FLORESTA ESTACIONAL SEMIDECÍDUA NO BRASIL CENTRAL RESUMO:No Bioma Cerrado, as florestas estacionais e o Cerrado stricto sensu estão intimamente ligados, fomando mosaicos. Essas florestas são compostas por espécies de alto valor comercial, bem aceitas no mercado madeireiro, o que provoca o desmatamento intensivo dessas matas. Assim, o manejo dessas florestas é uma alternativa importante para reduzir o desmatamento nos remanescentes, na medida em que proporciona o seu uso sustentável. Este estudo analisou o crescimento de espécies arbóreas em relação a tratamentos silviculturais de liberação de competição e corte de cipós, em uma floresta estacional semidecídua, no Brasil Central. Os resultados mostraram que a área basal da comunidade aumentou 24%, durante 4,8 anos e que a média do incremento periódico anual em diâmetro foi cerca de 20% maior nas parcelas onde ocorreram os tratamentos silviculturais: 2,9 mm . ano -1 , na testemunha, comparado a 3,2 mm . ano -1 to 3,6 mm.ano -1 entre os tratamentos. O estudo demostrou que é possível aumentar o ritmo de crescimento das espécies com a aplicação dos tratamentos silviculturais testados.

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“…Close to 40% of the land lies within some form of protected area (Table 3). Though there are variations in scale, change in land use and cover is prominent in many parts of the region (Cue and Graf, 2009;Gautam et al, 2004;Wakeel et al, 2005;Wang et al, 2008) with natural habitats shrinking through forest fragmentation (Pandit et al, 2007;Reddy et al, 2013;Uddin et al, 2015), regime shift (Brandt et al, 2013;Joshi et al, 2012), or changes in agriculture land (Semwal et al, 2004) and others. However, habitat degradation is not homogenous across the HKH.…”

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Reconciling Mountain Biodiversity Conservation and Human Wellbeing: Drivers of Biodiversity Loss and New Approaches in the Hindu-Kush Himalayas

Chettri¹,

Sharma²

2016

Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy

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Mountains have long been admired and protected on the grounds of their wilderness,character and landscape beauty. But despite their remoteness and low human population density, many mountain ecosystems are strongly affected by drivers of global change. Mountain ecosystems in the tropical and sub-tropical regions have attracted the attention of a number of scientists, policy makers and natural resource managers because of their critical role in the supply of ecosystem services, and their vulnerability to environmental changes induced by anthropogenic and climatic factors. Adapting to and mitigating the effects of environmental change and sustaining ecosystem services in the context of a burgeoning human population is a major challenge.The Convention on Biological Diversity, Millennium Development Goals, and other international agreements explicitly connect conservation to poverty alleviation. It has become clear that nature conservation only works in practice if people's needs are also taken into account; while conservation efforts based on community participation and ownership tend to be more effective. A concerted effort is needed to develop a better scientific understanding of ecosystem structure and functioning and drivers of change as a basis for formulating comprehensive ecosystem management approaches and strategies that link to human wellbeing and poverty alleviation. This paper reviews the state of knowledge on five principle pressures, driving biodiversity loss in the HKH region, and describes evolving processes that highlight reconciliation of the conservation and development perspectives.

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Forest management and land use/cover changes in a typical micro watershed in the mid elevation zone of Central Himalaya, India

Cited by 74 publications

References 60 publications

The Effect of the Land Use/Cover Changes on the Floods of the Madarsu Basin of Northeastern Iran

The Effect of the Land Use/Cover Changes on the Floods of the Madarsu Basin of Northeastern Iran

Tree Diameter Growth Following Silvicultural Treatments in a Semi-Deciduous Secondary Forest in Central Brazil

Reconciling Mountain Biodiversity Conservation and Human Wellbeing: Drivers of Biodiversity Loss and New Approaches in the Hindu-Kush Himalayas

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