Sustainable Development and Rehabilitation of Degraded Village Lands in Himalaya

Abies pindrow agricultural land altitudinal amsl bamboos benefits Berberis asiatica Bhotia capital cash climatic conservation cost crop yields cultivable wastes cultivated land cultural Development Block diversity ecological economic growth elevation zones environmental farm farmers fodder forest area Forest Department forest land Forest Panchayat Forest Policy forest resources forestry fuelwood Government grazing high altitude villages Himachal Pradesh Himalaya human improvement income increase inputs institutions interventions irrigation Juglans regia knowledge Kumaon land rehabilitation livestock medicinal plants minor forest minor forest produce Minor Major mountain natural resources needs nil nil Panchayat Forests people's participation potential Pradesh problems production programs realize regeneration region rehabilitation Reserve Forests responsibility revenue village Ringal rural scheduled caste scheduled tribe slopes social soil species study villages sustainable development Table temperate bamboos Thamnocalamus timber traditional tree Uttar Pradesh values vegetation village Chowda village Khaljhuni village Mikhila