Forestry in the Himalayan States of India: A Comparative Study

actual forest cover agriculture Almora Alpine altitude annual area under forests Arunachal Pradesh bamboo Betula birds chir pine conservation crops crore cu.m deciduous deer degraded forests deodar district Eastern Himalayas eco-system ecological Eighth Plan fallow fauna figures flora fodder foothills Forest Department forest fires Forest Policy Forest Survey forest types forestry fuel fuelwood Garhwal Government grazing growing stock hectares herbs Himachal Pradesh Himalayan Himalayan regions Jammu & Kashmir jhum Ladakh lakh landuse Manipur medicinal plants Meghalaya metres minor forest minor forest produce Mizoram Nagaland National Park open forests outlay Panchayats parks and sanctuaries percent Pinus plantation population Quercus rainfall recorded forest area reserved forests Rhododendron schemes scrub sector shifting cultivation Sikkim Siwalik Siwalik hills slopes snow Social Forestry soil species sq km sq.km sub-tropical Survey of India timber total forest area trees tribal Tripura upto Uttarakhand Valley village wallichiana Wild Life Sanctuary wood