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Table 4
Indigenous resource use pattern in the villages of Central Himalayas from mixed broad-leaved moist temperate and dry temperate forests (700–3000 m
msl)
Resource type
Extraction process
Frequency
Consumption calendar
Average
Fuel wood
Felling Lopping Collecting
Once in 2–3 days
Entire year
35.00 kg/2–3 day
Fodder
Lopping, Chopping
Twice a day
February-May and
August–September
86.8
± 10.5 to 157.5
± 17.5 kg/day
NTFP and Wild edibles Lopping, Chopping, Uprooting 2–3 Times a week March–June
1.5 kg/Household/week
Leaf Litter
Collecting
Twice a day
November–April
45 kg/Household/day
*
Consumption is averaged for all households of all sites
(Misra 2009; Dhyani and Dhyani 2016)
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Table 4
Indigenous resource use pattern in the villages of Central Himalayas from mixed broad-leaved moist temperate and dry temperate forests (700–3000 m
msl)
Resource type
Extraction process
Frequency
Consumption calendar
Average
Fuel wood
Felling Lopping Collecting
Once in 2–3 days
Entire year
35.00 kg/2–3 day
Fodder
Lopping, Chopping
Twice a day
February-May and
August–September
86.8
± 10.5 to 157.5
± 17.5 kg/day
NTFP and Wild edibles Lopping, Chopping, Uprooting 2–3 Times a week March–June
1.5 kg/Household/week
Leaf Litter
Collecting
Twice a day
November–April
45 kg/Household/day
*
Consumption is averaged for all households of all sites
(Misra 2009; Dhyani and Dhyani 2016)