Contents
Socio-Economic and Eco-Biological Dimensions in Resource Use
and Conservation: Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Niranjan Roy, Shubhadeep Roychoudhury, Sunil Nautiyal,
Sunil K. Agarwal and Sangeeta Baksi
Climate Change Impacts and Implications: An Indian Perspective . . . . 11
Gajendra Kumar, Rima Kumari, B. S. P. C. Kishore, Purabi Saikia,
Amit Kumar and M. L. Khan
Local Socio-Economic Dynamics Shaping Forest Ecosystems
in Central Himalayas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Shalini Dhyani and Deepak Dhyani
Forest Resources of Jharkhand, Eastern India: Socio-economic
and Bio-ecological Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rahul Kumar and Purabi Saikia
Traditional Agroforestry Systems of Northeast India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Sourabh Deb
Agrobiodiversity in Northeast India: A Review of the Prospects
of Agrobiodiversity Management in the Traditional Rice Fields
and Homegardens of the Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Tapasi Das and Ashesh Kumar Das
Medicinal Plant Biodiversity in India: Harnessing Opportunities
for Promoting Livelihood and Food Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Sunil Nautiyal, K. C. Smitha and Harald Kaechele
Plant Diversity and Distribution Pattern in Tropical Dry
Deciduous Forest of Eastern Ghats, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Durai Sanjay Gandhi and Somaiah Sundarapandian
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