COMMUNITY FORESTRY FOR THE DEGRADED, HIGH RAINFALL TRACTS OF PENINSULAR INDIA

1 January 1987

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in International Tree Crops Journal

Vol. 4 (1) , 57-67
https://doi.org/10.1080/01435698.1987.9752809

Abstract

A community forestry programme has been proposed to help to revegetate degraded hill tracts in the state of Karnataka. This would involve the active participation of owner farmers in raising plantations of trees to meet their requirements for fuelwood, fodder, green manure and small timber. This paper describes the results of preliminary trials, beginning in 1983, of 25 native and exotic species in 67 separate sites grouped into four main areas. On the basis of these trials recommendations are made concerning the species most suitable for extensive planting in each of the four areas.

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