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The Indian Forester December 1951

1951

After explaining the more important of the direct and the indirect influences of forests on the country the Planning Commission has stated that in view of the over all deficiency of forest lands in the country as a whole great caution should be exercised in denuding forest lands and that where the forest area has been reduced to the critical limit or is already below it the following obligatory [...] The proportion of area in each State which should be under forests should be clearly indicated by the Central Board of Forestry and keeping in view the principle of proper land use and the nature of the terrain in States where the area is above this limit deforestation may be allowed in consultation with the forest department for the extension of permanent agriculture. [...] The Planning Commission has taken serious notice of the march of Rajasthan desert and has recommended the large scale afforestation of the gap in the Aravallis near Sirohi through which the sand laden winds from Saurashtra and Kutch fan out as if through a funnel and also the outer fringes of the advancing desert to create a shelter belt of forests against the forcing gusts of winds. [...] Quite apart from the fact that these leaves which would have been shed in any1951 ] ROTATIONAL LOPPING OF EUCALYPTUS IN THE NILOIRIS 727 case adding to the inflammability of the locality yield a handsome revenue in the shape of grazing dues they constitute the mainstay of the supply of milk and ghee to the town of Dehra Dun not to mention the source of livelihood they provide for the Gujars. [...] The Forest With the exception of 5 000 acres scrub forest round Qarn river in the westerly drainage the amount of forest still standing on the upper reaches of the mountains and hills of the main rivers and their tributaries is negligable.
agriculture environment
Pages
79
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120200
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i V. S. Krishnaswamy view
Frontmatter
i-vii V. S. Krishnaswamy view
Editorial Notes
723-725 V. S. Krishnaswamy view
Rotational Lopping of Eucalyptus in the Nilgiris
726-728 M. D. Chaturvedi view
Forests Catchment Areas and Water Supplies
729-739 E. P. Stebbing, R. Krishnamoorthi view
Insect Borers of Newly Felled Timber and their Control
740-746 N. C. Chatterjee, P. N. Chatterjee view
The Genus Capillipedium Stapf in India
747-755 M. B. Raizada, S. K. Jain view
A Note on the Extraction of Chlorophyll Pigment for Colouration of Hydrogenated Fats
756-757 S. V. Puntambekar, P. Rao view
Proteins of the Seeds of Some Indian Forest Trees Cassia Lora Terminalia Belerica and Duabanga sonneratioides
758-762 D. Narayanamurti, Jaswant Singh view
Saturday Night
763-765 J.N. Sinha view
Afforestation of Hill Slopes of Janjira
766-767 L. P. Mascarenhas view
A Note on Italian Olives
768-770 C. Quien, F. J. Hopman view
Forest Wealth of Gir and Girnar in Junagadh District of Saurashtra
771-774 G.A. Kapadia view
Experimental Afforestation of Denuded Hill-Side at Low Elevation (Nurpur-Kangra)
775-781 Khem Malhotra view
The Second Year of Fao’s Work in Forestry and Forest Products in Asia and the Pacific
782-788 M.A. Huberman, C. Purkayastha view
Gazette Notifications
xxxi-xxxi V. S. Krishnaswamy view
Journals and Periodical Received During the Month of September 1951
xxxii-xxxiii V. S. Krishnaswamy view
Backmatter
i-i V. S. Krishnaswamy view

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