Anthropogenic disturbances and status of forest and wildlife in the dry deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India

作     者：Chandra Prakash Kala Yogesh Dubey 

作者机构：Ecosystem & Environment Management Indian Institute of Forest Management P.B. No. 357 Nehru Nagar Bhopal - 462 003 Madhya Pradesh INDIA 

出 版 物：《Journal of Forestry Research》 (林业研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第23卷第1期

页      面：45-52页

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学科分类：09[农学] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 

基　　金：Director Indian Institute of Forest Management Bhopal for logistic support during the course of this study 

主　　题：dry deciduous forest central India wildlife anthropogenicdisturbances biodiversity conservation 

摘      要：The advent of modem forces and the changes in socio- economic patterns of forest dwellers have increased the pressures on the forests. In order to mitigate such pressures and also to protect the forests and wildlife the model of protected areas networks has shifted and en- hanced such pressures in the unprotected natural forests due to several reasons. Being a low profile category of protected status and continuous human settlements, the present study highlights the case of dry deciduous forests of Sarguja district of Chhattisgarh state of India. The major objec- tives of this study were to quantify the status of forests and wildlife and also to determine the extent of anthropogenic disturbances faced by the dry deciduous forests of central India. Transect and silent drive count methods were used for sampling wildlife and quadrat method was used for sampling vegetation. Besides, the local uses of various forest pro- duces were also studied in view of understanding the people dependency on forests. The forest vegetation, in the study area, was pre-dominated by Shorea robusta, which had Madhuca indica, Diospyrus melanoxylon and Buchnania lanzan as the major companion species. The forest had either the high girth class mature tree species or the saplings. The low vegeta- tion cover and density were due to the high anthropogenic pressures mainly in the form of heavy livestock grazing and collection of etlmo- botanically important species. The study though reveals that the area is not rich in wildlife and the forest is fragmented, the area still supports some important species, which include many rare and endangered plants and animals. The findings of this study have been discussed in view of the management and conservation of the forest and wildlife in the dry deciduous forests.