CONSERVATION OF BIO – DIVERSITY OF ULTAPANI FOREST RANGE UNDER HOLTUGAON DIVISION, MANAS BIOSPHERE RESERVE, ASSAM THROUGH COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PROGRAM
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Pharmacy (IRJP) - Year 2012, Vol 3, Issue 12
Abstract
Ultapani is one of a “hotspot” area situated in Holtugaon forest division under Manas Biosphere Reserve, Assam. Ultapani forest range is located in between 26068.18// N to26081.18// N and 90024.44// E to 90041.90// E. Vegetation of the forest is unique in the world as most of its plants are evergreen and semi-evergreen. It consists of lots of floristically diverse plants, of which some of them are rare, endangered and threatened. Some plants along the bank of river “Samukha” of Ultapani forest range under Holtugaon division produce pneumatophore like Mangrove vegetation of coastal area. It is one of the most interesting and unique characteristic which is found only in Ultapani forest range of Assam. Another interesting observation is the presence of a hot water spring in Samukha rivulet which can be cited as another report of hot spring from Assam. Ultapani forest range is also known as “butterfly zone”. But availability of most species of the forest is now threaten due to over exploitation of natural resources and forest encroached by unauthorized settlement in the forest area by economically poor people. So the authors feel that it is an urgent need for conservation of this unique vegetation of Ultapani forest range under Holtugaon division mainly through alternative livelihood programme. The authors have already attempted to study and conserve the natural habitat of these forest floras through community conservation programme assisted by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India.
Authors and Affiliations
Santa Paul, N. Devi, C. K. Baruah , G. C. Sharma
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP130360
- DOI -
- Views 175
- Downloads 0
EFFECT OF ETHANOLIC AND ETHYLACETATE EXTRACT OF MERREMIA EMARGINATA (BURM.F) IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
The effect of alcoholic and ethyl acetate extracts of the whole plant of Merremia emarginata (Burm. F) Hallier f. on freund’s adjuvant induced arthritis was evaluated. The percentage of yield was found to be 18.7 and 10....
QUALITATIVE PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ETHANOMEDICINALLY IMPORTANT PLANT CAPPARIS APHYLA ROTH (CAPPARIDACEAE) FROM AKOLA DISRICT, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
The present paper is focus on preliminary analysis of Capparis aphyla Roth., (Caper plant) from Akola District Maharashtra , India. The plant has tremendous ethnic medicinal value. Quantitative analysis of Capparis aphy...
A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF ANTITUBERCULOSIS DRUG-INDUCEDHEPATOTOXICITY AND ITS MANAGEMENT IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
Tuberculosis (TB) is a very common form of droplet infection. If untreated, the disease may be fatal within 5 years in more than half of cases. To study the frequency of anti-tuberculosis therapy (ATT) induced hepatotoxi...
SECONDARY METABOLITES OF OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM AND THEIR BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES
Ocimum gratissimum synthesizes and accumulates a variety of secondary metabolites. Some of the biologically active secondary metabolites such as eugenol, thymol, methyl cinnamate and geraniol are responsible for the anti...
TRANSCUTANEOUS DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
Conventional drug delivery systems are often not suitable for new protein based and other Therapeutic compounds produced by modern technology. Therefore an alternative Approach to deliver these drugs can be achieved thro...