The principle objective of this study is to generate economic value of various goods & services provided by the Himachal Forests. It recognizes the multi-stakeholders, multisectoral contribution of forests through their multiple values.
The Supreme Court has prevented the Himachal Pradesh government from implementing it's decision to permit the cutting of trees until further notice. Taking serious note of the move, the court has
The people of Himachal Pradesh and the adjoining states have finally got some respite from the weed, Ageratum conyzoids , locally known as "neela phulnu', which had
A recent decision by the Himachal Pradesh government may not be good news to the endangered Himalayan yew (Taxus baccata). The government has allowed collection and export of yew, which is in great
one-third of the sheesham trees, Dalbergia , have been damaged by a fungi attack in the hills of Himachal Pradesh. The fungi, genoderma lucidum and fusarium oxyssporum,