Forests provide wide range of ecosystem services and thereby help communities to derive many direct and indirect benefits. Forest watershed services of absorbing rain water and releasing it slowly, allowing it to seep into the soil preventing run-off with sediments helps communities downstream to maximise the benefits from crop cultivation.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/peoples-perception-benefits-protected-catchment-case-study-gundal-command-karnataka
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/seema-purushothaman
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/seema-s-hegde
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sheetal-patil-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/indian-journal-agricultural-economics
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystem-services
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/livestock
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-management
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/watershed-development
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydrology
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chamarajnagar-d
