FAO, in its report 'Global Forests Resources Assessment-2005', also known as FRA, estimated total forests of world as 3,952 million hectares, which is about 30 per cent of total land area of world. This corresponds to an average of 0.62 hectare per capita forest land. Total area of other wooded land is estimated as 1,376 million hectares, which is about [...]
The term 'fauna' is basically used for animal life. Faunal wealth of India is also very diverse and rich. The total number of animals is estimated at 81,000 representing about 6.4 per cent of world's faunal wealth. India's faunal diversity includes over 5,000 molluscs and about 57,000 species of insects. India represents rich and diverse fauna. India has about 350 [...]
Forest management is a universal and ancient human activity. However, it was only until UNCED—Earth Summit (Rio-de Janerio, Brazil, 1992) that a large number of participating commonly perceived the need for and the concept of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM). Forest health and efforts taken either by the government or by the community is how to increase the forest productivity. The [...]