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ArticlesSocio-economic factors responsible for the degradation of forest in Sherani district, Balochistan
Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Anwar Panezai, Ashif Sajjad
The most challenging problem in Sherani District is the degradation of forest resources, due to underprivileged condition of the people. The socioeconomic factors are the key indicators for the degradation of natural resources i.e. forest resource. The literac…
25 May 2024- Articles
Climate change and its impact on Lepidopterous fauna in Ayubia National Park-Abbottabad
Ghulam Ali Bajwa, Muhammad Waseem
Impacts of changing climate were assessed on lepidopterous fauna in Ayubia National Park, Galies Forest Division-Abbottabad. The maximum, minimum and mean temperature regimes of the Park were 16.3±0.08oC, 6.1±0.09oC and 11.2±0.08oC, respectively, whil…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Impacts of participatory forestry on forest resource development - A case study in Pakistan
Mamoona Wali Muhammad, Hakim Shah, Nowshad Khan, Mohd Zaki Hamzah
Participatory forest management (PFM) initiatives have taken place in Pakistan for almost three decades, but apparently there have not been any visible impacts. The paper is based on assessing the impacts of two participatory forest management (PFM) programs,…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Survey of juniper dwarf mistletoe in Sasnamana state forests of Baluchistan
Zakaullah, Khial Badshah
The incidence of mistletoe infection in Sasnamana Juniper forest of Baluchistan was 36 percent among all the study trees infection rating for infected trees was 4.6 according to the 6-class mistletoe rating system of Hawksworth and Lusher (1956). The highest i…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Role of natural vegetation in livelihoods of rural communities - A case study from Margalla Hills, Pakistan
Saif-ur-Rehman Saif Abbasi, Saeed Akbar
Forests play a vital role in the livelihoods of the associated rural communities especially in hilly areas where agricultural land is hardly available due to difficult terrain besides poor business and employment opportunities. Current study explores the socia…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Efficiency and effectiveness in joint forest management - A Case Study from Allai Guzara Forests, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Mazhar Iqbal, Ahmad Hussain, Zulfiqar Ali Sheikh
In Pakistan, the concept was Joint Forest Management has been implemented as a result of inspiration from the neighbouring countries. This was an effort to replace the hierarchical governance with co-governance with the objective to conserve and protect the fo…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Evaluating the impact of alternative fuel technology on forest resource conservation - A case study of Galiat region, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Madiha Batool, Tariq Khan, Mazhar Iqbal, Anwar Ali
Forest depletion is one of the serious environmental concerns in Pakistan. The already meager forest resource is under severe anthropogenic pressure and is vanishing rapidly. Lack of alternative to fuel wood is one of the major underlying causes of the forest…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Spatial assessment of forest site quality for afforestation using multi criteria decision analysis
Hakim Shah, Mamoona Wali Muhammad1 Muhammad Afrasiyab, Javed Iqba
Forest resources management at regional scale using traditional techniques is a challenging task especially in rugged terrain mountainous areas. The study area was selected in District Kohistan and District Battagram, of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan using…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Performance based genetic variability of four Paulownia species at Peshawar
Muhammad Bilal Zia, Muhammad Tahir Laeeq
Fast growing deciduous Paulownia species have caught greater attention in afforestation and agroforestry programmes. A trial comprising four Paulownia species was conducted at the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar, to asses the genetic variability based on g…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Productivity and cost in Harvesting of poplar with improved tools
M. Ayaz
Results of time studies carried out at Daphar Forest Plantation on the performance of peg-tooth crosscut saw, raker-tooth crosscut saw and power chainsaw in felling and conversion of poplar trees, show that power chain saw is very fast in cutting and demands o…
25 May 2024 - Articles
GIS/RS - A tool for forest covers change assessment in district Abbottabad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan
Tariq Mahmood
Pakistan has a great variety of landscapes with a diversified relief, having total forest area of 4.2 million hectares (4.8%). Khyber Pakhtunkhwa occupies around 1.3 million hectares (30%). Land use and land cover change using Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographi…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Floristic diversity assessment on the afforested bank of Manasbal lake, Kashmir
N. R. Wani, S. Murtaza
Floristic diversity study was carried out on the afforested bank of Manasbal Lake, Kashmir during the year 2009. The study was carried out in two vegetational strata's i.e. the tree and the herbaceous layer. The various phytosociological parameters like sp…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Species abundance and feeding guilds of waterbirds at Putrajaya artificial freshwater wetland, Selanogor Peninsular Malaysia
Muhammad Nawaz Rajpar, Mohamed Zakaria, Ebil Yusof, Kamziah Abd Kudus
Waterbirds are most important component of freshwater wetlands and they may visit different areas in order to feed, nest and roost for their survival. The objective of this research was to determine species abundance and feeding guilds of waterbirds at Putraja…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Impacts of timber harvesting ban on joint forest management in Upper Siran valley, NWFP
Fariha Iqbal, Nowsherwan Zarif, Tariq Mahmood
Ban on commercial harvesting of timber in the uplands of the country was imposed by the Government of Pakistan in October 1992, in response to the catastrophic floods. The primary motive behind the imposition was to restore and improve the forest cover in crit…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Rapid appraisal vegetation survey of Mirpur and Kotli districts of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
Muhammad Shabir Mughal, Muhammad Muslim
Rapid appraisal vegetation survey was conducted in the Mirpur and Kotli districts of Azad Jammu & Kashmir with the objectives to explore plant wealth, Identification of floristic composition, current status of indigenes tree species, medicinal, aromatic and ec…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Sociological studies on watershed management in Pakistan - A review
Tariq Mahmood, Zulfiqar Ali
Pakistan is a sub-tropical country lying between 24o 37o Northern Latitudes and 61o 75o Eastern Longitude. Out of total land area of Pakistan, 26.6 million hectares comprised of the uplands where the critical watersheds of the various zones are located, howeve…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Distribution of soil texture, organic matter, nitrogen and phosphorous under farm plantations in various agro-ecological zones of Punjab, Pakistan
Rahim Muhammad Akmal Syed, Hasnain Shahida, Mamoona Wali Muhammad, Jabeen Farkhanda
The immense impact of trees in the development of a country cannot be denied and over-emphasized. Pakistan has a narrow forest resource base extending over only about 4.8 % (4.59 % excluding farmland plantations) of its area, which is insufficient to provide t…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Migratory waterfowls in Deh Akro-II wildlife sanctuary (A Ramsar Site)
Mian Muhammad Shafiq, Hussain Bux Bhaagat
Deh Akro-II Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Shaheed Benazirabad, District of Sindh province in tropical thorn forest sand dune type vegetation zone. This sanctuary is considered internationally important, because it represent, the example of a natural land ec…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Assessment of plants producing economically valued non-timber products in Ukpom community forest, Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria
Enefiok S. Udo, Opeyemi Olajide, Eyo A. Udoh
Five 20m x 20m sample plots were laid in alternate positions at randomly selected points along each of the three 200m transects earlier laid for a previous study in Ukpom Community Forest, Ikono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Plant species…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Social aspects of reforestation on communal land - A case study of Tara-Gat mountain, lower Swat
M. Nafees, Zahid Ullah
Tara-Gat Mountain situated in Lower Swat region also called Swat Ranizai was investigated for social aspects in relation to seek guidance for future reforestation activities. For survey Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques including transit walk and…
25 May 2024