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ArticlesEconomic importance and impacts of Indus delta mangrove forests on local communities
Mamoona Wali Muhammad, Iftekhar Ahmed
The study was carried out in Indus Delta Mangrove Forests of Pakistan to assess the economic importance of mangrove forests, impact on local communities and identify the factors responsible for degradation of mangrove forests. Among the eight villages in the t…
25 May 2024- Articles
Biodiversity conservation status in Pakistan - A review
Maqsood Anwar, Abdul Wahid Jasra, I. Ahmad
Pakistan possesses a variety of world's ecological regions due to its immense latitudinal and altitudinal variations. These regions include the coastal mangrove forests of the Arabian Sea as well as some of the highest mountains of the world. This diversit…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Growth characteristics of trees and nutrient status of soil on the afforested and adjoining barren bank of Manasbal lake, Kashmir
N. R. Wani, A. H. Mughal, M. A. Khan
The study was carried out on the North-Western afforested bank of Manasbal Lake, Kashmir during the year 2007. During the course of study Populus deltoides recorded maximum average diameter, average height and basal area whereas the minimum average diameter, a…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Temporal temperature rise and its effects on other climatic factors in Peshawar-Pakistan
Syed Said Badshah Bukhari, Ghulam Ali Bajwa
Change in temperature, rainfall, evaporation and wind was assessed based on instrumental meteorological observations during 1985-09 in Peshawar. The results showed 0.85oC (0.77oC - 0.92oC) increase in temperature. The spring season started 15.6 days earlier as…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Effect of physico-chemical properties and nutritional status of soils on Shisham dieback
Muhammad Afzal, A. Razzaq
One hundred and sixty-eight soil samples were collected from farmers fields, forest plantations, roadsides and canalsides where shisham trees were badly damaged by the dieback. The soil samples were analyzed for their physico-chemical and nutritional propertie…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Timber supply pattern in Ekiti state, Nigeria and its conservation implications
J. Kayode
The implications of timber supply pattern in Ekiti State of Nigeria, on the conservation of timber species was examined. A total of 53 timber species belonging to 20 different families were found to be supplied in the sampled area during the study. 33 of these…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Securing pastoral livelihoods in arid juniper forest zone of Balochistan, Pakistan
A. W. Jasra, I. Ahmad
Juniper (Juiperus excellsa) forests of Balochistan, Pakistan are one of the largest remnants of their kind on earth. Subsistence oriented pastoral livelihood of around two million people depends on these forests. This paper gives an analysis of the communities…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Developing Seabuckthorn as livelihood source in untapped mountain ecologies of Pakistan
A.W. Jasra, Imtiaz Ahmad
Seabuckthorn is a bushy plant growing in mountainous areas of Pakistan. It naturally grows in 30 countries of Europe and Asia. Seabuckthorn a multipurpose plant, has been historically used for its medicinal value especially in China and Tibet. A methodical app…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Investigations on insect pests infestation levels of dried fig in Aydin and Izmir provinces
Ferit Turanli
This study was carried out to determine the infestation level of dried fig pests during the year 2001 and 2002. The samples were collected from Aydin and Izmir provinces and villages where the production is extensively made and were kept in dark room with 25&#…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Development of agroforestry model using water harvesting system in semi arid and arid zones
Bashir Hussain Shah
A study was conducted at Kharian to develop an agroforestry system by using water harvestging system in semiarid zone. Twop slope lengths: 4m and 5 m and three slope gradients: 7%, 10% and 15% of roaded catchments were tested for finding out optimum slope leng…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Private farm nurseries in Punjab and NWFP
Raja Muhammad Omer, Shaukat Ali Khan, Charles R. Hatch
Since 1989 2,057 private farm nursery contracts have been issued in four forest divisions of Punjab and tow forest divisions of NWFP. A sample survey of approximately 10 percent of these contracts was undertaken in 1993. This study describes attributes of priv…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Paulownia species trials in Pakistan
Raza-ul-Haq, Mohammad Khan
Paulownia species comparative trials were carried out on three sites under irrigated conditions, viz; PFI, Peshawar, farmland at Garhi Saeed near Peshawar and Changa Manga irrigated plantation (Punjab). The data on diameter and height growth of trees of differ…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Land distribution, composition and abundance of trees in home garden of Bangladesh
Kabir Dihider Shahriar, Mahmood Hossain, Ripon Kumar Debnath
The land distribution, composition and inventory of timber, fruit and multiple purpose tree species were studied in 65 households of eight villages of four Thanas in four different agro-ecological zones in Bangladesh. Among the eight villages 37,674, trees wer…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Effect of mating duration on the fecundity and egg fertility of silkworm, Bombyx mori L.
Wali-ur-Rahman, Muhammad Khan
Studies were conducted at the Pakistan Forest Institute Peshawar to find out the effect of duration of mating on the fecundity and fertility of eggs of two strains of silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Out of 6 mating durations from 1 to 6 hours, 5 hours duration was fo…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Effect of irrigation frequency on germination, root and shoot yields of Leucaena leucocephala
J. Kayode, P. O. Tedela
Leucaena leucocephala planted in three different soil samples was subjected to three different watering treatments. Though the rates of growth of the seedlings, their root lengths and the number of lateral roots produced improved with the frequency of watering…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Monitoring mangrove forests of Sindh through multi temporal LANDSAT TM data
Sardar M. Rafique, Muhammad Akbar
Area of mangrove forests of Indus Delta and land use was ascertained with the help of Landsat TM multi-temporal data. In addition, change in mangrove forests from 1992-2001 was detected. The results revealed that in 2001 total area of Indus delta was 0.665mill…
25 May 2024 - Articles
The current use of forage resources of the northern mountainous region of NWFP, Pakistan and its implications for sustainable development
Sardar Muhammad Rafique
Northern mountainous region of NWFP (Pakistan) is comprised of Malakand and Hazara civil divisions. This region spans over 4697 thousand hectares and sustains about 51million sedentary livestock head in addition to a large number of nomadic herds. Principal la…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Contribution of agroforestry towards the socio-economic development of Charsada District, NWFP (Pakistan)
Fazal Said Khan
A socio-economic survey was conducted in 1990 in the Charsadda district of the North West Frontier Province, Pakistan to develop a sound knowldge of the area, its people and the crops they grow. Data were collected from 270 farmers (138 owners, 41 owner-cum-te…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Assessing the performance of in-situ soil enhancement technologies to improve ground water quality
Muhammad Aftab Majeed
Manufactured gas plants (MGP) produce different contaminants that when released into the environment cause significant soil and ground water pollution In situ enhanced bioremediation techniques are effective in remediation of MGPs particularly for contaminants…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Anatomical variations from pith to bark in Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn. wood
Ghulam Mustafa Nasir
Locally grown eight years old E. camaldulensis wood was studied to observe variation in anatomical properties from pith to bark. Cross and tangential sections of all the sample blocks were prepared under standard laboratory procedures and studied for the frequ…
25 May 2024