Is Areca Nut Expansion in West Garo Hills (Meghalaya) Threat to Biodiversity ?

Is Areca Nut Expansion in West Garo Hills (Meghalaya) Threat to Biodiversity ?

Authors

  •   Praveen Kumar Verma   Forest Botany Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun-248 006, Uttarakhand
  •   Vishavjit Kumar   Environment Management Division, ICFRE, Dehradun 248 006, Uttarakhand
  •   Anup Chandra   Forest Botany Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun-248 006, Uttarakhand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2020/v146i11/144092

Keywords:

Garo Hills, Meghalaya, Monoculture, Areca nut, Loss of Biodiversity

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References

DoES (2013). Area, production and yield of principal crops in Meghalaya from 2007-08 to 2012-13 (includes land use statistics and irrigation statistics), Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Meghalaya, Shillong Vol, pp. 1-151.

Choudhury A. (1997). Red panda Ailurus fulgens F. Cuvier in the north-east with an important record from Garo Hills. Journal of The Bombay Natural History Society, 94(1): 145-147.

Choudhury A. (2001). An overview of the status and conservation of the red panda Ailurus fulgens in India, with reference to its global status. Oryx, 35(3): 250-259.

Sati J.P. (2011). Current status of Western Hoolock Gibbon Hoolock hoolock Harlan in West Garo Hills, Meghalaya. India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 3(2): 1520-1526.

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Praveen Kumar Verma, Forest Botany Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun-248 006, Uttarakhand

Scientist - B

Systematic Botany Discipline

Botany Division

Forest Research Institute

Dehradun

Vishavjit Kumar, Environment Management Division, ICFRE, Dehradun 248 006, Uttarakhand

Environment Management Division, ICFRE, Dehradun 248 006, Uttarakhand, India.

Anup Chandra, Forest Botany Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun-248 006, Uttarakhand

Forest Botany Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun 248 006, Uttarakhand, India

Published

2020-11-01

How to Cite

Verma, P. K., Kumar, V., & Chandra, A. (2020). Is Areca Nut Expansion in West Garo Hills (Meghalaya) Threat to Biodiversity ?. Indian Forester, 146(11), 1089–1090. https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2020/v146i11/144092

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