Broom Grass: a Potential Livelihood Generation Source
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FIELD FORESTER V OICES FROM THE FIELD volume 1 ● issue 8 JUNE 2016 FIELD FORESTER | JUNE 2016 Patron: Dr. S.S. Negi Director General of Forests Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Government of India Editorial Advisory Board Chief Advisor: Member Secretary: Dr. Anil Kumar Shri M.P. Singh Additional Director General Director Forest Education of Forests (FC) Directorate of Forest Education Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Forests & Climate Change Government of India Government of India Advisor: Advisor: Dr. Suneesh Buxy Shri Deepak Mishra Deputy Inspector General of Additional Professor Forests (RT) Indira Gandhi National Forest Ministry of Environment, Academy Forests and Climate Change Dehradun Government of India Members: ● Principal, Central Academy for State Forest Service, Dehradun ● Principal, Central Academy for State Forest Service, Coimbatore ● Principal, Central Academy for State Forest Service, Burnihat ● Principal, Eastern Forest Rangers College, Kurseong ● Director, Telangana State Forest Academy, Dulapally, Hyderabad, Telangana ● Director, Uttarakhand Forestry Training Academy, Haldwani, Uttarakhand ● Director, Forest Training Institute & Rangers College, Sunder Nagar, Himachal Pradesh ● Director, Tamil Nadu State Forest Academy, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu ● Director, Forest Training Institute, Gungargatti, Dharwad, Karnataka ● Director, Kundal Academy of Development, Administration & Management, Kundal, Maharashtra CONTENTS ii FIELD FORESTER | JUNE 2016 Editorial Board Chief Editor: Shri M.P. Singh, IFS Director Forest Education Directorate of Forest Education Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change Government of India Editors: Ms. Meera Iyer Dr. Raja Ram Singh IFS Lecturer IFS ADG Central Academy for State (Media & Extension) Forest Service Dehradun ICFRE, Dehradun Dr. Surabhi Rai Dr. B. Balaji IFS Lecturer Associate Professor Central Academy for State Indira Gandhi National Forest Service Dehradun Forest Academy Dehradun Honorary Editor: Ms. Jaskiran Chopra CONTENTS iii FIELD FORESTER | JUNE 2016 Contents From the Chief Editor’s Desk ...............................................................................vi UDAIPUR / RAJASTHAN Myths, traditions and ethno-conservation of Bombax ceiba ...............................1 Bikram Singh Rongpi ZIRO / ARUNACHAL PRADESH Conservation and management of chestnut tree by Apatani tribe........................11 Hibu Tana UTTARAKHAND Indigenous uses of Chir Pine ...............................................................................15 D John Sha NFTP DEVELOPMENT Conservation and management of wild bee honey ...............................................19 Laishram Gitla TRIPURA Jhumia rehabilitation through rubber .................................................................23 Rajiv Engti North-EAST Broom grass: A potential livelihood generation source ........................................28 Rajib Hazarika ZIRO VALLEY / ARUNACHAL PRADESH Bamboo conservation by Apatanis ......................................................................36 Hano Moda KOTDWARA / UTTARAKHAND Briquetting units: Using pine needles as renewable energy resource ....................41 Mito Rumi MANIPUR Cultivation and management of Bambusa tulda ..............................................46 Rebika Soibam Chanu CONTENTS iv FIELD FORESTER | JUNE 2016 ASSAM Conservation and management of Morinda citrifolia L. .................................55 Nayanjyoti Rajbangshi NTFP DEVELOPMENT Citronella, high potential .....................................................................................60 Mriganka Borah North-EAST & NEPAL Conservation and management of rattan ............................................................63 Chinpilhing Kipgen CHANGLANG / ARUNACHAL PRADESH Contribution of wild edible plants to livelihood economy .....................................72 Tabom Soki ASSAM Edible fern as NTFP ............................................................................................77 Khanindra Kalita UTTARA KANNADA / KARNATAKA Harvesting of Uppage fruit in Kelaginkeri ........................................................81 Leishangthem Jeeceelee KAZIRANGA / ASSAM Management of Imperata cylindrica grasslands ..............................................84 Biswa Jyoti Das G UMLA / JHARKHAND Inclusive lac livelihood model ..............................................................................87 Mahamuda Begum JAGDALPUR / CHHATTISGARH Sustainable management of Agave americana by tribal co-operative society ...91 Preeti Buragohain ASSAM Muga silk: A successful NTFP .............................................................................94 Ritu Paban Borah CONTENTS v FIELD FORESTER | JUNE 2016 MEGHALAYA Domestication of Wild Pepper ............................................................................97 Saumitro Das ANDHRA PRADESH Sustainable management of Gum Karaya ......................................................... 100 S.L. Niangthianhoi ARUNACHAL PRADESH Traditional conservation of Tek ........................................................................ 103 Martha Ratan MEGHALAYA Role of Phrynium capitatum in rural economy ............................................ 106 Gopin Padu M ADHYA PRADESH Integrating livelihood generation with conservation .......................................... 111 Sujit N. Nevase CONTENTS vi FIELD FORESTER | JUNE 2016 From the Chief Editor’s Desk “Forests give life to life.” While water and oxygen are the two most intangible benefits from our forests which directly nurture life, a very important and very visible benefit which literally gives life through livelihoods to a huge population throughout the country are Non Timber Forest Produce also referred to as NTFPs. A large and diverse basket of Non Timber Forest Produce is sourced from our forests ranging from the humble phool jharoo, Thysanolaena maxima, to the very pricey chilgoza nut, Pinus gerardiana. These NTFPs touch our lives everyday in various ways and manners through a wide array of products of daily use – food, cosmetics, health supplements, medicines to mention just a few. The market for NTFPs thus exists but is far from organised. The collectors get a pittance compared to the market value of the product. Many a times, post harvest handling is abysmal and the quality of the product plummets by the time it reaches the final seller. Sporadic efforts have been taken by various State Forest Departments as well as few non-governmental organisations to streamline the process of value addition and marketing of NTFPs. However, much work is still left to be done. It has been widely acknowledged that NTFPs are an important source of alternate employment right from the stage of collection, primary and secondary processing, value addition and marketing, especially for rural women. It can serve as a powerful tool to empower women – especially rural poor, tribals and other marginalised communities. It also can be used to create sustainable employment opportunities and wean away people from activities that degrade forests and harm wildlife. However, caution needs to be exercised by managers while promoting the utilisation of NTFPs and organisation of their marketing and trade. Along with poor economic management is coupled an appalling gap in the knowledge regarding scientific management of most of the NTFP species – propagation, cultivation, sustainable harvesting, conservation strategies, etc. It is the need of the hour as we move towards multiple use forestry so that detailed attention is paid to the conservation and utilisation of NTFPs in a sustainable manner backed soundly by scientific knowledge. As a result, for this issue of Field Forester, the State Forest Service Officer Trainees of 2015-17 batch in CASFOS, Dehradun were given assignments to cover successful stories on the conservation and management of Non Timber Forest Produce from all over the country. While bringing to our notice the wonderful work done by various agencies – government and non-government, I also hope that this exercise left a strong imprint in the impressionable young minds of the trainees and inspired them to emulate such work in the future in their respective workplaces. MP Singh CONTENTS vii FIELD FORESTER | JUNE 2016 UDAIPUR / RAJASTHAN Myths, traditions and ethno-conservation of Bombax ceiba About 1,500-2,000 trees or branches of B. ceiba are cut and burnt during the Holi festival around Udaipur city. There is thus an urgent need to develop sustainable conservation strategies to preserve the species. Bikram Singh Rongpi Bombax ceiba Linn. lants form an integral part of Synonymous: Bombax malabaricum many rites, rituals, folk tales, DC. customs and traditions. Silk Salmalia malabarica (DC.) Schott & P Endl.) cotton tree (Bombax ceiba L.), locally known as Semal, is one such tree Local name: Semal species quite popular among various Sanskrit name: Salmali tribal communities. The plant is being Common Name: Silk cotton tree, exploited largely for medicinal and red silk cotton tree, Semal commercial purposes, but traditional Trade Name: Semal burning of this tree in Holika-dahan, an important festival of North India, a large deciduous tree with a straight is jeopardising its survival in the cylindrical stem and horizontally tribal-dominated Udaipur district of spreading branches in whorls. This Rajasthan. An ethno-botanical survey horizontally branching system in carried out revealed that about 1,500-