A n n u a l R e p o r t 2 0 0 9 - 1 0 GARHWAL UNIT Upper Bhaktiyana, Srinagar (Garhwal) - 246 174, Uttarakhand. Phone: +91-1346-252603, Fax: +91-1346- 252424 HIMACHAL UNIT Mohal, Kullu – 175 101, Himachal Pradesh. Phone: +91-1902-225329, Fax: +91-1902-226347 SIKKIM UNIT Post Box-24, Pangthang, Gangtok-737 102, Sikkim. Phone: +91-3592-237328, Fax: +91-3592-237415 NORTH EAST UNIT Vivek Vihar, Itanagar-791 113, Arunachal Pradesh. Phone: +91-360-2211773, Fax: +91-360-2211773 G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development (An Autonomous Institute of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India) Designed & Printed at Shiva Offset Press, Dehradun Ph. 0135-2715748 Kosi-Katarmal, Almora-263 643, Uttarakhand, India SOCIETY Resource Development (Department Banaras Hindu University Institute Faculty of Education), Ministry of Rural Varanasi, U.P. President Development, Department of Urban Dr. R.K. Maikhuri Minister-in-Charge Development, Department of Non- Prof. Sudhir K. 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Pant Institute of Himalayan New Delhi-110 001 Chairman, Indian Council of Social Environment and Development Director Science Research, New Delhi Almora-263 643, Uttarakhand G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Minister-in-charges (Environment) Environment and Development, Director, Wildlife Institute of India, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE Kosi-Katarmal, Almora-263 643, Government of Jammu & Kashmir, Dehradun (SAC) Uttarakhand Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, West Member Secretary Chairman PROJECT EVALUATION Bengal, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, COMMITTEE (PEC) Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura Director Prof. Jayanta Bandyopadhyay G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Head, Centre for Development and Chairman Two MLAs from the State of Environment and Development, Environmental Policy Uttarakhand nominated by the Almora-263 643, Uttarakhand Indian Institute of Management Dr. R. Raghavendra Rao Government of India D.H. Road, Joka, Kolkata-700 104 Scientist 'G' GOVERNING BODY (GB) Central Institute of Medicinal & Shri Manoj Tewari, MLA Thematic Experts Aromatic Plants Malla Kasun, Almora Chairman Field Station, Allalasandra Prof. S.S. Handa G.K.V.K. Post Bangalore-560 065 Shri Shailendra Rawat, MLA Secretary Ex. Director, RRL Jammu MLAs Residence Ministry of Environment and Forests Executive Villa, C-522 A Members Room No. 26, Race Cource Paryavaran Bhawan, Sushant Lok-I, Gurgaon-122 002 Dehradun CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, Shri P.P. Bhojved New Delhi-110 003 Dr. I.A. Hamal Director Five non-official members Professor of Botany Forest Research Institute Nominated by the Government of Members Rector P.O. New Forest, Dehradun-248 006 India Bhaderwah Campus Chief Secretary University of Jammu, Pasri Dr. M.K. Kaul Dr. R.R. Rao Government of Uttarakhand Bhaderwah, Distt. 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Ministry of Environment and Forests Dehradun-248 001 Executive Director MS 02, Flat 902, Kendriya Vihar Paryavaran Bhawan, Ladakh Ecodevelopment Sector 56, Gurgaon, Haryana CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, Wildlife Institute of India Group New Delhi-110 003 Post Box No. 18, Chandrabani, Leh, Ladakh, (J&K)-194 101 Prof. Varun Sahni Dehradun-248 001 Vice Chancellor Additional Secretary (CS) Dr. A.K. Gupta Jammu University, Jammu, J&K Ministry of Environment and Forests Stake Holders Assistant Professor Paryavaran Bhawan, Department of Civil Engineering Prof. Krishnamoorthy Kannan CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests- NE Regional Institute of Science Vice Chancellor New Delhi-110 003 cum-Secretary & Technology, Nirjuli, Nagaland University, Nagaland Forest, Environment and Wildlife Itanagar - 791 109, Arunachal Pradesh Secretary Management Department, A representative of the Indian Department of Biotechnology Government of Sikkim, Forest Prof. R.N. Gohil Institute of Forest Management Block-II, 7-8th Floor, CGO Complex, Secretariat, Deorali, Gangtok, Head Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003 Sikkim-737 102 Department of Botany Director University of Jammu Indian Institute of Forest Management Joint Secretary (CS-I) Commissioner (Forests), Uttarakhand Jammu - 180 006 (J&K) Nehru Nagar, Bhopal – 462 003 (M.P.) Ministry of Environment and Forests Dehradun Paryavaran Bhawan, Representative of MoEF Secretaries of Government of India CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, Deputy General Manager New Delhi-110 003 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Member Secretary Ministry of Environment and Forests, Development (NABARD) (Nominee of the Ministry of Finance (Expenditure), Experts Uttarakhand Regional Office Director, GBPIHED) Department of Science and Hotel Sunrise Building, II Floor, Dr. P.P. Dhyani Technology, Council of Scientific and Prof. J.S. 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Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development (An Autonomous Institute of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India) Kosi-Katarmal, Almora-263 643, Uttarakhand, India Website://gbpihed.gov.in CONTENT Foreword ..........................................................................................................................................................iii Major Achievements .........................................................................................................................................v Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 Milestone Events .............................................................................................................................................. 6 Research and Development Programmes ...................................................................................................... 11 Watershed Processes & Management (WPM) ...................................................................................12 Biodiversity Conservation & Management (BCM) .............................................................................28 Environmental Assessment & Management (EAM) ..........................................................................43 Socio-Economic Development (SED) ..................................................................................................58 Biotechnological Applications (BTA) ...................................................................................................72 Knowledge Products & Capacity Building (KCB) .................................................................................79 R&D Highlights of the Regional Units ........................................................................................................... 88 Application of R&D Outputs in Demonstration & Dissemination ................................................................ 92 Miscellaneous Items