India is rich in ethnic diversity and traditional knowledge that has resulted in a considerable body of ethno botanical research, of which one study has revealed a deep understanding of medicinal plants supported by high consensus. Ethanobotany means the studies of plants used by primitive people living in rural and forest areas. Rural people of the study area have strong relations with the sur...

The purpose of the study is to species composition xylotrophic fungi in spruce stands Kologrivsky Forest Nature Reserve (Kostroma region, Russia). On territory nature reserve, 20 pathogenic were found parasitizing on trunks living and dead trees. Dead wood (57%) main substrate for fungal fruiting bodies. Producing tree use about 28% xylophytes as a substrate, dry-standing – 15%.

Guatemala was among the world’s leaders in deforestation during the 1990s at a rate of 2% per annum. Much of Guatemala’s recent forest loss has occurred in the emerging agricultural frontiers of the Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR), the heart of the largest contiguous tropical forest in Central America—La Selva Maya. This paper presents data from 241 heads of households and 219 partners of househol...

We assessed two dimensions of stream connectivity: longitudinal (between forest patches along the stream) and lateral (riparian vegetation), using macroinvertebrate assemblages as bioindicators. Sites representing different land-uses were sampled in a lowland basin that holds a mosaic of protected areas. Land-use analysis, forest successional stages and riparian zone widths were calculated by t...

Restoration of a highly degraded forest, which had lost its natural capacity for regeneration, was attempted in the Nanmangalam Reserve Forest in Eastern Ghats of India. In field experiment, 12 native tree species were planted. The restoration included inoculation with a consortium of 5 native plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), with the addition of small amounts of compost and a chemical f...

Background Thirty years ago, there was a monograph of vegetation and plant diversity in the region prepared by the Department of Forestry at the Northeast Forestry University (unpublished), but the variety of plants in the region has changed significantly over the past 30 years. In future years, the authors hope to publish a new monograph and this research is to prepare for this work. This stud...

In this article, we integrate approaches from biological and cultural anthropology to describe changing relationships between humans and animals in the Dzanga-Ndoki Park and Dzanga-Sangha Dense Forest Reserve (RDS), Central African Republic (CAR). Recent decades have seen a rapid proliferation of human activities, with striking tensions between logging and conservation economies. Our data sugge...

This paper examines, theoretically, how dispersal affects the viability of brown kiwi populations in protected areas of different size. Brown kiwi are threatened by introduced mammalian predators in mainland forests and are likely to persist only in managed forests where predators are controlled. In each protected area, the kiwi population will function as a net source, with an outflow of juven...

The use of forest resources by a rural community adjacent to a Biological Reserve was examined using quantitative methods based on the consensus of six local specialists. Plants with trunk diameters at 1.3 m above soil level (DBH) ≥ 5 cm were sampled in 0.5 ha of forest and their use-value (UV) were calculated and associated with their structural descriptors. A total of 129 species were identif...

This paper aims to clarify the conservation and management system by multiple local stakeholders adapt transition of function use coastal forest. We focused on forests Kanazawa City with recreational facilities, understand forest based community, establishment a for reserve. The development projects have been carried out villages since Meiji period, current were formed through large-scale affor...