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A TOUR TO JAMMU AND KASHMIR
Area 2,22,235 sq Km Forest cover 20,433 sq
Km Region Jammu (Subtropical) Kashmir
(Temperate) Ladakh (Cold arid)
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FLORA
Kashmir 3054 species Ladakh
884 species Jammu 606
species First Botanical exploration in the
state - Moorcroft in 1821
PLANTS OF JK IN GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD
RECORDS Arenaria bryophylla 6180msl Christolea
himalyansis 6300msl Stellaria
decumbens 6135msl
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FAUNA
Mammals 73 species Birds 358
species Reptiles 68 species Amphibian 14
species Butterflies 158 species Fishes 44
species First state survey in the state -
Gunither (1864)
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FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

• JK ASSUMES SPECIAL STATUS IN CONTEXT OF
  GOVERNANCE UNDER ARTICLE 370 OF THE CONSTITUTE OF
  INDIA
• Thus the state has enacted its own laws
• The JK forest act, 1987 (1930 AD) Act No 11 of
  1987 Samvat.
• The JK forest (Sale of Timber) Act, 1987 (1931
  AD) Act No.111 of 1987 Samvat.
• The JK forest (Sale of Timber) Act, 1987- with
  various notification/rules regulating the sale of
  timber.
• The JK sate forest corporation Act, 1973, Act
  No. XII of 1978 AD.
• The JK preservation of specified tree rules,
  1969.
• JK order on Joint Forest management Notification
  1992.
• Moreover state government has also established
  some departments for resource
• management in the state
• State forest department
• State forest corporation
• Forest protection force
• State forest research institute

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BIOTIC INTERFERENCE ON RESOURCE JK is
vulnerable to many biotic interference

• Unscientific collection of herbal wealth
• Hunting of wild life for fun and economy
  generation
• Lopping and chopping of trees
• Girdling
• Grazing
• Forest fires
• Encroachment in forest lands

These factors have been responsible for
extinction of species
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THREATENED SPECIES Source Red Data Book Plants
of India (Nayar Sastry 1987-88)
PLANTS
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ACERACEAE 1. Acer caesium Vulnerable 2130-
3050m. ALLIACEAE 2. Allium stracheyi Vulnerable
2400-2700 m. ASTERACEAE 3. Chondrilla setulosa
Rare 2800 m. 4. Inula racemosa Vulnerable
3000-3500 m. 5. Saussurea bracteata Rare
3500-5500 m. 6. Saussurea costus Endangered
3200-3800 m. BERBERIDACEAE 7. Berberis
huegeliana Indeterminate 2500 m. 8. Berberis
kashmiriana Rare CARYOPHYLLACEAE 9. Silene
kunawarensis Rare 2300-3300
m. DIOSCOREACEAE 10. Dioscorea deltoidea
Vulnerable 1000-3500 m. FABACEAE 11. Hedysarum
astragaloides Rare 3500-4500
m. 12. Hedysarum cachemirianum Rare 3700-4000
m. 13. Hedysarum microcalyx Vulnerable
3000-4800 m. LILIACEAE 14. Eremurus himalaicus
Rare 2400-3300 m. 15. Lloydia himalensis
Rare 3695-3810 m. ORCHIDACEAE 16.
Cypripedium cordigerum Rare 2800-3400 m. 17.
Neottia inayatii Rare 2500-3000
m. PAPAVERACEAE 18. Meconopsis latifolia
Vulnerable 2200-4600 m. POACEAE 19.
Puccinellia kashmiriana Rare 3500-5000
m. RANUNCULACEAE 19. Aconitum deinorrhizum
Vulnerable 3000-4500 m. 20. Delphinium
uncinatum Vulnerable 1500 m. RUBIACEAE 21.
Rubia himalayensis Vulnerable
. SCROPHULARIACEAE 22. Picrorhiza kurrooa
Vulnerable 3300-5000 m.
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THREATENED SPECIES
ANIMALS
Mammals 36 species Birds 10 species Amphibians
and reptiles 05 species
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WETLANDS

• Valley lakes Fluvial
• Forest lakes Tectonic
• Glacial lakes Glaciation
• Shivalik lakes River damming
• RESPONSIBLE FOR
• Agriculture and horticulture
• Fisheries
• BUT MAJOR THREATS TO WETLANDS ARE
• Pollution and eutrophication
• Unscientific agriculture
• Exotic species
• Siltation and floods
• Remedial measure needed for wetlands are
• Proper sewage system
• Increase in water circulation
• Selective weeding

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Compiled by Dr. H. C. Dutt ( Executive Director,
Plant Sciences HECRF) Sanjeev Rana (Chairman,
HECRF) Dr. Sofi Mohd. Zubair ( Executive
Director, Animal Sciences HECRF) Presented
by Dr. H. C. Dutt hcdutt_at_rediffmail.com
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