| Sanction Date: | 19.06.2020 | |||
| Project Category | MG | |||
| Year | 2020-2021 | |||
| Project Duration | 3 Years + 8 Months 15 days + 01 Years | |||
| BTA : | BCM | |||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) Temperate Forests Ecosystem |
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| Organization/ Implementation Agency: | Forest Informatics Division Forest Research Institute (FRI) P.O New Forest, Dehradun Uttarakhand-248006 | |||
| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | ||
| 1. | Forest Research Institute, Dehradun | |||
| 2. | G.B. Pant 'National Institute of Himalayan Environment'(NIHE), Almora, Uttarakhand | |||
| 3. | ISEC, Bangalore | |||
| Lead Proponent: | Dr. Rajiv Pandey |
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| Project Brief Description: | The project is essential because the people inhabiting the mountains in IHR are heavily dependent on continuous and sustainable supply of ecosystem goods and services from the forest ecosystem. Especially in the region the temperate forests zone coincides with heavy human habitation, with greater dependent on forest resources and services. However, unprecedented increase in human population and consequent pressure on these forests has resulted in declining delivery of resources and services that have degraded both quantitatively and qualitatively. This phenomenon is causing debilitating consequences for the dependent human population. This situation is further aggravating under changing climate. Inspite of this we lack datasets to establish a relationship between these changes and delivery of ecosystem services. Thus, evaluating the relationship between ecosystem processes, services with plant functional traits can help to identify traits that contribute to these all essential services and hence pave way for better management and restoration of the ecosystem. Moreover, the present study would also evaluate and test two important hypotheses which affect ecosystem processes and functioning i.e. mass ratio hypothesis and niche complementarity hypothesis using functional trait approach. | |||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | Key beneficiaries would be State Forest Department and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Tribal Affaires, Rural Development and Farmers Welfare, Local Communities. |
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| Activity Chart (For 3 years) | Click Here | |||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs. 1,96,02,860 (Rupees: One crore ninety six lakh two thousand eight hundred sixty only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
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• Generate database with data storage and data sharing mechanism of functional traits of major dominant tree species of the temperate forests of the Indian Himalayan Region. • To characterize the ecosystem based on plant function traits • To characterize the interrelationship between different functional traits with major ecosystem services in the Indian Himalayan Region • To understand the biomass accumulation in the Temperate forest ecosystem of the Indian Himalayan Region • To predict and develop model for assessment of delivery of ecosystem services based on functional traits in the Indian Himalayan Region • Total Economic Value for the Forest Types for control and other sites • Valuation of intangible ecosystem services for carbon capturing and climatic functions |
• Database on various plant functional traits of the target forests of IHR and its relationships with ES (complete for 02 States) with data sharing mechanism compatible with NMHS data centre and CDMA • Ecosystem Database (i.e. various forests groups of the Temperate Forests) including quantification of carbon sequestration (complete coverage of 02 States) • Relationship between ecosystem delivery and PFT for the ecosystem (i.e. all dominant forests groups of the Temperate Forests) of IHR • Predictive model for ecosystem services leading to customized management of ecosystem for sustainable delivery of ES (from all dominant forest groups from 02 States) • Economic valuation of two control and other sites (in each state) and valuation of two intangible services • Knowledge Products >10 No. (>06 research articles on well reputed journals; 02 policy brief and 02 manuals) |
• No. of New Database/ Datasets generated on the identified PFT (leaf, stem and soil characteristics) for the studied forests of IHR. • Development of portals and data sharing mechanism • Development of forest management protocol (No) • Prediction models developed (Nos of species/groups) • Number of state and national level workshop conducted (Nos./total beneficiaries) • No. of Reports/Research articles/Policy documents prepared and published (Nos.) |
| S.No. | No. of Sanctioned Post | Salary (Sanctioned) |
| 1. | 01 RA-I | @ Rs.47,000/- + HRA |
| 2. | 02 JRF | @ 31,000/- + HRA |
| 3. | 01 JRF | @ 31,000/- + HRA |
| 4. | 01 Research Assistant/ Project Assistant | Rs.20,000/- |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment (Sanctioned) | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. |
Leaf area meter-1 nos Rs.1.00 Lakh, LICOR-6800F photosynthetic analyser-1 nos Rs.40.00 Lakh, Chlorophyll meter- Rs.1.95 lakh, Canopy Cover (Densiometer) and accessories- Rs.0.20 lakh, HOBO Data Logger and accessories- Rs.0.40 lakh,, Kestrel portable weather meter- Rs.0.50 Lakh, Water content, temperature & EC sensor and handheld meter- Rs.1.00 Lakh, Multifunctional Environmental Meter- Rs.0.30 lakh, DSLR Camera- Rs.0.45 lakh, Small field equipment (Digital Calipers, Digital Lux meter, Soil temperature, Soil pH, Screw gauge, GPS, Hygrometer, Forestry Pro Hypsometer Laser Range, altimeter) Rs.1.00 lakh, Rota evaporator Rs.2.00 lakh, Ph meter Rs.0.50 Lakh, Ultrasonic homogenizer, peristate pump, thermostat water bath, and accessories Rs.5.00 Lakh, GPS Rs.0.20 lakh, Water quality parameters Rs.0.30 lakh. |
54,80,000/- |
