Volume : 2, Issue : 6, June - 2013

Biotic Interference and Fuelwood Consumption in Shiwalik Foothills of Mansar in Samba District

Surat Singh, Arun Kumar, Sarita Nagari

Abstract :

Study was conducted to assess biotic interferences and their relationship with ecological degradation inMansar Shiwaliks of Samba area in Jammu and Kashmir. Various interferences like incidence of fire, lopping, grazing and fodder collection, litter removal, soil erosion, tree felling, invasion of exotic species, fuelwood consumption in households etc. Increased population and developmental activities are putting huge pressure on the forest resources and has lead to ecological degradation in the area.