G. Singh

Shruti Sharma

Bilas Singh

U.K. Tomar

Community-oriented conservation of natural resources and promotion and protection of trees in drylands are examples to deal with climatic adversities. This book provides knowledge on climatic, ecological, social and economic condition of dry areas and lay out approaches and strategies to restore degraded lands. There are 15 chapters and first five deals with physiography of Rajasthan, drylands ecology, problems of land degradation, its economic evaluation and the approaches and strategies of restoration and rehabilitation. Next two chapters describe the problems of sand drift, salinity, water logging and effluent inflicted areas and strategies to control them. Chapters 8-10 deal with seed production, quality planting materials, genetic improvement, propagation and planting techniques. Chapters 11-12 describe methods of rain water harvesting and irrigation, and resources conservation for seed sowing and favouring regeneration and successions. Effective management of pests/diseases in nurseries and plantation, growth and yield prediction equations and models, and people's perception and participation in managing forest resources have been described in last 3 chapters. Purpose of this publication is to strengthen the forest functionaries and readers with wide ranging knowledge on land degradation, desertification and eco-biology of drylands; and methods to restore and rehabilitate degrading forest (lands) to increase forest cover, enhance resilience and people livelihoods and improve environmental conditions. Academician, researchers, forest managers, non-government organizations, extension agents and environmentalists can use it in developing, conserving and managing drylands ecosystems for its long lasting beneficial effects. This book is also useful to policy makers in effective planning of restoring, protecting and conserving dryland's ecological and socioeconomic services.

A Manual for Dryland Afforestation and Management

Ria Mahi Patel had always been a vibrant and vivacious girl. She grew up in India in a very loving family. Ever since she was a young girl, she had recurring dreams of a young man. She did not know who he was and why she had those dreams. But every time she saw him in her dream, she felt like she was coming home. It was always comforting. That dream always left a warm, fuzzy feeling in her heart. Before she could decode her dreams, things changed. Ria got married. She moved to another country with her husband, Jay Sood Mattu. It was an arranged marriage, and after years of domestic abuse, Ria decided to break the paradigms and took control of her life. She was determined to change her life for good. Ria envisioned a bold plan and embarked on a journey. At the same time, she still had recurring dreams of that man whom she hadnt met in real life. Was the universe trying to tell her something? As time passed by, more people came in her life, and her experiences grew. Ria began connecting the dots, and a whole new picture was revealed to her by the sequence of events. Something that she had never wrapped her head around became the reality of her life. Its a story that will surprise you, make you cry, play with your imagination, give you a giddy feeling in your stomach, put a smile on your face, inspire you, and leave you with hope and a profoundly uplifting message.

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