Sacred Forests: Their Ecology and Diversity

by H N Pandey

ISBN: 9789351300366
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Imprint : Regency Publications
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 7995.00
Biblio : xxi+197p., col. plts., figs., tabls., ind., 23 cm

Author Profile

Dr. H.N. Pandey formerly Professor and Head, Department of Botany at North – Eastern Hill University, Shillong. Dr. Pandey conducted research on various aspects of ecology of terrestrial ecosystems of north east India.

About The Book

Indigenous and local communities all across the globe have conserved thousands of sacred sites and sacred forests for millennia for spiritual, cultural, economic and aesthetic purposes. More recently when the species are getting extinct at faster rate all over the world, sacred forests have attracted the attention of biologists for their value in the conservation of biodiversity including rare, endemic and threatened plant and animal species and species of medicinal and economic importance. Besi