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ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12

Ministry of Environment & ForestsGovernment of India

(http:/ / moef.gov.in)

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CONTENTS

Sl. Chapter Page No.No.

Role and Mandate of the Ministry v

1. Natural Resources - Survey and Exploration 1

2. Conservation 37

3. Environmental Impact Assessment 99

4. Abatement of Pollution 109

5 Conservation of Water Bodies 153

6. Regeneration and Eco-development 167

7. Research 177

8. Education and Awareness 201

9. Centres of Excellence 237

10. Fellowships and Awards 255

11. Environmental Information 263

12. Legislation and Institutional Support 275

13. Sustainable Development and Climate Change 279

14. International Cooperation 29915. Administration and Civil Construction 315

16. Plan Coordination and Budget 325

Annexures 328

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Role and Mandate of the Ministry

Role of the Ministry

The Ministry of Environment & Forests(MoEF) is the nodal agency in the Central

Government for overseeing the implementationof India's environment and forest policiesand programmes relating to conservation ofthe country's natural resources including lakesand rivers, its biodiversity, forests and wildlife,ensuring the welfare of animals and preventionand abatement of pollution. W hileimplementing these policies and programmes,the Ministry is guided by the principle ofsustainable development.

The Ministry is also the nodal agency forthe United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), South Asia Co-operative EnvironmentProgramme (SACEP), International Centre forIntegrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)and the United Nations Conference onEnvironment and Development (UNCED). TheMinistry also coordinates with multilateralbodies such as the Commission on SustainableDevelopment (CSD), Global Environment

Facility (GEF) and regional bodies such asEconomic and Social Council for Asia and

Pacific (ESCAP) and South Asian Associationfor Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on matterspertaining to environment.

The broad objectives of the Ministry are:

Conservation and survey of flora, fauna,forests and wildlife,

Prevention and control of pollution,

Afforestation and regeneration ofdegraded areas,

Protection of the environment, and

Ensuring the welfare of animals.

These objectives are well supported bya set of legislative and regulatory measures,

aimed at the preservation, conservation andprotection of the environment. Besides thelegislative measures, a National ConservationStrategy and Policy Statement on Environmentand Development, 1992, National ForestPolicy, 1988, a Policy Statement on Abatementof Pollution, 1992 and a National EnvironmentPolicy, 2006 also guide the Ministry's work.

The organization structure of the Ministryindicating various Divisions and its

autonomous and subordinate offices is givenat Annexure- I-A & I-B.

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Mandate of the Ministry

Allocation of Business

Environment and Ecology, includingenvironment in coastal waters, in

mangroves and coral reefs but excludingmarine environment on the high seas.

Survey and Exploration of NaturalResources particularly of Forest, Flora,Fauna, Ecosystems etc.

Bio-diversity Conservation including thatof lakes and wetlands.

Conservation, development,management and abatement of pollutionof rivers which shall include NationalRiver Conservation Directorate.

Environmental Impact Assessment.

Environment research and development,education, training, information andawareness.

Environmental Health.

Forest Development Agency and JointForest Management Programme forconservation, management and

afforestation.

Wildlife conservation, preservation,protection planning, research, education,training and awareness including Project

Tiger and Project Elephant.

International co-operation on issuesconcerning Environment, Forestry andWildlife.

Botanical Survey of India and BotanicalGardens.

Zoological Survey of India.

National Museum of Natural History.

Biosphere Reserve Programme.

National Forest Policy and ForestryDevelopment in the country includingSocial Forestry.

All matters relating to Forest and ForestAdministration in the Andaman andNicobar Islands.

Indian Forest Service.

Wild Life Preservation and protection ofwild birds and animals.

Fundamental and applied research and

training including higher education inforestry.

Padmaja Naidu Himalayan ZoologicalPark.

N ational Assistance to ForestryDevelopment Schemes.

Indian Plywood Industries Research andTraining Institute, Bangalore.

Afforestation and Eco-development whichshall include National Afforestation andEco-Development Board.

Desert and Desertification.

Forest Survey of India.

Indian Institute of Bio-diversity, Itanagar.

Central Pollution Control Board.

G.B. Pant Institute of HimalayanEnvironment & Development.

Wildlife Institute of India and Indian

Board for Wildlife. Indian Institute of Forest Management.

Central Zoo Authority including NationalZoological Park.

Indian Council of Forestry Research &Education.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forestand Plantation Development CorporationLimited.

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Matters relating to pounds and cattletrespass.

Gaushalas and Gausadans.

The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act,1960 (59 of 1960).

The National Environment Tribunal Act,1995 (27 of 1995).

The National Environment AppellateAuthority Act, 1997 (22 of 1997).

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The Water Prevention and Control ofPollution Act, 1974 (6 of 1974).

The Water (Prevention and Control ofPollution) Cess Act, 1977 (36 of 1977).

The Air (Prevention and Control ofPollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981).

The Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of1927).

The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (53of 1972).

The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (69of 1980).

The Environment (Protection), Act, 1986(29 of 1986).

The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991(6 of 1991).


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Survey of Flora

Botanical Survey of India

Introduction

The Botanical Survey of India(BSI) is the apex researchorganization under the Ministry ofEnvironment and Forests,Government of India for carryingout taxonomic and floristic studieson wild plant resources of thecountry. It was established on 13th

February, 1890 with the basicobjective to explore the plantresources of the country and to

identify the plants species witheconomic virtues. Sir George King,the then Superintendent of the'Royal Botanic Garden' Calcutta wasappointed as First ex-officio Honorary Directorof the BSI. After independence the departmentwas reorganized in 1954 by Government ofIndia as a part of scientific development ofthe country. During the successive planperiods, the functional base of BSI was

further expanded to include various newareas such as inventorying of endemic, rareand threatened plant species; evolvingconservation strategies; studies on fragileecosystems and protected areas, like wildlifesanctuaries, national parks and biospherereserves; multiplication and maintenance ofendemic and threatened plant species, wildornamentals, etc., in Botanic Gardens andOrchidaria; documentation of traditionalknowledge associated with plants and

development of National Database ofherbarium specimens/ live collections/botanical paintings/ illustrations, plantdistribution and nomenclature, plant uses,etc.

Primary objectives of BSI

Exploration, inventorying anddocumentation of phytodiversity ingeneral and protected areas, hotspots

and fragile ecosystems in particular;publication of National, State and DistrictFloras.

Identification of threatened/ red listspecies and species rich areas needingconservation; ex-situ conservation ofcritically threatened species in botanical

gardens. Survey and documentation of traditional

knowledge (ethno-botany) associatedwith plants.

Develop a National database of Indianplants, including herbarium and livespecimens, botanical paintings/illustrations, etc.

Secondary objectives

Revisionary/ Monographic studies onselected plant groups.

Qualitative analysis of nutritive value ofethno-food plants and other economicallyuseful species.

Capacity building in plant taxonomythrough refresher courses and post M.Sc.certificate course.

Environment Impact Assessment of areasassigned by the Ministry.

Fig-1. Kingcup, Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustrisendemic toArunachal Pradesh

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Develop and maintain BotanicalGardens, Museums and Herbaria.

Preparation of Seed, Pollen and SporeAtlas of Indian Plants.

Activities undertaken during the yearSurvey and Herbarium Consultationtours

Two hundred and eighty four field/exploration/ live plant collection/ EIA study/ethnobotanical tours, against the targeted300 tours, were undertaken so far by differentRegional centers and Headquarter units ofBSI covering the States/ Union Territories ofAndaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal

Pradesh, Assam, Delhi & its environs, Goa,Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand,Lakshadweep, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur,Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa,Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, UttarPradesh and West Bengal. During these toursc. 25,325 specimens were collected ofwhich c. 11,888 specimens belonging to3027 species were identified. In addition 68herbarium/ library consultation tours, against

the targeted 75 tours, were undertaken so farto various herbaria/ library within and outsidethe department, for confirming the identitiesor for studying specimens forNational, state, district or protectedarea floras. The importantpublications during the periodinclude Flowering Plants of India- Dicotyledons Volume 1; IndianLichens - An Annotated Checklist;Materials for the Flora of Arunachal

Pradesh Volumes II & III; Flora ofTamil Nadu-Grasses; Flora ofVisakhapatnam District, AndhraPradesh Volume 2; Flora of PinValley National Park, HimachalPradesh; Hepaticae andAnthocerotae of Great HimalayanNational Park, Himachal Pradesh;Meliolales of India, Volume 2; OilYielding Plants; Floral Diversity of

Tiger Reserves of India; Plants of IndianBotanic Garden and Plant Discoveries 2007,2008, 2009 & 2010 [four issues] andBulletin of the Botanical Survey of India fourvolumes (renamed as Nelumbo from Volume

51). Hindi publications include VanaspatiAnveshan 2009 & 2010 (two issues) andVanaspati Vani (five volumes) and Bengalipublication namely Paschim Banglar UdvidVolumes 5 & 6 were also published. Besides,two books, viz. Mushrooms of Sikkim - I:Barsey Rhododendron Sanctuary, Ferns andFern-allies of Sikkim: A Pictorial Handbook-Part I, were published jointly by BSI and theState Forest Department, Sikkim. In addition

one book, Crotalaria in India was publishedthrough a private publisher. The ENVIS Centrein BSI on Floral Diversity published ENVISNewsletters (Volumes 12 to 16) and threebooks viz., Bibliography and Abstract ofPapers on Flora of West Bengal, Bibliographyand Abstract of Papers on Flora of North EastIndia and Bibliography and Abstracts ofPapers on Flora of Andaman & NicobarIslands.

National Flora (Flora of India)Work on families Acanthaceae,

Begoniaceae, Chenopodiaceae,

Fig-2. Humboldtia brunonis- endemic to the Western Ghats- betweenWayanad and Sringeri Regions of Central Sahyadri.

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Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, Lauraceae,Loganiaceae, Moraceae (excluding Ficus),Nyctaginaceae, Orchidaceae (subtribeMalaxeae & Liparideae incl. GeneraCrepidium, Dienia, Liparis, Oberonia,Oreorchis, Siedenfia), Polygonaceae,Ranunculaceae (Ranunculus), Salicaceae,

Thymelaeaceae have been completed.Checklist of Gymnosperms, Lichens, Marinealgae, Cyanophyceae, Chlorophyceae,

Xanthophyceae and Bryophytes (Mosses) ofIndia have been completed. BesidesPalynotaxonomic studies on familiesNyctaginaceae and Thymelaeaceae of Indiahave also been completed. Apart from that,work on the families Gramineae (GenusFestuca), Compositeae (Tribe Vernonieae&

Tribe Heliantheae), Bignoniaceae, andMemecylaceae have been started andwill be completed by 12th Five Year planperiod.

Regional/ State/District Flora

Completed documentation ofAphyllophorales of North Western Himalaya;Pteridophytic Flora of Western Himalaya;Seaweeds of South East Coast of India;Flora of Cold Deserts of North WestHimalayas (Vol. II); Flora of Jammu &Kashmir (Vols. II, III & IV); Flora of Kerala(Vol. II); Flora of Little Nicobar Islands; Floraof Manipur (Vol. II); Flora of Mizoram (Vols.

II & III); Flora of Nagaland (Vols. I & IV);Flora of Uttar Pradesh (Vols. I, II & III); Floraof Upper Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh;Ericaceae of Arunachal Pradesh; E - Floraof National Capital Territory of Delhi & itsenvirons; Herbaceous Flora of Meghalaya;Bamboos of Meghalaya; Hepaticae andAnthocerotae of East Sikkim; EpiphyllousLiverworts of Eastern Himalaya andGasteromycetes (Lycoperdales & related

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fungi) of Uttarakhand. Besides, editing ofFlora of West Bengal (Vols. II, III & IV); Floraof Karnataka (Monocotyledons) and MossFlora of Tawang District, Arunachal Pradeshhave also been completed. Apart from that,

documentation of Flora of Gujarat (Vol. III);Flora of Uttrakhand (Vols. II & III); Alpine &Sub-Alpine Flora of Central ArunachalPradesh; Flora of Anjaw District, ArunachalPradesh and Flora of West Siang District,Arunachal Pradesh started during 11th Fiveyear plan period will be completed by 12thFive year plan period.

Protected Areas

Exploration and Documentation of PlantDiversity of 14 protected areas have beenfully completed. These are Ballavpur WildlifeSanctuary (West Bengal); Chakrasila WildlifeSanctuary (Assam), Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary(Jharkhand); Dampa Tiger Reserve (Mizoram);Fumbonglho Wildlife Sanctuary (Sikkim);Kyangnolsa Alpine Sanctuary (Sikkim);Maenam Wildlife Sanctuary (Sikkim);Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary (WestBengal); Mehao W ildlife Sanctuary

(Arunachal Pradesh); Mookambika WildlifeSanctuary (Karnataka); Narendrapur WildlifeSanctuary (West Bengal); Parasnath WildlifeSanctuary (Jharkhand); Senchal WildlifeSanctuary (West Bengal) and Tendong ReserveForest (Sikkim). In addition, exploration anddocumentation of plant diversity in 24protected areas have been completed partly.

These are Bakhira Bird Sanctuary (UttarPradesh); Bethuadaharai Wildlife Sanctuary

(West Bengal); Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary(North Goa); Buxa National Park (WestBengal); Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary (UttarPradesh); Cotigaon Wildlife Sanctuary (SouthGoa); Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary (Rajasthan);Dihang Dibang Biosphere Reserve (ArunachalPradesh); Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary (Assam);Gorumara National Park (West Bengal);Govind Pashu Vihar N ational Park(Uttarakhand); Interview Island WildlifeSanctuary (Andaman & Nicobar Islands);

Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (UttarPradesh); Little Nicobar Islands WildlifeSanctuary (Andaman & Nicobar Islands);Madei Wildlife Sanctuary (Goa); NetravaliWildlife Sanctuary (Goa); Pabha Wildlife

Sanctuary (Assam); Pani-Dihing WildlifeSanctuary (Assam); Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary(Jharkhand); Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary (UttarPradesh); Salim Ali Wildlife Sanctuary (Goa);Shingba Rhododendron Wildlife Sanctuary(Sikkim); Sohelwa Wildlife Sanctuary (UttarPradesh) & Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary(Kerala). Apart from that, exploration anddocumentation of plant diversity in 11protected areas have been started and will

be completed by 12th

Five Year Plan period.These are Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary (Assam);Buxa Wildlife Sanctuary, (West Bengal);Great Indian Bustard Wildlife Sanctuary(Maharashtra); Jamwa Ramgarh WildlifeSanctuary (Rajasthan); Koderma WildlifeSanctuary (Jharkhand}; Koyna WildlifeSanctuary (Maharashtra); Palkot WildlifeSanctuary (Jharkhand); Phawngpui BlueMountain Peak National Park (Mizoram);Rani Jhansi Marine National Park (South

Andaman); Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary(Tamil Nadu) and Talle Valley WildlifeSanctuary (Arunachal Pradesh)

New Discoveries

During this period, the Scientists of BSIdiscovered, two genera 117 species, onesubspecies & 21 varieties as new to scienceand 142 species, three subspecies and ninevarieties (including three genera) as new

records for India.Documentation of TraditionalKnowledge of Plants

Twelve tours were undertaken toSundergarh, Phulbani, Rayagada,Mayurbhanj, Jharsuguda, Angul, Bolangiri,Gajapati & Kandhamal districts of Orissa byscientists of CBL, Howrah and ethnobotanicaluses of more than 1050 species wererecorded. Apart from that, three tours were

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undertaken to Junagarh district of Gujarat byScientists of Arid Zone Regional Centre,

Jodhpur and ethnobotanical uses of ca.186species were recorded.

Ex situ Conservation

Fifty four threatened,42 medicinal/ economicallyimportant and 73ornamental plant specieswere introduced foracclimatization and

multiplication in the AcharyaJagadish Chandra BoseIndian Botanic Garden,Howrah, Botanic Gardenof Indian Republic, NOIDAand Associated BotanicGardens of differentRegional Centers of BSI.

Digitization

About 15350 samples

of Textile designs, Natural dyes & Botanicalillustrations and 60,000 archival documents,manuscripts Correspondences and Watt'sLedger have been digitized throughphotography and scanning respectively under

the project "Conservation, Restoration andDigitization of the Old Archival Documents/Correspondences/ Manuscripts & HerbariumSpecimens at ISIM, Kolkata" funded byMoEF. Besides, barcoding and digitization of14,475 type specimens of Central NationalHerbarium (CAL) have also been completedunder the project "Development of IndianVirtual Herbarium and Digital Herbarium"funded by MoEF. In addition, barcoding and

digitization of 3,323 specimens of medicinalplants were also completed under adigitization project funded by PatanjaliAshram, Haridwar.

Botanical Exploration andInventorisation of Phytodiversity

Field tours and Herbariumconsultation tours

Sixty-five field tours were undertaken forfloristic/ ethnobotanical studies on floweringand non-flowering plants by different regional

Fig-4. Larsenianthus arunachalensisis narrowly endemic toArunachal Pradesh due to various anthropogenic activities.

Fig-5. Colours in nature

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centres and units of BSI coveringthe following areas:

Western Himalaya: Tropicaland Subtropical Zones of

Siwaliks; Bageshwar-Almora,Sunderdunga Glacier; Ladakh(Kargil, Zauskar valley),

Tangling (Kinnaur), Palampur,Malan (Mandi), Rohlang andKullu (Kullu District), Kala topand Banikhet (Chamba) inHimachal Pradesh andPithoragarh District;

Eastern Himalaya: Sikkim(Shingba RhododendronSanctuary, Yumthang, Zeropoint, Lachung, Bansoi,Dombang, Dombang Valley, Katau,Maenam Wildlife Sanctuary, Ralung,Ravangla, Pharmthang, Pullbazar,10thMile.

North - East India: Arunachal Pradesh(Kurum Kumey, Anjaw, Anini and WestSiang districts,), Assam(Gibbon WildlifeSanctuary, Pani Dihing Wildlife

Sanctuary, Pabha Wildlife Sanctuary,Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary), Mizoram(Phawangpui Blue Mountain Peak andPualreng Wildlife Sanctuary), Meghalya(East and West Garo Hills districts)

Arid - Semi Arid: Gujarat (Rajkot,Bhavnagar, Patan and Junagarh discticts);Rajasthan (Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary,

Jamwa Ramgarh Wildlife Sanctuary)

Ganjetic Plains: Uttar Pradesh (RanipurWildlife Sanctuary, KaterniyaghatWildlife Sanctuary, Chambal WildlifeSanctuary), Jharkhand (Dalma WildlifeSanctuary, Koderma Wildlife Sanctuary,Palot Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal(Buxa National Park, Gorumara NationalPark, Bethuadahari Wild Life Sanctuary)

Deccan Peninsula: Madhya Pradesh(Govindsagar Dam, Halali Dam, ModDam, Upper Lake)

Western Ghats:K a r n a t a k a(Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary), Goa(Netravali, Cotigaon, Madei-BondlaWildlife Sanctuariesand Dr. Salim AliBird Sanctuary), Maharashtra (GreatIndian Bustard Wildlife Sanctuary); TamilNadu (Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary)

A & N Islands: South Andaman (Tirur,

Beadnabad, Manpur, Collinpur,Chidiyatapu, Mount Harriet NationalPark and Wandoor) & Nicobar (LittleNicobar)

During these field tours, ca 8675specimens have been collected. 5540 ofthese collected specimens belonging to ca782 species were identified by scientists ofdifferent regional Centres and units whichresulted in discovery of one genus and five

species as new to science and nine speciesas new to India. Three species have beencollected after 50 years.

Genus new to Science

Devendraea Pusalkar, gen. nov.(Caprifoliaceae)

Species new to science

Crawfurdia arunachalensis S.S. Dash,R. Gagoi & A.A. Mao [Campanulaceae]

Fig-6. Commelina forsskalii, commonly known as Dayflower

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Graphidastra himalayana Jagdeesh &G. P. Sinha [Lichen]

Herpathallon sticticum Jagdeesh & G. P.Sinha [Lichen]

Lasianthus chowdheryiKarthig., Jayanthi& Sumathi [Rubiaceae]

Tylophora nicobarica Murugan & M.Y.

Kamble [Asclepiadaceae]New Records for India

Arnebia linearifolia A.DC.[Boraginaceae]

Corydalis meifolia Wall. var. violaceaPrain [Fumariaceae]

Arnebia euchroma (Royle) I.M. Johnst.var. grandis (Bornm.) Kazmi[Boraginaceae]

Globba wardii Burtt & Smith[Zingiberaceae]

Bridelia moonii Thwaites[Euphorbiaceae]

Alpinia luteo-carpa Elmer[Zingiberaceae]

Memeycylon minutiflorum Miq.[Memecylaceae]

Leratiomyces squamosus var. thraustus(Kalchbr.) [Fungi]

P l a g i o c h i l ahyalodermica Grolle & M.L.So.[Bryophyte]

New Records for State

Trisetum micans(Hook.f.) Bor from Jammu andKashmir

Species Collected after 50years or more

Isotachis indica Mitt.[Hepaticeae]

Rochelia laxa I.M.Johnst. [Boraginaceae]

Codonopsis javanica(Blume) Hook.f. & Thoms.[Campanulaceae]

National Flora (Flora of India)

Taxonomic description of 65 species ofFamily Rocellaceae, Tribe Vernonieae,Family Bignoniaceae, Genus Athyrium,Family Pertusariaceae, Genus Festuca,Genus Kobresia, tribe Heliantheae,Family Memecylaceae completed

Palynotaxonomic Studies on 80 speciesof Lauraceae of India completed

Regional/ State Flora

Taxonomic description of 754 speciestowards (1) Flora of Uttarakhand and (2)Flora of Gujarat completed.

Taxonomic description of 124 speciesfor Endemic and ThreatenedPteridophytes of North West Himalaya,

45 species of Macrofungi of SiwalikHimalaya, 24 species of Aspidiaceae ofnorth East India and 17 species ofBryoflora of Mizoram completed.

Manuscript of 'Ericaceae of ArunachalPradesh' comprising 213 taxa with over100 photographs and manuscript of'State Flora of Sikkim, Volume 2 (sixfamilies and 170 species) have beencompleted and submitted for publication.

Fig-7. Tamilnadia uliginosa, popularly known as Divine Jasmine

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Protected Areas

Taxonomic description of346 species towards Floraof Gibbon Wildlife

Sanctuary, Pani DihingWildlife Sanctuary, PabhaWildlife Sanctuary, RanipurWildlife Sanctuary ChambalWildlife Sanctuary, JamwaRamgarh Wildlife Sanctuary,Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary,Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary,Netravali W ildlifeSanctuary, Great IndianBustard Wildlife Sanctuary,

Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary,Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, KodermaWildlife Sanctuary and Palkot WildlifeSanctuary have been completed.

Documentation of IndigenousKnowledge of Plant Resources

During this period two field tours toBargarh and Balangir districts of Odishawere undertaken and 116 plants with

information on 200 ethnobotanical usescollected. In addition to this, oneehtnobotanical tour to Junagarh hasbeen conducted and 660 specimensalong with relevantethnobotanical data were alsocollected.

Studies of Nutritional Valuesof Wild Edible Plants ofMeghalaya

One tour was undertaken tothe different parts ofMeghalaya (Shillong,Sohrarim, Mawphlang,Laitkynsew, Mawryngkneng,

Jowai, Laitlyngkot) from 01st

August, 2011 to 10th August,2011. Following eighteenplant specimens (differentedible parts) were collected

and also procured from different tribalmarket to carry out the Phytochemicalstudies. Colour photographs of live plantswere also taken.

Zanthoxylum armatum (leaves);Gomphogyne cissiformis; Alliumschoenoprasum; Solanum kurjii; Caricapapaya; Allium porrum; Carpesiumcernuum; Tricyrtis pillosa; Spilanthes

acmella; Leea sambucina; Neptuniaolearacea; Eurya acuminate;Gymnopetalum cochinensis; Hodgsoniaheteroclite; Atrocarpus gomezizna;

Fig-8. Purple Smithia (Smithia purpurea) is a small annual herb endemic toNorth-Western Ghat

Fig-9. Bamboo shoots, one of the most delicious and rich vegetable

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Brassica; Flacourtia jangomas;Baccaurea sapida

Ex-situ Conservation in BotanicGardens

Eighty nine rare plants collected fromAssam, Meghalaya and Andaman &Nicobar Islands have been introducedin Acharya Jagadish Chandra BoseIndian Botanc Garden, Howrah

Twenty three rare and endangeredspecies have been introduced in theother associated botanic gardens ofdifferent Regional Centres of BSI

Monitoring of Botanic Gardens

During the period BSI monitored thestatus of implementation of "Assistanceto Botanic Gardens Scheme' towardsconservation of threatened species in thefollowing two botanical gardens funded

by MoEF. Botanic Garden of Kolkata Wildlife

Society, Kolkata

Botanic garden of Vinobha BhaveUniversity, Hazaribagh, Bihar

Five proposals, received for fundingunder 'Assistance to Botanic Garden'scheme of MoEF.

Miscellaneous

Public Services rendered

BSI disseminated scientific informationto public and also assisted scientists,students and researchers in their pursuitof taxonomic research on plants. Duringthe period scientists, students and visitors,including 19 VIPs, have visited the BotanicGardens, Herbaria and Museums of BSI;185 requests for information and supplyof plant materials have been attended.

Fig-10. Daisy Fleabeane, (Erigeron bellidioides) flowers in full bloom

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Identified 180 plant materials andsupplied 1125 pages of photocopiedliterature.

Maintenance and enrichment of

Herbaria in Botanical Survey of India During the period 1258 specimens were

mounted and 8,789 herbariumspecimens were remounted. 20,359herbarium sheets were dusted andfumigated. 14,268 herbarium sheetshave been poisoned and 4,569 sheetshave been incorporated in differentherbaria of BSI.

Publications

During the period BSI published the followingbooks and Journals:

Bulletin of BSI (Nelumbo), Vol.: 53;Vanaspati Vani, Vol. 20; Plant Discoveries2010; Vanaspati Anveshan 2010.Scientists of BSI have also publishedmore than 115 research papers indifferent peer reviewed journals in Indiaand outside during the period.

Visit of Parliamentary Committees The Parliamentary Committee on Official

language reviewed the status ofimplementation of official language inSikkim Himalayan RegionalCentre, Gangtok on 13th

May, 2011.

Revenue earnings

During the period BSIearned Rs.20,18,025/ -through (1) Entry Fee, CarParking and Outsourcing ofBoating and Battery DrivenVehicle in AJC Bose IndianBotanic Garden, Howrah,(2) Sale of departmentalpublications and (3)identification of plantspecimens and supply ofphotocopied literature, etc. Fig-11. Viola sp. a flowering plant mostly found at higher altitudes

Implementing Organisation withdetails of Responsibilities

Headquarters: Pharmacognosy,Cryptogamy, Ecology, Plant Chemistry,

Flora Cell, Palynology and Library atHowrah; Publication Unit & TechnicalSection at Kolkata.

Current Projects

Pharmacognosy Unit

Pharmacognostic studies on medicinalAconites of India

Pharmacognostic studies on theselected plants of the Negative List ofExport

Cryptogamic Unit

A Checklist of Xanthophyceae inIndia

Dicot Flora of Dihang DibangBiosphere Reserve, ArunachalPradesh

Liverwort & Hornwort Flora of Sikkim

Moss Flora of Darjeeling District,West Bengal

Moss Flora of Tawang District,Arunachal Pradesh

Ecology Unit

A Checklist of Dinophyceae in India

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Table-1. State-wise status of projects undergoing during 2011

Name of State/ UT Status

Andaman & Nicobar 1. Flora of Little Nicobar Island - Manuscript SubmittedIslands 2. Flora of North Andaman Islands (Narcondam, Peacock, Paget,

Landfall)3. Flora of Rani Jhansi National Park4. Foliicolous lichens of Andaman Islands

Andhra Pradesh Flora of Greater Hyderabad

Arunachal Pradesh 1. Alpine and Sub-Alpine Flora of Central Arunachal Pradesh2. Family Ericaceae of Arunachal Pradesh3. Flora of Anjaw District4. Flora of West Siang District5. Hepaticeae and Anthoceroteae of Anjaw District6. Liverworts and Hornworts of West Siang District

Assam 1. Flora of Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary2. Flora of Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary3. Flora of Pabha Wildlife Sanctuary4. Flora of Panidihing Wildlife Sanctuary

Bihar Wetland Flora of Gangetic Plains in Bihar

Goa 1. Flora of Cotigaon Wildlife Sanctuary, South Goa2. Flora of Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary, South Goa

Gujarat 1. Ethnobotany of Junagarh District2. Flora of Gujarat, Vol. III

Jammu & Kashmir 1. Endemic & Threatened Pteridophytic Flora of NW Himalayas2. Flora of Cold Desert of NW Himalaya3. Flora of Jammu & Kashmir, Volume V

Jharkhand 1. Application of Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case study in DalmaSanctuary

2. Flora of Koderma Wildlife Sanctuary3. Flora of Palkot Wildlife Sanctuary4. Wood Rotting Fungi of Koderma Wildlife Sanctuary

Kerala 1. Flora of Kerala, Volume V

2. Seaweed Survey of Kerala Coast

Maharashtra 1. Ferns of Maharashtra2. Flora of Great Indian Bustard Wildlife Sanctuary3. Flora of Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary4. Folicolous Fungi of Maharashtra

Meghalaya Chemical composition and nutritive value of Wild Edible Plants ofMeghalaya

Mizoram 1. Bryoflora (Hepaticae & Anthocerotae) of Mizoram2. Flora of Phawangpui Blue Mountain Peak, Mizoram

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Name of State/ UT Status

Orissa 1. Ethnobotany of Orissa2. Poaceae of Orissa

Rajasthan 1. Flora of Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary2. Flora of Jamwa Ramgarh Wildlife Sanctuary

Sikkim 1. Liverwort & Hornwort Flora of Sikkim2. Microlichens of Sikkim3. Pteridophytic Flora of North Sikkim4. Studies on Russulales of West Sikkim5. Studies on Wild Mushrooms of North Sikkim

Tamil Nadu 1. Flora of Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary

Uttar Pradesh 1. Flora of Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary2. Flora of Nawabganj Birds Sanctuary Sanctuary

3. Flora of Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary

Uttarakhand 1. Flora of Uttarakhand2. Macrofungal flora of Siwalik Himalayas

West Bengal 1. Flora of Bethuadaharai Wildlife Sanctuary2. Flora of Buxa National Park3. Flora of Buxa Wildlife Sanctuary4. Flora of Gorumara National Park5. Flora of West Bengal, Volume V6. Moss Flora of Darjeeling District

Table-2.Budget Allocation

(Rs. in Thousand)

Plan Non Plan

BE RE Expenditure Upto % BE RE Expenditure Upto %

2011-12 2011-12 29.02.2012 2011-12 2011-12 29.02.2012

150000 165000 124147 75.24 257800 228500 223888 97.98

Plant Chemistry Unit

Chemical Composition and NutritiveValue of Wild Edible Plants ofMeghalaya

Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah:Established in 1787 at Howrah, the IBGhas an area of ca 273 acres with aNational Orchidarium, 25 Lakes andnumber of conservatories. Initially served

as platform for introduction of such

commercially important plants, ascardamom, pepper, nutmeg, cotton,tobacco, indigo, coffee, sago, teak,cinchona, rubber, jute, mahogany, etc.,

Has 2132 species under cultivationincluding (two living types and) 1092exotics.

Every year over five lakh people visitthe garden for education, awareness

and recreation purposes.

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Central Botanical Laboratory,Howrah: Established in 1954 atKolkata and later shifted to Howrah withEconomic Botany, Cytology & Plantphysiology section.

Current Projects

Ethnobotany of Odisha state

Revision of the FamilyMemecylaceaein India

Industrial Section, Indian Museum,Kolkata:Established in 1887 at Kolkatahas 20,000 exhibits of economic plantsand plant products arranged in eightBays for public awareness; 70,000

herbarium specimens; 18 volumescontaining 700 samples of Indian textilesin silk, cotton, muslin and wool,representing one of the 20 sets captioned

Textiles Manufactures and Costumes ofthe People of India, and a 15 volumecompanion set on Natural Dyes.

Central National Herbarium,Howrah: Established in 1795 atHowrah, holds ca 2.05 million specimens

of seed plants, 10,000 type specimens,12,000 Wallichian specimens and10,000 non-flowering plants. The unithas been responsible for discovery ofnine genera and 235 species new toscience.

Current Projects

Flora of Buxa National Park,Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Flora of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary,

Jharkhand Flora of Gorumara National Park,

Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Flora of Koderma Wildlife Sanctuary(Jharkhand)

Flora of Palkot Wildlife Sanctuary(Jharkhand)

Flora of West Bengal, Vols. IV & V

Palynological studies onThymelaeaceae

Palynotaxonomic studies of Lauraceaeof India

Revision of the Genera Carex L. andKobresia Willd. in India

Revision of the Genus Festuca inIndia

Revision of the Tribe Vernonieae inIndia

Alpine and Sub-Alpine Flora ofCentral Arunachal Pradesh

Wood Rotting Fungi of KodermaWildlife Sanctuary (Jharkhand)

Arunachal Pradesh RegionalCentre, Itanagar: Jurisdiction -

Arunachal Pradesh. Established in 1977,the circle has 13,500 herbariumspecimens, including 34 typesrepresenting 20 species discovered asnew to science. The associated gardenof 48 ha at Sankie View has ca 400species under cultivation.

Current Projects

Flora of Anjaw District, ArunachalPradesh

Flora of Kurung-Kumey district,Arunachal Pradesh

Flora of West Siang District,Arunachal Pradesh

Hepaticeae and Anthoceroteae ofAnjaw District

Liverworts and Hornworts of WestSiang District

Monocot Flora of Dihang Dibang

Biosphere Reserve, ArunachalPradesh

Revision of the Family Ericaceae ofArunachal Pradesh

Revision of Family Aspidiaceae inN.E. India

Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong:Jurisdiction - Assam, Manipur,Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,

Tripura. Established in 1956 at Shillong,

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the circle has ca 2,71,000 herbariumspecimens, including 508 typesrepresenting five genera and 89 speciesdiscovered as new to science. Theassociated garden of 10 ha at Barapani

has ca 800 species under cultivation.

Current Projects

Bryoflora (Hepaticae & Anthocerotae)of Mizoram

Flora of Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary,Assam

Flora of Pani-Dihing W ildlifeSanctuary, Assam

Flora of Pabha Wildlife Sanctuary,

Assam Micropropagation of RET plants of

NE India (Nymphaea & Cymbidium)

Multiplication and conservation ofRare/ Endangered/ Economicallyimportant plants in Botanic Gardenof BSI-ERC.

Sikkim Himalayan RegionalCentre, Gangtok: Jurisdiction - Sikkim.Established in 1979, the circle has40,000 herbarium specimens, includingsix types representing six speciesdiscovered as new to science. Theassociated garden in the campus has ca200 species, mostly orchids, undercultivation.

Current Projects

Studies on Russulales of SikkimHimalayas: Part I - West Sikkim

Pteridophytic Flora of Sikkim Flora of India: Rubiaceae

State Flora of Sikkim, Vol. IISaxifragaceae & Crassulaceae

Central Regional Centre,Allahabad: Jurisdiction - MadhyaPradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh.Established in 1962 at Allahabad, thecircle has ca 69,000 herbariumspecimens, including three types.

Seventeen species and seven varietieshave been described as new to sciencefrom here. The associated garden of twoha in the campus has ca 570 speciesunder cultivation.

Current Projects

Flora of Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary,Uttar Pradesh

Flora of Katerniaghat WildlifeSanctuary, Uttar Pradesh

Flora of Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary,Uttar Pradesh

Microlichens of Sikkim

Revision of Family Rocellaceae inIndia

Revision of the tribe Heliantheae inIndia

Studies on Family PertusariaceaeinIndia

Botanic Garden of Indian Republic,NOIDA: Jurisdiction - National Capital

Territory Region of Delhi. 4300indigenous saplings and 554 seedlings

of medicinal plants have been procureddifferent parts of Terai region and Orissafor BGIR. Database on Oil YieldingPlants completed; hard copy formatpublished (2008). Seeds Databaseinitiated.

Northern Regional Centre,Dehradun: Uttarakhand, Chandigarh,Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,

Jammu & Kashmir. Established in 1956

at Dehradun, the circle has ca 1, 21,500herbarium specimens, including 112types representing two genera and 66species discovered as new to science.

The associated gardens of 23 ha atDehradun, Pauri and Khirsu have ca500 species under cultivation.

Current Projects

Endemic & Threatened PteridophyticFlora of North Western Himalayas

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Flora of Govind Pashu Vihar NationalPark

Flora of Jammu & Kashmir, Vols. IV& V

Flora of Uttrakhand, Vols. III & IV Macrofungal flora of Siwalik

Himalayas

Revision of the Family Bignoniaceaein India

Revision of the Genus Athyrium inIndia

Revisionary Studies on GeneraPyrrosia Mirbel and PhymatopterisPic.-Ser. in India

Arid Zone Regional Centre,Jodhpur: Jurisdiction - Rajasthan,Gujarat. Established in 1972 at Jodhpur,the circle has ca 24,800 herbariumspecimens, including 17 typesrepresenting nine species discovered asnew to science. The associated gardenof six acres in the campus has ca 185species under cultivation.

Current Projects Flora of Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary,

Rajasthan

Flora of Gujarat, Vol. III

Floristic Survey of Rajkot, Bhavnagar& Patan districts, Gujarat

Ethnobotany of Gujarat (JunagarhDistrict)

Western Regional Centre, Pune:

Jurisdiction - Maharashtra, Karnataka,Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra & NagarHaveli. Established in 1955 at Pune, thecircle has ca 1,70,000 herbariumspecimens, including 571 typesrepresenting two genera and 146 speciesdiscovered as new to science. Theassociated gardens of 19.5 ha atMundhwa and in the campus have ca400 species under cultivation.

Current Projects

Flora of Cotigaon Wildlife Sanctuary,South Goa

Flora of Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary,

South Goa Flora of Madei, Bondla and Dr.

Salim Ali Wildlife Sanctuary, NorthGoa

Flora of Great Indian Bustard WildlifeSanctuary, Ahmednagar,Maharashtra

Ferns of Maharashtra

Collection of Red listed/ endemicplants for Mundhwa Garden and

Office Campus Deccan Regional Centre,

Hyderabad: Jurisdiction - AndhraPradesh, Orissa. Established in 2005 atHyderabad, the circle has ca 10,000herbarium specimens.

Current Projects

Floral Inventorying of the areas inand around Hyderabad

Poaceae of Odisha State Southern Regional Centre,

Coimbatore: Jurisdiction - Tamil Nadu,Kerala & Lakshadweep Islands.Established in 1955 at Coimbatore, thecircle has ca 2,75,000 herbariumspecimens, including 2594 typesrepresenting 08 genera and 155 speciesdiscovered as new to science. Theassociated garden of 19 ha at Yercaud

and in the campus has ca 1100 speciesunder cultivation

Current Projects

Flora of Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary,Kerala

Seaweed survey of South East Coastof India.

Floristic Survey of SathyamangalamForests

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Flora of Kerala, Vols. III, IV & V

Lamiaceaeunder Flora of India

Floristic Survey of Vellingiri, Siruvani& Anaikatti hills

Introduction & multiplication of orchidsin Associated Botanic Garden,

Yercaud.

Andaman & Nicobar RegionalCentre, Port Blair: Jurisdition -Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Establishedin 1972, the circle has 22,000 herbariumspecimens, including 100 typesrepresenting two genera and 66 speciesdiscovered as new to science. The

associated garden of 30 ha at Dhanikherihas ca 200 species under cultivation.

Current Project

Flora of Little Nicobar Island

Flora of Interview Island WildlifeSanctuary

Survey of Narcondum and otherunexplored North Andaman Islands

Survey of FaunaZoological Survey of India

Introduction and Objectives

The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), apremier institution under the Ministry, hasbeen undertaking survey, exploration andresearch leading to the advancement of ourknowledge on the exceptionally rich faunaldiversity of the country since its inception in1916. With its headquarters at Kolkata and16 Regional Centers located at differentparts of the country, ZSI in recent years re-oriented its plan of work by grouping thesurvey and studies under the following sixmajor programmes :

Fauna of States

Fauna of Conservation Areas

Fauna of Important Ecosystems

Status Survey of Endangered Species

Ecological Studies/ Environment ImpactAssessment Survey, and

Computerization and Dissemination ofData

Primary ObjectivesThe current mandate of ZSI is survey,

collection documentation (including thetraditional knowledge associated withanimals) and ex situ conservation of wildanimal diversity of the country.

High priority areas include

Digitization of present collections,preparation of fine scale distribution

maps based on primary occurrence dataand making it available in a searchableformat.

Publication of National and State faunas.

Taxonomic studies, revisionary/monographic studies on selected animalgroups.

Identification of Red list species andspecies rich areas needing conservationand focus on data deficient species to

collect more information on populations. Development of National database of

Indian animals including Museumspecimens, live specimens, paintings,illustrations etc. and maintenance ofalready existing collections with modernfacilities and as per internationalstandards of collection management.

Developing and maintaining Museumsand using such facilities for conservation

education for people especially students. Ex situ conservation of critically

threatened taxa.

Capacity building in taxonomy,nomenclature, specimen collection,preservation and maintenance throughtraining programmes.

Secondary Objectives

To establish a panel of experienced andactive taxonomists and obtain their

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consent to participate in fauna project.

To prepare annotated checklist of differentgroups of animals, museum collections,based on published documents givinglocal names if any with locality andhabitat. Make available the electronicversion of checklist to the general public;and circulate it among the panel of

zoologists who would, in turn, check foromissions, ambiguities, localities andhabitat through active consultation withother local zoologists.

To begin with, state faunas should bepublished electronically giving correctnames, localities, habitats, sketches andphotographs of important species on aninteractive Fauna of India Website. Thiswill act as an outreach programme forall the biologists, and other interestedpublic.

Activities undertaken during the year

One Hundred and Twenty four extensivefaunal surveys are being undertaken todifferent States / UT's including importantecosystems and some selectedconservation / protected areas.

Eleven status / ecological survey namelyexploration of Hamilton species of fishes,

Rock toad, (Bufoidsmeghalayana), Hill Myna (Graculareligiosa), Chinkara and Desertcat, Non-human primates, Goral(Nemorhaedus goral), four horned

antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis),Serow (Nemorhaedussumatraensis), Indian GoldenGecko (Calodactyloides aureus)and Coral reefs and associatedorganisms in Palk Bay were carriedout.

One survey related todocumentary work on massmigration of earthworms, one on

ecological and molecular studiesof turtles and one survey on

physico-chemical parameter of sea watersamples of adjoining coasts of Adyarriver were carried out.

Seven short and long duration intensivesurveys for ecological and behavioralstudies were also undertaken.

Detailed taxonomic studies were carriedout on the material collected during the

present year and earlier surveys. The National Zoological collections were

further enriched by the addition of13929 example of specimens (Unnamed)and 19010 identified specimensbelonging to 793 species.

Identification and Advisory services wererendered to 115 individual/ institution inIndia and abroad. The training courseswere also organized under training and

extension programme. Totally 10,000 specimens of identified

species were digitized so for.

Faunal explorations and surveys

Wetland ecosystem

A total of twenty extensive surveys, fivein Palair lake, Osman and Himayat Sagarfrom Andhra Pradesh, one in Damodar riverfrom Jharkhand, one in Ganga river from

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Uttarakhand, one in Cumbum Lake fromAndhra Pradesh, two in Wyra Lake fromAndhra Pradesh, one in West and East KhasiHills from Meghalaya, two in Attapur lakefrom Andhra Pradesh, one in Pallikarani

Marsh from Tamil Nadu, one in Meda fromMaharashtra and one from Mawlyngot fromManipur and five surveys from SouthAndaman were also undertaken.

Estuarine ecosystem

One survey was undertaken to Pennarestuary from Orissa.

Marine/ Island ecosystem

Ten extensive surveys one to Dighacoast, Three to Chennai coast and two toGulf of Mannar and Palk Bay from TamilNadu and four from Andaman.

Biosphere Reserve / Conservationareas

Ten surveys, four to Sunderban, five toJhilmil Jheel from Uttarakhand and one toAmboli reserve forest from Maharashtra wereundertaken during the year.

National Parks

Two surveys, One to Mahatma GandhiNational park and one survey to Saddlepeak National park from Andaman.

Wildlife Sanctuaries

Twelve surveys, one to Nannaj fromMaharashtra, two to Singhori from MadhyaPradesh, one each to Kalatop-Khajjar andChail from Himachal Pradesh, Bhimashankarfrom Maharashtra, Barnawapara fromChhatisgarh, Veerangana Durgavati fromMadhya Pradesh, Lohabarrack Crocodilefrom Andaman, Koyna from Maharashtra,Malabar from Kerala and Dugong from

Andaman.Tiger Reserves

Three surveys, one to Pakke fromArunachal Pradesh, two surveys to Sajnekhalifrom West Bengal.

States and Union territories

Under the state fauna programme twentyone surveys in several districts of AndhraPradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka,

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Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,Manipur, Orissa Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradeshand West Bengal were carried out.

Ecological / Status Survey

Totally eleven status/ ecological surveynamely exploration of Hamilton species offishes, Rock toad, (Bufoids meghalayana),Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa), Chinkara and

Desert cat, Non-human primates, Goral(Nemorhaedus goral), four horned antelope(Tetracerus quadricornis), Serow(Nemorhaedus sumatraensis), Indian GoldenGecko (Calodactyloides aureus) and Coralreefs and associated organisms in Palk Baywere carried out.

Some Important Research studiesundertaken

Survey and monitoring the health of

coral reefs of India (sponsored by MoEF). Diversity and distribution of coral and

their associated fauna of Rani JhansiMarine National Park (sponsored byMoEF).

GIS based mapping and analysis ofecological variables of reefs around thelittle Andaman Island (sponsored byMoEF).

Survey and Monitoring of Coral reefs of

Andaman and Nicobar Islands(sponsored by Dept. ofEnvironment and Forests, A andN Islands).

Lead Institution: Great NicobarBiosphere Reserve (sponsored byMoEF).

Studies on the Faunal diversityof Great Nicobar BiosphereReserve (sponsored by MoEF ).

Faunal Diversity of ProtectedArea in Chhattisgarh (sponsoredby CAMPA, Chhattisgarh).

District-wise Faunal Diversity of

Chhattisgarh (sponsored byCAMPA, Chhattisgarh).

Rapid EIA on the alignment of road inGreat Nicobar Island, Andaman andNicobar islands

Preparation of Management Plan (Year2012-2021) for Lohabarrack CrocodileSanctuary.

Strengthening of Marine Aquarium andRegional centre at Digha, West Bengal

(sponsored by World Bank).Studies of DNA material for molecularstudies

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)has been signed with Indian Institute ofSciences, Bangalore for molecular studyof Fishing Cat.

A MOU between ZSI/ ANRC, Port Blairand ICAR CARI, Port Blair has beensigned for the collaborative study on

Marine Sponges-Bar coding.

Research Activities

Discoveries of New Taxa / Species

During the surveys 13929 examples ofvarious groups of animals were collected.Altogether 19010 examples belonging to793 species were identified by the scientistsof ZSI Head Quarter and regional centres.In addition 29 species new to science have

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been described during the year and 15species were added to new the fauna ofIndia.

Species New to Science

Class: AmphibiaOrder: AnuraFamily: Rhacophoridae

Raorchestes agasthyaenis

Raorchestes crustai

Raorchestes johnceei

Raorchestes kadalarensis

Raorchestes theuerkaufi

Raorchestes manohari

Raorchestes ravii Raorchestes thodai

Raorchestes uthamani

Raorchestes bijui

Family: Nyctibatrachidae

Nyctibatrachus jog

Nyctibatrachus pocha

Nyctibatrachus grundis

Nyctibatrachus pillai

Nyctibatrachus shirdi

Nyctibatrachus gavi

Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni

Nyctibatrachus periyar

Nyctibatrachus acanthoderis

Nyctibatrachus danieli

Nyctibatrachus devein

Nyctibatrachus indranelli

Order: GymnophionaFamily: Ichthyophidae

Ichthyophis davidi

Class: InsectaOrder: HymenopteraFamily: Pteromalidae

Ischyroptyx biharensis

Merismomorpha intermedia

Merismomorpha tamilnadensis

Psilocera intermedia

Psilocera namdaphaensis

Family: Scelionidae

Paridris spinosus

New addition to the fauna of India

Pseudobiceros apricus

Aplysia parvula

Oziotelphus wagrakarowensis

Aegiris villosus

Aeolidiella alba

Chalidoneura fulvipunctata

Dermatobranchus rodmani

Glossodoris rufomarginalis

Glossodoris tomsmithi Kaloplocamus acutus

Noumea alboannulata

Noumea angustolutea

Thuridilla indopacifica

Thuridilla albopustulosa

Acropoma argentistigma

Taxonomic studies

The research work carried out on the

fauna collected from different states, protectedareas and important ecosystems are asfollows;

Fauna of India

The following volume was publishedduring the year 'Fauna of India: Eulophinae:(Insecta: Hymenoptera)".

Fauna of States

The details of number of species identifiedfrom different surveys of different states aregiven in Table-3.

Tiger / Biosphere Reserve

Sunderban, West Bengal - Four speciesof Grasshopper, fourteen species of Crustaceaand 44 species of Fishes were determined.

Eastern Ghat, Tamil Nadu - Twentyspecies of Protozoa, twenty seven species ofCladocera, six species of insects, six species

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Table-3.State wise status of species identified from different surveys

States/ UT's Protozoa Rotifera Nematoda Mollusca Annelida Crustacea Cladocera Decapoda Insecta Odonata

Andhra Pradesh 3

Assam 7 2

Bihar 10 43

Haryana 18 5

Himachal Pradesh 16

Jharkhand 5 9 216

Karnataka 5 28

Kerala 5 13

Madhya Pradesh 9

Maharashtra 35 75 56 12

Manipur 2

Orissa 3 3

Rajasthan 7 4 10 5

Tamil Nadu 13 9 9 6 2 4

Uttarakhand 8 63 30

Uttar Pradesh 160

West Bengal 3 3

States/UT's Orthoptera Hemiptera Homoptera Coleoptera Lepidoptera Arachnida Echinodermata Fishes Amphibia Reptilia Mammalia

Andhra Pradesh 28

Assam 3

Haryana 27 3 2

Himachal Pradesh 18 6 26

Madhya Pradesh 73 44 16 3

Maharashtra 13 10 15

Manipur 2 9Meghalaya 3 8 8

Orissa 3

Rajasthan 5 17 9 9

Tamil Nadu 5 13 40

Uttarakhand 41

Uttar Pradesh 4

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of Lepidoptera, three species of Butterflies,twenty nine species of Rotifera, two speciesof Ostracoda, twenty five species of fishesand twenty six species of Reptiles werestudied and determined.

Jhilmil Jheel, Uttakhand - Thirty twospecies Lepidoptera, 12 species of Insecta,nine species of Crustacea, 15 species ofNematoda, five species of Platyhelminthesand three species of Amphibians weredetermined.

Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu - Threespecies of Nematodes, three species ofearthworms and 15 species of sponges were

determined.Wildlife sanctuary

Phansad, Maharashtra - One species ofArachnida, three species of Insecta, 11species of Lepidoptera, six species ofCollembola, two species of Crustaceaand two species of Fishes weredetermined.

Veerangana Durgavati, Madhya Pradesh- Twenty two species of Lepidoptera and

eight species of Mollusca weredetermined.

Singhori, Madhya Pradesh - Six speciesof Protozoa, 42 species of Coleoptera,10 species of Lepidoptera and 16 speciesof Arachnida were determined.

Chail, Himachal Pradesh - Two speciesof insects and three species of fisheswere determined.

Parmadan, West Bengal - Nine species

of Arachnida were studied anddetermined.

Malabar, Kerala - Five species ofPteromalidae and five species of Molluscawere determined.

Govind, Uttarkhand - Eight species ofBrachiopoda were studied anddetermined.

Radhangari, Maharashtra - Ten speciesof Crustacea were determined.

Simbalbara, Himachal Pradesh - Thirtythree species of Coleoptera weredetermined.

Kalatop-Khajjar, Himachal Pradesh - Eightspecies of Insects were determined.

Kalesar, Haryana - Eight species ofFishes were determined.

Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu - Three speciesof Insects, three species of Hemipteraand seven species of sponges weredetermined.

Sitamata, Rajasthan - Four species ofOdonata, nine species of Homopterawere determined.

National Parks

Namdapha, Arunachal Pradesh - Sixspecies of Pteromalidae were determined

Keibul-Lamjao, Manipur - Six species ofReptiles were determined.

Chandoli, Maharashtra - Twelve speciesof Insects and two species Crustaceawere determined.

Fauna of Important Ecosystems

Desert (Aravalli) - A total of eightspecies of Odonata and 16 species ofLepidoptera were studied anddetermined.

Wetland / Fresh water / Riverine

Beas River, Punjab - A total of eightspecies of Fishes were studies anddetermined

Palair and Cumbum Lake, Andhra

Pradesh - 11 species of Fishes, fourspecies of Hemiptera, three species ofColeoptera, five species of Mollusca,and four species of Cladocera weredetermined.

Damodar river, Jharkhand - seven speciesof Mollusca were studied anddetermined.

Kabini river, Karnataka - Fifteen speciesof Fishes were determined.

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Lakes of Udaipur,Rajasthan - Three speciesof Telenchidae(Nematoda) weredetermined.

Konkan region,Maharashtra - Sevenspecies of Fishes werestudied and determined.

Forests

East Khasi Hills,Meghalaya - Twelvespecies of Hemiptera, onespecies of Earthworm,

twenty two species ofFishes and eighteen species of Amphibiawere studied and determined.

Jamini, Maharashtra - Ten speciesof insects were determined.

Kairoyan Hills, Tamil Nadu - Onespecies of Reduvidae (Hemiptera) andone species of Cercopidae (Hemiptera)were identified.

Marine / Island / Coastal

Pallikarani marsh, Tamil Nadu - Totallynine species of Amoebae and sixteenspecies of Fishes were determined.

Andaman and Nicobar - Five hundredfifty species of Scleractinian corals, onehundred four species of Echinoderms,fifty nine species of Nudibranchs, onehundred four species of Gastropods,thirty three species of Crustacea, one

hundred sixty seven species of butterflies,Forty eight species of Ophisthobranchs,seventy three species of Mollusca, fivespecies of Odonata, three species ofGorgonids, thirty five species ofDragonflies, eight species of Sponges,five species of Polyclads, one hundredtwenty four species of Fishes, two speciesof Reptiles, seventy seven species ofBirds and five species of mammals weredetermined.

Other studies

Pictorial Handbook on Fishes ofNE: List of 400 species updated andphotography is under progress.

Pictorial Handbook on Dragonfliesand Damselflies of Rajasthan:Description of 15 species were completedand two photo plates were prepared.

Pictorial Handbook on Fishes andAmphibians of Himachal Pradesh:Diagnostic characters of 15 species ofFishes and 17 species of Amphibianswere completed.

Pictorial Handbook on Butterfliesof Arunachal Pradesh: Themanuscript has been submitted for thepublication.

Identification and Advisoryservices: The ZSI continued its task ofrendering Identification and Advisoryservices free of cost to research andteaching institutions in India and abroad,Central and state Government/ Agencies,NGO's, Industries and also to individualson zoological specimens and relatedmatters.

Development of NationalZoological collections: The ZSI as aNational repository of Zoological

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collections, maintains identified speciesbelonging to all animal groups in thecountry. The National Zoologicalcollections were further enriched by theaddition of 13929 examples of

specimens (unnamed) and 19010identified specimens pertaining to 793species.

Training and Extension

During the year four programmes wereorganized (i) Environmental Day was observedon 7th June, 2011(ii) International BiodiversityDay was celebrated on 24th May, 2011(iii)A National Seminar on Traditional Knowledge

and Social Practices Promoting BiodiversityConservation' was organized on 24th

September, 2011 (iv) A National Seminar onnatural and Anthropogenic Hazards ofEnvironment-their Impact on Biodiversity andConservation, and Biotechnological Approachfor its remedies' is being jointly organized atVidyasagar College, Kolkata.

Publications

Fauna of India

Eulophinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) Records of Zoological Survey of

India: Vol.111. Part -1

Occasional Papers: No. 325, 328,329, 330, 331 and 332.

Handbook and Pictorial guides:Hand book on plant and soil Nematodesof Rajasthan.

Special Publications

Animal Discoveries

Critically Endangered Animals of India

Prani Vigyan Ki Vargikaran Shabdawali

State fauna Series: Fauna of TamilNadu (Part-2)

Wetland Ecosystem Series: SeriesNo. 14, Chorus of Bihar

State-wise status

There are 28 States and seven Unionterritories in the country. Based on the surveyand taxonomic work carried so for, ZSI haspublished faunal documents pertaining to the

states (including Union Territories) of AndhraPradesh (eight volume), Arunachal Pradesh(two volume), Bihar (including Jharkhand(one volume), Delhi (one volume), Goa (onevolume) Gujarat (two volumes), Lakshadweep(one volume), Madhya Pradesh (includingChhattisgarh ( two volumes), Manipur ( threevolumes), Meghalaya (ten volumes), Mizoram(two volumes), Nagaland (one volume), Orissa(four volumes published), Sikkim (five volumes),

Tamil Nadu (one volume), Tripura (fourvolumes), Uttarakhand (three volumes) andWest Bengal (twelve volumes). State wisenumbers of species identified from differentsurveys are given in Table-3.

Regulatory Acts/ Rules governing theprogramme and promulgation of newActs, if any, along with the details

The Regulatory Acts/ Rules governing theprogramme of The Zoological Survey of India

Table-4.Comparison of progressSl. Physical targets Achievement during the Achievements during theNo. Financial year 2010-11 Financial year 2011-12

(Till November, 2011)

Targets Achievements Targets Achievements

1. Surveys conducted 131 127 124 71

2. Publication 35 36 26 10

3. Species identified 1500 1650 1500 793

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are (i) Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972with the objective of effectively protecting thewild life of the country and to controlpoaching, smuggling and illegal trade inwildlife and its derivatives. The objectives of

this Act is to provide protection to the listedendangered fauna and ecologically importantprotected areas in the country. In addition,ZSI providing (1) status survey of endangeredspecies (2) identification and supportingprotection of endangered Wildlife to WCCB,Customs and Forest Department (3) providingFaunal Diversity of Protected Areas and (ii)

The Biological Diversity Act, 2002, whichrecognizes the sovereign rights of states touse their own Biological Resources. The Act

aims at the conservation of biologicalresources and associated knowledge as wellas facilitating access to them in a sustainablemanner and through a just process or

purposes. ZSI is supervising in providinginformation for People's Biodiversity Rights aswell as safe guarding designated faunalrepository of the country.

Implementing organizations along

with details of responsibilities

Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata alongwith its 16 regional centres at different partsof the country is implementing all activities.

The main responsibilities of ZSI and its 16regional centre are survey, collection,documentation (including the traditionalknowledge associated with animals) and exsitu conservation of wild animal diversity ofthe country.

High priority areas include:

Survey and Identification of fauna.

Publication of National and State faunas.

Taxonomic studies,revisionary/ monographicstudies on selected animalgroups.

Identification of Red listspecies and species rich

areas needing conservationand focus on data deficientspecies to collect moreinformation on populations.

Development ofNational database of Indiananimals including Museumspecimens, live specimens,paintings, illustrations etc.and maintenance of already

Table-5.Budget allocation of the scheme during the year and Progress of Expenditure

(Rs. in Thousand)

Plan Non Plan

BE RE Expenditure Upto % BE RE Expenditure Upto %2011-12 2011-12 29.02.2012 2011-12 2011-12 29.02.2012

144900 179900 171152 95.13 143500 168500 160273 95.11

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existing collections withmodern facilities and as perinternational standards ofcollection management.

Developing and maintainingMuseums and using suchfacilities for conservationeducation for peopleespecially students.

Ex situ conservation ofcritically threatened taxa.

Capacity building intaxonomy, nomenclature,specimen collection,preservation andmaintenance throughtraining programmes.

Digitization of present collections,preparation of fine scale distributionmaps based on primary occurrence dataand making it available in a searchableformat.

List of autonomous, attached andregional offices with updates underthe administrative control of theDivision.

There are sixteen regional centres ofZoological Survey of India located at differentparts of the country as follows:

Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre,Port Blair

Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre,Itanagar

Central Zone Regional Centre, Jabalpur

Desert Regional Centre, Jodhpur

North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong

Estuarine Biology Regional Centre,Gopalpur on Sea

Freshwater Biology Regional Centre,Hyderabad

Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Patna

High Altitude Regional Centre, Solan

Marine Aquarium and Research Centre,Digha

Marine Biology Regional Centre,Chennai.

Northern Regional Centre, Dehradun

Southern Regional Centre, Chennai.

Sunderbans Regional Centre, Canning

Western Regional Centre, Pune Western Ghat Field Research Centre,

Kozhikode

Forest Resources and Survey

Survey and Utilisation (SU) Division

Survey & Utilization (SU) Division dealswith the matters related to Forest Survey ofIndia, Dehradun, Andaman & Nicobar Forest& Plantation Development Corporation

Limited, Port Blair, all State Forest DevelopmentCorporations, Export & Import of wood andwood products, Forest Certification,Sustainable Forest Management, International

Tropical Timber Organization, NationalForestry Database Information System,Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Cellamong the other matters.

The Division executes plan scheme'Strengthening of Forestry Division' with five

Fig-17. Saza (Serow), State Animal of Mizoram

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components under which the main works of

the division related to above mandate areexecuted. These works component wise aredescribed in detail along with theachievements during the year.

Forest Survey of India (FSI)

Introduction

Forest Survey of India (FSI), anorganization under Ministry of Environment& Forests, Government of India is engagedin the assessment of the country's forestresources on a regular interval. Establishedon June 1, 1981, the Forest Survey of Indiasucceeded the "Pre-investment Survey of ForestResources" (PISFR), a project initiated in1965 by Government of India with thesponsorship of Food and AgricultureOrganization (FAO) and United NationsDevelopment Programme (UNDP) to ascertainthe availability of raw material forestablishment of wood based industries in

selected areas of the country. Pre-InvestmentSurvey of Forest Resources (PISFR) wasreorganized into FSI in June 1981. Themandate of FSI was refined in 1986 in orderto make it more relevant to the rapidlychanging needs and aspirations of the country.

The Forest Survey of India isheadquartered at Dehradun and has fourzonal offices located at Shimla, Kolkata,Nagpur and Bangalore. The organization is

headed by a Director Generalwho is assisted by two JointDirectors at headquarter whoare looking after the NationalForest Data Management Centre

(NFDMC) and the Training &Forest Inventory (TFI) wings andsupported by Deputy Directors,Assistant Directors and othertechnical staff. Each zonal officeis headed by a Regional Directorsupported by Deputy Directorand other technical staff. TheHeadquarter as well as the Zonal

offices work in close coordination to carry out

the various activities of FSI.Some main activities of Forest Surveyof India

Forests & Tree Cover Assessment:Forest Survey of India (FSI) assessesforest cover of the country byinterpretation of satellite data on a two-year cycle and presents the informationin the form of 'India State of ForestReport'. With the release of the 'India

State of Forest Report 2009' so far 11cycles of forest cover assessment havebeen completed since 1987. Work forthe 12th cycle is completed and finalreport of India State of Forest Report(ISFR) 2011 is ready for release. Withthe advancement of technologies ofimage processing and data quality ofremote-sensing, the methodology of forestcover assessment has improved to provide

more accurate data products for betteroperational management and planning.In addition to forest cover, assessment oftree cover of the country is also beingcarried out using the Trees OutsideForests (TOF) inventory data. The scaleof interpretation has improved from 1:1million (SFR 1987) to 1:50,000 bringingdown the minimum mappable area toone hectare from 400 hectare. Thespatial resolution of the sensor has come

Fig-18. A view of dry deciduous forests in Ranthambhore

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down from the course resolution of 80m x 80 m to a fine resolution of 23.5m x 23.5 m.

Atlas: Forest Types of India: The FSI

is also preparing for the first time a Atlasof forest types of India. This is based onthe Champion & Seth Classification(1968), which is the standardized foresttype classification system followed inIndia. The classification depicts India'srich forest diversity into 16 forest typesgroups and 200 types including subtypesand variations. The exercise has beenundertaken under the National NaturalResource Management System Sub-

Committee on Bio-Resources (NNRMSSC-B).

Forests & TOF inventorypreparation: Inventory of forests and

Trees Outside Forests (TOF) is one of themajor activities of FSI. Forest growingstock (wood volume) has traditionallybeen a key indicator of forest wealthand its estimation has formed a majoractivity of forest resource assessment/

inventory. In India, systematic forestinventory began in 1864 when thepreparation of working plan started andhas remained central to the forestmanagement at divisional/ district level.A new National Forest Inventory (NFI)has been designed and adopted by FSIsince 2002. The country has beendivided into 14 physiographic zones &60 districts randomly selected from thesezones on probability proportional to sizeare inventoried in two years. The firstsuch estimate was published in 'SFR2003'. In addition to inventory of forests,

Trees Outside Forests (TOF) resourcesare also inventoried concurrently toprovide a national estimate of growingstock of TOF on a two year cycle. About10,000 sample plots are laid out in TOFareas. In the recent past TOF resourceshave gained importance because of

their increasing role in social cause dueto advent of FRA, Tribal Acts etc. A totaltarget of 30 districts have been fixed forinventory of forest and TOF to becompleted during the year 2011-2012.

Training: Forest Survey of India (FSI)has been imparting training since 1981on the modern techniques applied inforest inventory and surveys. During thecurrent financial year, 100 forestpersonnel from the various State ForestDepartments have been trained in thetraining courses run by the FSI till 31stDecember, 2011 on the followingthemes, to integrate modern technology

and field applications:- Application of Remote Sensing and

GIS in Effective Forest Planning andManagement.

Remote Sensing and its Applicationin Natural Resource Management.

Application of GPS in Forest Surveysand Demarcation.

Forest Inventory and TOF InventoryTechniques.

Since its inception, more than 4,000Forestry Personnel from State ForestDepartments have been trained at FSI.Recently in a capacity building effort,one week training on Changedetection and Vegetation Mappingwas organized at USDA Forest ServiceRemote Sensing Application Centre,(RSAC) at Salt Lake City, Utah fromDecember 12th to 16th December 2011

for five officers from Forest Survey ofIndia, one each from Indian Council ofForestry Research & Education andMinistry of Environment and Forests. Thetraining was a good exposure to thelatest technologies and their applicationsfor natural resource monitoring andmanagement. It has also provided aperspective on what could be the futurecollaborative areas for carrying outcapacity building.

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Major Achievements

Indo US Forest and Carbon Workshop

Forest Survey of India (FSI) has conducteda three day workshop on Indo-US ForestInventory and Monitoring of Carbon Toolsand Technologies during 7th - 9th June, 2011at FSI Dehradun. During the workshop FSIand United States Forest Services (USFS)experts exchanged the methodologies andtechnologies being used for estimation andmonitoring of forest and carbon.

Monitoring of Land Use and LandCover using Remote Sensing and GIStechniques in the Bellary, Chitradurgaand Tumkur Districts of Karnataka

Land Use and Land Cover changeassessment based on the analysis of multi-temporal satellite data has been carried outas part of Macro level Environmental ImpactAssessment (EIA) study carried out for Bellary,

Chitradurga and Tumkur districts on the

directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court ofIndia. The area affected due to miningactivities has been assessed between the twoperiods i.e. 2000-2006 and 2006-2011 soas to identify the extent of mining andsubsequently the area mined outside theleased area on qualitative basis. Overall, thepresent macro EIA study highlights the extentof mining and consequently the change inLand use and Land Cover during the period2000-2011.

Forest Fire Monitoring

Forest fire monitoring has been carriedout in FSI since November 2005. As part ofthe process, the forest fire data generated byMODIS satellite system is overlaid on theforest cover map prepared by interpretationof satellite images. The latitude and longitudeof the forest fire points are listed and uploadedon the FSI website (www.fsi.nic.in). Since

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March 2010, an SMS/ e-mail alert servicewas launched under which any internet userregistered on the FSI website via mobilenumber/ email address, gets an SMS/ emailalert every day summarizing the forest fire

points detected in his area of interest in thelast 24 hrs. The service has been applaudedwell and preliminary feedback suggests over95% accuracy level. Efforts are being madeto reduce the reaction time of forest firereporting from 24 hrs to six hrs. This shall beachieved by collaborating with NRSC fortransfer of direct readout of the satellite datawhich will be sent through FTP to FSI. Inaddition it is envisaged that Nodal officers

shall be created at the State ForestDepartments level to disseminate theinformation received from FSI to the fireaffected forest areas.

Green India Mission

A meeting of officers of State ForestDepartments was held as part of the expert

consultation for identification of landscapesand operating units under Green India Missionat Forest Survey of India, Dehradun on 4th

November, 2011. The main objective of thisconference was identification of operational

areas ranging from 5,000 hectares - 10,000hectares. For the purpose of the study of areaat compartment level, South Seoni Division ofMadhya Pradesh was selected.

Aravalli Hills-Mining and MappingProject

The task of the mapping of mining areasof the Aravalli hills and mining leases thereinfor 15 districts of Rajasthan is being carriedout by FSI pursuant to the Hon'ble SupremeCourt Order dated 19.2.2010 in IA No.828 in W.P. (Civil) no. 202/ 1995.

As part of the same, delineation of'Aravalli Hills' in the State of Rajasthan andcreation of a mosaic and spatial databaseof high resolution satellite imageries of theAravalli Hills (LISS IV, CARTOSAT II, Quickbird

Fig-20. Task of the mapping of mining areas of the Aravali hills

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etc.) of the latest period have been completed.The generation of the forest cover map (FCM)of the Aravalli Hills based on LISS IV satellitedata is presently being carried out.

Forest Cover Mapping of Punjab Stateusing LISS IV satellite Data

Forest Cover Mapping of Punjab Statewas carried out by FSI in 2008 as part ofa project. This project entailed forest covermapping of 17 districts of Punjab using IRS-P6 LISS IV (Spatial Resolution 5.8 m) andtotal 172 LISS IV scenes covering the wholeof Punjab. Forest Cover assessed in alldistricts of Punjab has been mapped at thescale of 1:25000 with minimum mappablearea of 0.125 hectare in different canopydensity classes. Forest nurseries, road sideplantation, rail side plantation, canal sideplantation, new plantation areas(Government/ Private) and plantation inagricultural land have been mapped under

TOF category. Interpretation was followed byextensive ground verification in July, 2011and November, 2011 respectively and thenecessary corrections were incorporated

subsequently. District wise Forest cover mapof Punjab has been prepared.

National Spatial Data Infrastructure(NSDI)

National Spatial Data Infrastructure(NSDI) for India is an initiative undertaken byDepartment of Science and Technology,Government of India. NSDI aimed atencouraging collection, aggregation anddistribution of spatial data on different themes

on a common defined set of standards andformats by different mapping agencies inIndia. FSI is the nodal agency for forestrysector for the DST endeavour aimed atcreating a portal from which users maydirectly access and buy all kinds of spatialdata generated by Indian mapping agencies.

Network of Regional Offices

Six Regional Offices have been set upat Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Lucknow,

Shillong and Chandigarh, with theHeadquarter unit at New Delhi in the Ministry:-

Main functions (Objectives) of theRegional offices are:-

To monitor and evaluate all ongoingforestry development projects and schemewith specific emphasis on conservationof forests;

To assist the State/ UT Governments inpreparation of the proposals involvingdiversion of forests land for non-forestrypurposes under the provisions ofForest(Conservation) Act, 1980;

To undertake physical inspection of site

in cases of diversion of forestlandinvolving an area of more than 40 ha.

To monitor the implementation ofconditions and safeguards stipulated byCentral Government in the proposalapproved under Forest (Conservation)Act, 1980.

To assist the State/ UTs in the preparationof management plans for working offorest under their control within the

framework of guidelines issued by CentralGovernment from time to time;

To assist the State/ UTs in streamliningcollection, collation, storage and retrievalof data / covering all forestry activitiesand to transmit such data to the CentralGovernment/ Central Data ProcessingUnit.

To dispose of proposal for diversion offorestland up five ha. & to examine /

process the proposal above five ha. to40 ha.; except regularization ofencroachment and mining.

To render assistance in preparation ofthe National Forestry Action Plan.

To assist Paryavaran Vahinies in thecapacity of observers as well as technicaladvisors;

To monitor implementation of conditionsand safeguards laid down by the Ministry

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for Environmental clearance under EPA1986.

The Headquarter Unit at New Delhi inthe Ministry is responsible for administration,

supervision and co-ordination of all theactivities relating to the functions assigned tothe Regional Offices as enumerated aboveunder the overall control of the Ministry ofEnvironment & Forests.

Forest Certification of Timber andNon-Timber Forest Products

Forest Certification has emerged as avoluntary market-driven mechanism in supportof Sustainable Forest Management (SFM).

Certification initiatives rely on consumersexercising purchasing choice in favour ofproducts labelled as originating from forestscertified to have been sustainably managed.Certification and Eco-labelling are the newmantras to enhance the product positioningfor a premium price on one hand andensuring better forest management practiceson the other hand.

The report by National Forest Certification

Committee was submitted in September, 2010and was circulated to all the State ForestDepartments to furnish their comments on thesame. The Ministry has also constituted aCore Committee under the chairmanshipof Director General of Forests & SpecialSecretary in the Ministry to undertake one-on-one consultation with stakeholders andfirm up the concept of the envisaged IndianForest Certification Council.

After one to one consultation with differentstakeholders, a meeting was also held in theMinistry on 13th and 14th June, 2011, whereall the stakeholders unanimously acceptedthe proposed framework of Indian ForestCertification Council and it was suggestedthat the Ministry should facilitate to preparea draft concept note of Indian ForestCertification Council as per therecommendations received from variousstakeholders.

The Ministry is in the process of preparingdraft report of Indian Forest CertificationCommittee related to Standard setting,accreditation body set up, set up ofadministrative and technical committee,

structure of council, composition, ToRs of thecouncil, its objective activities and source offunding.

Development of National ForestryDatabase Management System(NFDMS)

The main objectives of the scheme are:

To prepare a blue print towards thedevelopment of N ational Forestry

Database Management System to monitorthe programmes. Forest Survey of Indiais its nodal agency.

To develop Forest Statistics Databaseand to ensure advocate networking withthe State / UTs Forest Department. Thedatabase system will collect, compileand disseminate information on theproduction and consumption pattern offorestry products including Timber, Non

Wood Forest Products, Forest Trade anddata related to Export, Import of ForestryProducts. Scheme aims for developmentof National Forest Management Systemintegrated with information systems ofthe States to ensure effective monitoringwith a universal access of all stakeholders.It is taken care of by Statistical Cellunder SU Division. Upgradation andcompilation of forestry data being acontinuous process, the cell would

continue to work during 12th Five YearPlan.

Forest Survey of India has submitted anEFC Memo on Strengthening of ForestryDatabase and Monitoring of all the CentralSponsored Scheme during the current year2010-11. It was also decided that the aboveobjectives of 'National Forestry DatabaseManagement System' will be also be a partof schemes of FSI.

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The Ministry in the current year has alsoreviewed the progress of the project 'Surveyof Status, Current Utilization and Potential forSustainable Utilization of BiodiversityResources in Andaman & Nicobar Islands'

sanctioned to Andaman & Nicobar IslandsForest & Plantation Development CorporationLtd. (ANIFPDCL), Port Blair.

National Coordinated Programme forAssessment of Non-Timber ForestProducts Resources

The scheme was introduced during 11th

Five Year Plan for assessment of Non TimberForest Product Resource focuses on

assessment, monitoring and evaluation studiesin the broad areas of forestry trade, productionand disposal of NTFPs in the country.

Planning Commission has recentlysuggested that the Ministry of Tribal Affairs,Govt. of India, shall be the nodal andadministrative Ministry for operationalizingthe Minimum Support Price for Minor ForestProduces (MFPs). Planning Commission hasalso given the responsibility to the Ministryof Environment & Forests for compilingNational Level information regarding datarelated to MFPs such as:-

Quick assessment of condition of 12-14important MFPs

Making available planting material

Training on sustainable productivity

Management plans and working plansof MFPs to be drawn up in a transparentmanner in consultation with Gram Sabhas

The Ministry of Environment & Forests isconsulting various States for their suggestionsfor quick assessment of conditions of 12-14important MFPs, making available plantingmaterial, training of sustainable productivityand other issues. In this regard, few meetingsat the national level were also conductedduring this year with the Nodal Officer fromthe States dealing with NTFP Management.Even an advisory was circulated to some

major producing NTFP States regardingMinimum Support Price of Minor ForestProduce.

During the current year, the Ministry has

released an amount of Rs. 15.89 lakhs to FRI,Dehradun for the ongoing research projecton estimation of Biomass, Role of WoodCarving, Bamboo etc. During the currentyear, the Ministry has reviewed project on'Ensuring Fair Returns to Primary Collectorsof Non timber Forest Products' which isexecuted by FRI, Dehradun. During the year2010-11, the Ministry has also sanctioned aproject to Indian Council of Forestry Research& Education (ICFRE), Dehradun for preparation

of Forestry Sector Report, 2010.

Other Works of the Division undermandate that may be mentioned are:

Export & Import of forestryproducts and Tariff structureforestry items

The Division deals with the