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    Ongoing Biodiversity Related Initiatives
    (Authors Press, New Delhi, 2016) Jamal A. Khan, R.K. Sinha, Salim Javed, Sant Prakash, M. Shah Hussain, M.A. Khalid, Aisha Sultana, Ather A. Khan, A.G. Ponniah, Orus Ilyas, D. Kapoor, Tahmina Shafiq, R. Dayal, Shweta Bhardwaj
    India's forests have suffered serious depletion over the years, in terms of their growing stock, forest cover, creaming out of important timber species and biodiversity, mainly because of commercial over exploitation of the forests and the grinding poverty of forest dwellers. The direct dependence of forest dwellers on the forests is most evident in meeting their survival and subsistence needs e.g. collection of fuel wood, fodder, non-wood forest products, small timber etc. But unfortunately substantial number of them have been caught in the vicious circle of poverty that forces them to overexploit the nearby forests, causing serious depletion of the resource. In the process they have to sacrifice the long-term sustainability of meeting their survival and subsistence needs and their livelihood.
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    Current range and status of biodiversity
    (Authors Press, New Delhi, 2016) Jamal A. Khan, R.K. Sinha, Salim Javed, Sant Prakash, M. Shah Hussain, Monowar Alam Khalid, Aisha Sultana, Ather A. Khan, A.G. Ponniah, Orus Ilyas, D. Kapoor, Tahmina Shafiq, R. Dayal, Shweta Bhardwaj
    Wildlife management in our country has been the responsibility of foresters ever since scientific forestry commenced some 125 years ago. During the initial stages, the emphasis was on consolidation of the legal and silvicultural status of the reserved forests. A considerable proportion of forestland during this period was under individual ownership. The pressure on forestland was also less, because of low population levels of both human beings as well as cattle. In the second quarter of the 20th century, the pressure on the land increased due to the steep increase in human population, which resulted in the shrinkage of wilderness. As a sequel, some areas were declared as sanctuaries for conserving wildlife. To provide better legal status, the Indian Forest Act of 1927 was amended, and the Indian Game Act of 1935 was introduced. During the post 'Independence' era, the proprietary rights in private forests were abolished, without simultaneously transferring the authority to the 'Forest Department' for management. This resulted in the rapid loss of forests due to encroachments and grazing. Considerable amount of wilderness was also sacrificed for agriculture, irrigation, power, industrial and other developmental projects