AFFORESTATION OF COLD DESERTS/MANAGEMENT OF ALPINE PASTURES

Afforestation of Cold Deserts

• Survey of cold desert areas carried out to identify, indigenous species and species groups for taking up planting trials with these species in the cold desert areas.

• Survey of Juniper bearing areas in Himachal Pradesh carried out to assess its conservation status.

• Nursery techniques or some indigenous species suitable for cold desert areas including Quercus ilex, Hippophae rhamnoides and Fraxinus xanthoxyloides standardised.

• Floristic survey of Cold Deserts of HP and J&K carried out and collected unique flora from the cold deserts.

Hippophae rhamnoides	Cold Desert - A Typical Village	Cold Desert - A View	Juniperus spp.

	Management of Alpine Pastures Ecological studies including determination of species composition, plant biomass and net primary production in selected alpine pasture carried out.
Alpine Studies