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This special volume dedicated for the International Year of Forests-2011, contains articles/research papers on wide ranging and emerging areas of forestry and forest ecology contributed by leading researchers from various institutes, Universities and NGOs working in the Indian Himalayan region IHR. Topics covered in this edited volume include climate change impacts on forest structure and functioning ecosystem services, carbon sequestration, carbon markets and REDD+community forestry, forest fire and invasion and priority areas for forestry research in the RIO+20 era. Readers will find that the articles indicate a paradigm shift from the traditional studies focusing on forest structure and functioning to contemporary global thinking on forests as a natural capital for sustainable growth and development.

Contents: 1. Twenty priority issues for forestry research with particular reference to Indian Himalayan region in the RIO+20 Era/G.C.S. Negi, R.S. Rawal, P.P. Dhyani and L.M.S. Palni. 2. Forest cover status in the Indian Himalayan region/Subrat Sharma. 3. Community forestry in the Indian Himalayan region/R.L. Semwal, R.S. Bisht and Pushkin Phartiyal. 4. Structural and functional attributes of forests along an altitudinal gradient in Garhwal Himalaya/B.S. Adhikari and G.S. Rawat. 5. Regeneration status of dominant tree species in sub-tropical forests of Manipur/A. Kikim, P.S. Yadava and M.R. Khan. 6. Forests and floristic diversity of Nagaland/Sapu Changkija. 7. Leaf phenology of some important forest trees in Southern Assam/A.F. Devi and S.C. Garkoti. 8. Growth of conifer plantations in Himachal Pradesh/M.K. Thakur and S.S. Bhardwaj. 9. Soil carbon stock and it role in carbon sequestration/H. Singh, M. Kumar, M. Joshi and K. Chisanga. 10. Carbon accumulation in community managed forests: a case study in Kumaun Himalaya/V.S. Rawat and Y.S. Rawat.