Assessing the effectiveness of community managed forests for plant diversity conservation in Meghalaya, Northeast India.

ABSTRACT: In the state Meghalaya, northeast India, >80% of the forest lands are owned by local communities and managed by traditional institutions. These forests are under severe threats due to a number of human disturbances. The present study was conducted to assess the plant diversity and identify the community forests for priority conservation in Khasi Hills of Meghalaya. Floristic explorations carried out in the 87 forests reveals the presence of 1300 plant species of which 400 are either rare, endemic or threatened. Of the different forest categories, reserve forests had the highest number of species (1190), followed by sacred forests (987 species) and village forests (786 species). Majority of the forests (56) had high-species richness, irreplaceability level (42 forests) and vulnerability lev

SUBMITTER: Mir AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9209898 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature