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Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, was established on 1st December, 1985 with the objective to promote education, research and extension education in the fields of Horticulture, Forestry and allied disciplines. Late Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the first Chief Minister and the architect of Himachal Pradesh perceived the importance of Horticulture and Forestry to develop and improve the State economy which led to the establishment of this University. Its history lies in erstwhile Himachal Agricultural College, Solan, established in 1962 and affiliated to the Panjab University. It became one of the campuses of Agriculture Complex of Himachal Pradesh University on its formation in 1970. Consequent upon the establishment of Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya in 1978, this campus became its Horticulture Complex and finally in 1985, assumed the status of a State University, being the only University in the country engaged exclusively in teaching, research and extension in Horticulture and Forestry. The University is located at Nauni in Solan District of Himachal Pradesh, 13 km from Solan on Solan-Rajgarh Road, at an elevation of 1300 metres above mean sea level. Solan town is situated on national highway (NH-22) and is well connected by train and bus services. The University has four constituent colleges, out of which, two are located at the main campus Nauni, one for horticulture and the other for forestry, having 9 and 7 departments, respectively. The third College i.e., College of Horticulture & Forestry is located at Neri in Hamirpur District on Nadaun-Hamirpur state highway, about 6 Km from Hamirpur town and is well connected with bus service. The college offers three Undergraduate Degree Programmes i.e. BSc (Hons.) Horticulture, BSc (Hons.) Forestry and B. Tech. Biotechnology and MSc degree programme in a few subjects. The fourth college i.e. College of Horticulture and Forestry, Thunag (Mandi) is located at Thunag District Mandi. This college offer BSc (Hons.) Horticulture and BSc (Hons.) Forestry degree programme. In addition, there are five Regional Research Stations, 12 Satellite Stations and five Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) situated in different zones of the State.

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Subject: Silviculture and Agroforestry × Author: ATTRI, VARUN × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2012 ×
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    GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM BASED PLANNING FOR RAJGARH FOREST DIVISION OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2017) ATTRI, VARUN; SHARMA, D.P.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation was carried out during 2011-2014 in Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh, located between 30° 38’40” to 31° 01’14” N latitude and 77° 01’ 5” to 77° 26’ 13”E longitude, at an elevation ranging from 500 m to 3500 m a.s.l. to develop comprehensive forest resource database and spatial analysis of growing stock and evaluation of forest for normality for Rajgarh forest division. The necessary data such as paper maps and inventory report was acquired from the Divisional office of Rajgarh Forest Division to create comprehensive database and necessary thematic maps were prepared. For estimation of volume and carbon inventory data was analysed in geographical information system (Arc.GIS).There are six working circles, four ranges, 879 compartments and 41 beats. Small to very small variation in area of different management units, forest vegetation and land uses were observed as compared to area reported in Working Plan. Out of total growing stock and carbon stock of 7.05×10 6 m 3 and 3.29×10 6 t, respectively, in the Division the Habban, Rajgarh, Narag and Sarahan range accounted 71.98 % and 67.85 %, 19.72 % and 22.59 %, 4.03 % and 5.06 %, & 4.27 % and 4.50 %, respectively for the total growing stock and carbon stock, respectively. Among different working circle, Chil Shelterwood, Deodar-Kail, Rehabilitation, Plantation, Protection and Selection accounted 8.98 % and 9.15 %, 31.37 % and 28.44 %, 6.45 % and 7.73 %, 2.47 % and 2.57 %, 15.13 % and 21.66 %, 35.59 % and 30.45 % for total growing stock and carbon stock , respectively . The status of Chil Shelterwood working circle was as: growing stock (251.37 m 3 ha -1 ), tree total biomass (199.46 t ha -1 ), tree total carbon stock (99.73 t ha -1 ), tree total carbon mitigated (366.47 t ha -1 ), regeneration per cent (40.90%). However the status of Deodar-Kail working circle was as: growing stock (463.35 cu m/ha), tree total biomass (436.12 t ha -1 ), tree total carbon stock (218.06 t ha -1 ), tree total carbon mitigated (799.56 t ha -1 ) and regeneration per cent (65.28 %). The status of growing stock and biomass carbon in Rehabilitation working circle was as: growing stock (103.56 m 3 ha -1 ), tree total biomass (120.74 t ha -1 ), tree total carbon stock (60.37 t ha -1 ), tree total carbon mitigated (221.35 t ha -1 ) and regeneration per cent (24.17 %). The growing stock (92.30 m 3 ha -1 ), tree total biomass (127.86 t ha -1 ), tree total carbon stock (63.93 t ha -1 ), tree total carbon mitigated (234.40 t ha -1 ), regeneration per cent (27.50 %) was present in Plantation working circle. The status of Protection working circle was as: growing stock (289.96 m 3 ha -1 ), tree total biomass (701.55 t ha -1 ), tree total carbon stock (350.77 t ha -1 ), tree total carbon mitigated (1286.17 t ha -1 ), regeneration per cent (58.61 %). In Selection working circle, the status was as: growing stock (611.95 m 3 ha -1 ), tree total biomass (466.30 t ha -1 ), tree total carbon stock (233.15 t ha -1 ), tree total carbon mitigated (854.88 t ha -1 ), regeneration per cent (32.50 %). The forest under Chil Shelterwood and Selection working circles were overstocked, with poor incremental growth and poorly regenerated. However in Deodar-Kail working circle the forest was under-stocked with poor incremental growth and regeneration. In rest of the working circles i.e. Rehabilitation, Plantation and Protection, the distribution of stem volume in diameter classes was disproportionate and regeneration was very poor. In general forests of Rajgarh Forest Division do not meet the criteria of normal forests.