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Geographical location The state of Meghalaya lies between 25°47' to 26°10'N latitudes and 89°45' to 92°47'E longitudes in the northeastern state of India. This land locked plateau has a highly dissected and undulating topography, especially in the western and the northern side. However, the southern side is characterized by continuous escarpments with steep slopes. The state has a 496 km long international boundary with Bangladesh in the south and west while northern and eastern sides are bordered by the state of Assam (Fig.1). Meghalaya was carved out of Assam as an autonomous state on April 2, 1970 and Table 1 Summary of state statistics CHAPTER II A brief profile of Meghalaya Kiranmay Sarma {Souce : Directorate of Economic & Statistics 2002} was declared a full-fledged state of the Indian Union on January 21, 1972. The state of Meghalaya comprises of the Khasi, Garo and Jaintia hills. A summary of the demographic profile is given in Table 1. The Garo Hills of Meghalaya consist of three districts viz., East Garo Hills, West Garo Hills and South Garo Hills (Fig. 2). The highest point of Garo hills is the Nokrek peak with an altitude of 1412m above msl. The total area of Garo Hills districts is 8,167 km 2 , which is 36.4% of the total area of the state. The areas of East, West and South Garo Hills districts are 2,603, 3677 and 1,887 km 2 , respectively.
Page 1 and 2: Eds: Rahul Kaul, Sandeep Kumar Tiwa
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Page 5 and 6: FOREWORD February 12, 2008 Forests
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Fig 8 Dominance-distribution curves
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64 Canopies and Corridors
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and invasion of weedy and other spe
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Balakrishnan, N.P. 1981-83. Flora o
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the first stage sampling units and
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Survey Survey was conducted on the
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engaged in forest resource collecti
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87.2% birds and 79.5% fishes. Only
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industry. A large part of bamboo is
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Introduction Forest resources play
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Profile of the Sample Age-sex compo
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Initiatives for the conservation of
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Laws for legal protection of forest
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have done good work for forest cons
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92 Canopies and Corridors Fig. 2 Fo
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The conflict has also resulted in i
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Fig. 8 Map of Ranggira- Nokrek elep
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Fig. 9 Map of Nokrek - Imangiri ele
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Fig. 10 Map of Imangiri -Rewak elep
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Fig. 11 Map of Siju -Rewak elephant
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Fig. 12 Map of Siju -Balpakram elep
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area. The Nokma and local community
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Fig. 18 Piglets distributed among A
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Selbalgre village (about 20 kms fro
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Fig. 4 Notification of Selbalgre Vi
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Fig. 9 Fishery tank being prepared
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(i) Careful steps should be taken t
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communities. The major tribes of th
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ANNEXURE II T.N. GODAVARMAN THIRUMU
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foolproof institutional arrangement
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16. Units who do not want to shift
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tools and implements for prosecutio
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e delegated to it by the Regional C
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constituted by such Council in appe
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(c) taxes on the entry of goods int
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specify in the notification; (c) th
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(3) Every order made under sub-para
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(2) Every member whether elected or
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(f) fisheries; (g) water, that is t
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(d) prescribe that no person reside
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Act, 2003 (44 of 2003), s. 2 , so a
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consider the desirability of introd
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Order: Insectivora Family: Soricida
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Tiger Panthera tigris tigris (Linna
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ANNEXURE V List of Birds reported f
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Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedi
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Family: Paridae Melanochlora sultan
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Order: Testudines 1. Hardella thurj
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Order: Primates Family: Cercopithec
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ANNEXURE IX
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A. OCCASIONAL REPORTS OTHER WTI PUB
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