Like the touch of rain she wasOn a man's flesh and hair and eyesWhen the joy of walking thusHas taken him by surprise:With the love of the storm he burns,He sings, he laughs, well I know how,But forgets when he returnsAs I shall not forget her 'Go now'.Those two words shut a doorBetween me and the blessed rainThat was never shut beforeAnd will not open again.
India's unique topography, terrain, climate and vegetation, brings out natural diversity that cannot be witnessed anywhere else in the world. One such variation is also present in India's wild forested regions.Tropical forests in India's east present a total contrast with the pine and coniferous woodland of the Western Himalayas. The natural cover of India varies with high altitudes and these evergreen forests are bounded with high alpine meadows nearer to t
he snowline and temperate forests of short stout trees in the lower elevations. In the Himalayan foothills are decidious trees, with shrubs, Bamboos, fern and grass.The Varied Indian Forest RangeIndia's northern plains, the course of the holy rivers Ganga and the Yamuna; the Great Thar Desert in the west; the Sundarbans, the marshy swamplands, in the delta of the Ganga and the Brahmaputra, in the east; the Deccan Plateau, lying in the rain shadow of the hills and the Western Ghats with their dense; luxuriant forests - all provide fascinating variations in habitats. These forests sustain 350 species of mammals, 2, 100 kinds of birds - local and migratory, nearly 350 species of reptile and countless insects.Preserving India's Forest HeritageThe need for conservation of the environment and the forests has excercised the minds of Indian rulers from the earliest of times. In recent times,it was the administrators and princely rulers who demarcated and reserved forests as private preserves. Today many of the forested regions form the nucleus of India's wildlife sanctuaries and parks.
Indian's Only RainforestThe state of Arunachal Pardesh is gifted with enormous wealth of wildlife and forested land. But once the whole of India was blessed with wealth. Increasing population, hunting and encroachments has resulted in the destruction of India's forest lands. Today the North eastern states of India, have become the only region where Rainforest wealth of India survives, but for how long, that's a big question.The rainforests of the northeast state of Assam are facing fast depletion due to ignorance and negligence of the state authorities and the community people, residing within the the forest Areas. In the recent survey it has been discovered and that there is a continuous stretch of 800-sq-kms of virgin rainforests in upper Assam that spills over to Arunachal Pradesh is present in the Northeastern region of India.The newly discovered Joydihing -wildlife sanctuary, comprises the Joypur reserve forest, Dirak reserve forest and Dihing reserve forest. It houses 32 species of mammals, more than 300 species of birds and several other rare and endemic wild species. A critical aspect of this forest zone is that of the 15 species of non-human primates found in India, seven inhabit in this belt. They include Rhesus Macaque, Assamese Macaque, slow Loris, capped Langurs, pig-tailed Macaque, stam-tailed Macaque and Hoolock Gibbons. This rainforest stretch is also one of the largest elephant zone in India, through which more than 2,000 elephants migrate to Arunachal Pradesh every year.
he snowline and temperate forests of short stout trees in the lower elevations. In the Himalayan foothills are decidious trees, with shrubs, Bamboos, fern and grass.The Varied Indian Forest RangeIndia's northern plains, the course of the holy rivers Ganga and the Yamuna; the Great Thar Desert in the west; the Sundarbans, the marshy swamplands, in the delta of the Ganga and the Brahmaputra, in the east; the Deccan Plateau, lying in the rain shadow of the hills and the Western Ghats with their dense; luxuriant forests - all provide fascinating variations in habitats. These forests sustain 350 species of mammals, 2, 100 kinds of birds - local and migratory, nearly 350 species of reptile and countless insects.Preserving India's Forest HeritageThe need for conservation of the environment and the forests has excercised the minds of Indian rulers from the earliest of times. In recent times,it was the administrators and princely rulers who demarcated and reserved forests as private preserves. Today many of the forested regions form the nucleus of India's wildlife sanctuaries and parks.Indian's Only RainforestThe state of Arunachal Pardesh is gifted with enormous wealth of wildlife and forested land. But once the whole of India was blessed with wealth. Increasing population, hunting and encroachments has resulted in the destruction of India's forest lands. Today the North eastern states of India, have become the only region where Rainforest wealth of India survives, but for how long, that's a big question.The rainforests of the northeast state of Assam are facing fast depletion due to ignorance and negligence of the state authorities and the community people, residing within the the forest Areas. In the recent survey it has been discovered and that there is a continuous stretch of 800-sq-kms of virgin rainforests in upper Assam that spills over to Arunachal Pradesh is present in the Northeastern region of India.The newly discovered Joydihing -wildlife sanctuary, comprises the Joypur reserve forest, Dirak reserve forest and Dihing reserve forest. It houses 32 species of mammals, more than 300 species of birds and several other rare and endemic wild species. A critical aspect of this forest zone is that of the 15 species of non-human primates found in India, seven inhabit in this belt. They include Rhesus Macaque, Assamese Macaque, slow Loris, capped Langurs, pig-tailed Macaque, stam-tailed Macaque and Hoolock Gibbons. This rainforest stretch is also one of the largest elephant zone in India, through which more than 2,000 elephants migrate to Arunachal Pradesh every year.
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