Sir, I endorse your views wholly and totally that it is only we human-beings who are responsible for DESTROYING our precious forest and wildlife. We have lost so much of our medicinal plants in the Himalayan region slowly and steadily- as forests have been cleared by us for various reasons which cannot be supported.
Regards, Purnima Dutta Quoting Yazdy Palia <[email protected]>: > > Hi Friends, > Dears removing bark, Elephants knocking down trees in the forest have > been happening since the centuries. It can not be termed a menace. > As long as man does not interfere in nature, nature will take care of > it. It can not be compared to the decimation of thousands of acres > that man has committed. It can not be compared with the damage that > the forest department has committed by introducing thousands of acres > of teak plantation. The animals have been deprived of their natural > food. It has forced the macaques from leaving the forests and seeking > food in plantations and orchards. > The girdling done by settlers near forests is many times more than the > girdling done by deers. Politicians open up plots for settlers who are > given 3 to 5 cents of land near forests commit much greater harm than > the poor deers. These settlers forage for firewood in the forests and > when there are no dry twigs or branches girdle small trees and when > they dry up cut them down for firewood. > No my friends, deers do not do a fraction of the damage done to > nature by man. > > Regards > Yazdy. > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 7:37 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> We saw this tree - guggala dhoopa - Boswellia serrata Var.glabra >> (BURSERACEAE) with its bark removed/eaten(?) up. Locals over here say the >> the sambar deer (Cervus unicolor) with its long horn rubs the bark of this >> tree and eventually removes it (ring barking or girdlin) completly. The >> tree with its bark stripped would die soon. We saw two such trees without >> its bark. >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringbarking >> The bark of this tree is considered to be sweet, cooling and tonic. >> >> Local Name (Kannada) : guggala dhoopa >> Hindi Salai >> Scientific Boswellia serrata Var.glabra (BURSERACEAE). >> Bolpe reseved forest, Kukke, Western ghats >> Photo date: 25 Mar 2009 >> >> References:- >> From wikipedia >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringbarking >> the process of completely removing a strip of bark (consisting of Secondary >> Phloem tissue, cork cambium, and cork) around a tree's outer circumference, >> causing its death. >> Girdling occurs by deliberate human action (forestry and vandalism), >> accidentally (as in the case of new saplings tethered to a supporting >> stake), or by the feeding actions of >> some herbivores (who feed on bark at their height). It is most commonly used >> as a deliberate method of thinning forests and by farmers to yield larger >> fruits. >> >> http://www.liveindia..com/herbs/7.html >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boswellia_serrata >> http://envis.frlht.org/trade_search.php?txtpart=RESIN&lst_part=RESIN&txttrade=&lst_trade=KUNTHIRIKKAM >> >> ________________________________ >> Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel >> Click here! > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
