Dear members, *It's my privilege to introduce Dr. G. S. Rawat, our member, with details about him as below. He is supposed to be amongst one of the finest taxonomists, ecologists and wildlife biologists in India today:*
He joined WII in 1986 in the erstwhile Faculty of Wildlife Biology. Since then he has had the privilege and fortune to work closely with some of the finest field biologists and wildlife managers in the country, which has given him exposure to contemporary issues in ecology and conservation. He has M.Sc. (1980), Ph.D. (1984) and D.Sc. (2007) degrees in botany from Kumaun University, Nainital and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (Allahabad, 2004). He is a member of the IUCN/SSC Orchid and Medicinal Plant specialist groups and a life member of the Association for Plant Taxonomy. Prior to joining WII, he served in the Botanical Survey of India, Dehradun and in the departments of botany of Kumaun and Garhwal universities in various capacities. In 1988, he was awarded an FAO fellowship to undergo six months’ on-the-job training in habitat evaluation procedures at Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Later (in 1993), he also underwent training in alpine plant ecology at the Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder, U.S.A. His current research interests include long term ecological monitoring of high altitude ecosystems; ecology and management of alpine rangeland/alpine meadows; and orchid systematics and ecology. Besides performing his routine duties at WII, he works as the Secretary, Uttarakhand Chapter of the National Academy of Sciences, India and Associate Editor, *Tropical Ecology* in honorary capacities. *Specialization* Angiosperm taxonomy; wildlife habitat ecology; mountain ecosystems ecology. *Current Projects * - Habitat ecology and conservation status of wild ungulates in northern parts of Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary, Ladakh. - Global experiments on savanna tree seedlings in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan. - Taxonomy, distribution and conservation management of Orchids. *Key Publication* *Rawat G.S.* 1997. Conservation status of forests and wildlife in the Eastern Ghats, India. *Environmental Conservation* 24 (4):307-315. *Rawat G.S.* & B.S. Adhikari (2005). Floristics and Distribution of Plant Communities across Moisture and Topographic Gradients in Tso Kar Basin, Changthang Plateau, Eastern Ladakh. *Arctic, Antarctic & Alpine Research* 37 (4): 539-544. *Rawat G.S. (*2005*).* Vegetation dynamics and management of Rhinoceros habitat in Duars of West Bengal: An Ecological Review. *National Academy Science Letters* 28 (5 & 6): 179-186. *Rawat G.S. (*2007*).* Pastoral Practices, Wild Mammals and Conservation Status of Alpine Meadows in Western Himalaya. *Journal of Bombay Natural History Society* 104 (1): 5-11. Tambe S. & *G.S. Rawat* (2009). Ecology, Economics and Equity of the Pastoral Systems in the Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim Himalaya, India. *Ambio* 38 (2): 95 – 100. -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
