What are the economic benifits of forest in assam?
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This study is an endeavor to identify and locate potential forest resources for better livelihood management of the people of Assam and ensuring promotion of sustainable practices with varieties of traditional value-added products. Similarly, homesteads and patch vegetations near to villages may be considered as important ex-situ conservation sites of the state’s biodiversity.
The study recorded potential forest resources both from natural forest and in the homesteads of Assam, which are being utilized for food, fodder, medicinal, spices, aromatic and essential oil, fibers, dyes, beverage, pesticides yielding species, timber, fuel wood, handicraft items, ornamental and aesthetic etc.
Some biodiversity have unique importance as they are rare, endangered and endemic.
The study also identified potential forest resources and indigenous knowledge involve in their activities, skills and strategies for cultivation, management, processing of bioresources, value addition and beliefs in cultural and ritual practices of the communities of Assam.