Volume : IV, Issue : X, October - 2014

The Role of Non Timber Forest Products in Karnataka State

N. S. Satheesh Kumar, Dr. P. Jayashree

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Non–Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) play an important role in both national and local economies. In some cases, the importance of these activities can be seen clearly from national statistics. In India, for example, more than 30 million people are employed in the non–timber forest product sector. In India over 50 million people are dependent on NTFPs for their subsistence and cash income. This provides 50 percent of household income for 20 to 30 per cent of rural population particularly for tribal. The conservation of forest wealth has become a major challenge in the whole of the country, including the state of Karnataka, because of ever–increasing pressures on already declining forest resources. The State of Karnataka is located between 11 30’ and 18 30’ N latitudes and 74 10” and 78 30” E longitudes and covers an area of 1, 91,790 sq.kms. The total forest area in Karnataka is 38, 28,430 hectares, out of this Reserved forest is 28, 68,996 hectares it means 74.93 per cent of the total forest area. Protected forest acquires 10.26 per cent of the total area. Un–classed forest is 13.66 percent, village forests and private land forest acquired less than one per cent of the total forests area in the Karnataka area.

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N. S. SATHEESH KUMAR,Dr. P. jayashree The Role of Non Timber Forest Products in Karnataka State Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue : 10 October 2014

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