March 2017

Vascular plant diversity with special reference to invasion of alien species on the Doon University Campus, Dehradun, India

The present study was conducted to assess vascular plant diversity in a modified habitat in Shivalik region. Extensive surveys were conducted to document the species in each season and identification was done with the help of regional floras. A total of 191 species comprising 181 species of angiosperms (176 genera and 76 families), 2 species of pteridophytes (2 genera and 1 family), and 8 species of gymnosperms (7...

Author(s): Amit Singh, Khima Nand Balodi, Suneet Naithani , Amber Srivastava, Ashutosh Singh and E.H. Kwon-Ndung

March 2017

Developing competence for communities impacted by dam construction

This paper contributes to the discussion on community competence by focusing on thirteen communities near Bui dam and Bui National Park, Ghana to address the impacts of Bui Dam construction and related resettlements through analysis of community competence. For each of these questions, further analysis was undertaken to assess the role of resettlement, ethnicity, age, livelihood type and gender. Data was gathered...

Author(s): Jones Lewis Arthur