Ethnobotany for Foresters

Kaushal Singh: working as Assistant Professor in Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, College of Forestry, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda, Uttar Pradesh.Manish Kumar Singh: working as a Scientist-D and as Herbarium in-charge in Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat, Assam.Vinita Bisht:working as Assistant Professor in Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, College of Forestry, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda, Uttar Pradesh.Aishwarya Maheshwariis a conservation biologist with Masters and Ph.D. in the Wildlife Sciences. He is currently working as Assistant Professor, Wildlife Sciences at the Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda.

• 1. Introduction 2. Ethnobotany and Subdisciplines 3. Ethnic People and their Contribution 4. Methods and Tools in Ethnobotany 5. Plants in Mythology 6. Major Tribes of India and their Ethnobotany 7. Ethnobotany of Plants from Major Families