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This study was carried out in Machiara National Park (MNP) located in the District Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kasmir, Pakistan. MNP was gazetted in 1996 with the aim to conserve an important temperate Western Himalayan ecosystem covering 13,532 hectares. Situated adjacent to the park are 28 villages with an estimated population of 35,497 persons (at the end of 2004). The villagers are mostly engaged in subsistence agriculture & pastoralism, using and extracting plant resources also within the park, & thereby exerting considerable pressures on the natural vegetation. The objectives of this research were: (a) to assess the uses & dependencies of local communities on natural plant resources (biomass for fuel and wood for construction, medicinal plants, food and fodder) (b) to assess the perception of local communities about environmental changes and their attitudes towards the MNP management, (c) to compare their perceptions with information on vegetation changes derived from the analysis of a sequence of Landsat satellite images from 1991, 1998, & 2009, & (d) to synthesise the findings and make specific recommendations on better management of plant resources within protected area.
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Dar, Muhammad Ejaz Ul Islam
Dr. Muhammad Ejaz Ul Islam Dar - 27/11/2013 - till now: Assistant Professor (TTS), Department of Botany, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, City Campus, Muza arabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. 2008 - 2012: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Natural Resource Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.