Ritesh Pokar

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda | MSU · Department of Botany

Biodiversity of tropical grasslands and savannas (tropical grassy biomes, TGBs) remains poorly documented compared with tropical forests. This is in part due to the misplaced notion of TGBs being anthropogenic forest derivatives that support negligible biodiversity and endemism. For the Indian savannas, the legacy of colonial forestry has led to th...

Woody plant encroachment is a pervasive global driver impacting grassland structure and functioning, and we know very little about efficacies of management techniques for restoring woody plant-encroached tropical grasslands. In the Banni grasslands of India, which are extensively encroached by an invasive woody legume, Prosopis juliflora, we test t...

Forsskaolea viridis Ehrenb. ex Webb (Urticaceae), a species native to Africa and the Middle East, is reported here as an addition to the angiosperm flora of India from Gujarat. A detailed description, colour photographs, flowering and fruiting times, details on habitat, plant association and the distribution of the species are provided here.

Natural resources provide a range of interrelated environmental interaction and socioeconomic benefits, which support a diversity of livelihood policies for different stakeholders of the local community. The Pastoralist community locally called Maldharis who is sifting one place to another place for their survival. Since the land is not suitable fo...

Natural resources provide a range of interrelated environmental interaction and socioeconomic benefits, which support a diversity of livelihood policies for different stakeholders of the local community. The Pastoralist community locally called Maldharis who is sifting one place to another place for their survival. Since the land is not suitable fo...

State Biodiversity Boards are placed at the centre of the proverbial pyramid under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. They govern Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) in the state and report to the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA)- the apex body. The Act gives broad powers to BMCs to promote conservation, sustainable use and documentatio...

ROLLA S. RAO AWARD: Biodiversity Conservation (Angiosperm) Abstract Ritesh R Pokar, Shweta Pawaria, Ilesh Katara, Dr.Pankaj N Joshi Participatory Conservation of Selected Significant Plant Species with Biodiversity Management Committee in Kachchh Region, Gujarat, India. Threatened plant species are an essential component of the plant world which re...

Olax nana Wall. ex Benth. has been rediscovered after a century from Kachchh district of Gujarat state. A brief description with photographs for easy identification and information about its phenology and habitat is provided here.