Arunachal Pradesh is a land of biological diversity and that too not without a reason. About 500 species of birds, 85 species of mammal and as many as 5000 plants has earned Arunachal Pradesh this title. All these are naturally gifted to the state and the administration is doing every thing to maintain this diversity of nature. The forestry in Arunachal Pradesh can be categorized into many sub-groups. The sub-groups of the forests of Arunachal Pradesh are:
This type of forests can be further classified into two types:
- Tropical evergreen forests
- Tropical Semi evergreen forests.
Altitudes between 800m to 1900 meters is the seat of Sub-Tropical Evergreen Forests which grows upto 40 meter high. Climbers, ferns and orchids are mainly found in this forests.
The tress of this forests again can be divided into two types:
- Temperate Conifer Forests.
- Temperate Broad leaved Forests.
Found in altitudes between 1000 to 1800 meters, this forest is comprised of trees like P. wallichiana, P.merkusii and Pinus roxburghii.
Grown in altitudes between 4000 m to 5500 m, these trees remain snow capped most of the time. R. thomsonii, Festuca sp., Rhododendron nivale., Saussaurea sp, Arenaria sp are few of such trees.
Bamboo is one of the most important tree in Arunachal Pradesh, since it provides the bulk of the raw materials to the local small scale industries.
To protect deforestation, Government of Arunachal Pradesh has taken many schemes and programs and make the locals aware of the necessity of forests and promote forestry in Arunachal Pradesh. Apna Van, Aided Natural Regeneration, Minor Forest Produce, Minimum Need Program, Integrated Wasteland Development Project, Minor Forest Produce, Area Oriented Fuel wood and Fodder Project, etc are some of such initiatives.
