Manuscript Title:

ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL REGENERATION IN ENCLOSURES ESTABLISHED UNDER 10-BTTP OF MARDAN FOREST DIVISION BY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE, PESHAWAR KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA FOREST DEPARTMENT

Author:

SYED HASNAIN ABBAS, ZAHID IQBAL KHAN, MUHAMMAD YASEEN, MUSHTAQ AHMAD, MUHAMMAD SAJAWAL, ARZ MUHAMMAD UMRANI

DOI Number:

DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/QHAXV

Published : 2022-12-10

About the author(s)

1. SYED HASNAIN ABBAS - Research and Development Directorate, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Forest Department.
2. ZAHID IQBAL KHAN - Research and Development Directorate, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Forest Department.
3. MUHAMMAD YASEEN - Research and Development Directorate, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Forest Department.
4. MUSHTAQ AHMAD - Research and Development Directorate, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Forest Department.
5. MUHAMMAD SAJAWAL - Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
6. ARZ MUHAMMAD UMRANI - Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

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Abstract

The purposes of the current study were systematically carried out the precise assessment of the regeneration condition of mother tree species in all of the enclosures and achieve a 100 % target. The study was carried out under 10-BTTP thirty numbers enclosures were established as per DFO office records in various sites of the Mardan forest division. Major and associated species of the Mardan forest division were Acacia modesta, Olea ferruginea, Mallotus phillippenensis, Dalbergia sissoo, Albizia lebbek and Dodonaea viscose. A total of 30 enclosures were assessed to get an accurate natural regeneration ratio. All the field data were recorded on the prescribed Questionnaire in which all the relevant parameters were given. The data was collected on-spot GPS calibrated points using tally sheets and questionnaires. A prominent point within each enclosure was selected as the first sampling point. Each of the sampling plots was based on the point centre method where each of the points/plots was a circle having a radius of 17.8m. The data were analyzed by using the Excel programme. After the data analysis, enclosures were categorized into Poor, Average and Good based on the number of regenerations per Acre. Average numbers of regeneration in all enclosures 417 per acre was reported. In the Mardan forest division, 5 numbers of enclosures of 16.67% were recorded in the Poor category, 6 numbers of enclosures of 20% were in the Average category, and 19 numbers of enclosures 63.33% were reported in the Good category.


Keywords

Natural Regeneration, Enclosures, 10 BTTAP, Assessment, Research and Development Directorate Peshawar.