At the rate of deforestation in many parts of the world, there are very few options for communities than to go into active planting in order to restore degraded forests. This manual was borne out of requests to help raise and maintain nurseries in India.

It details nursery raising techniques, including practical advice and illustrations on setting up a nursery. It provides information on 100 forest speciesas well as tips on seed treatment and germination derived from two decades of experience of the Palni Hills Conservation Council, an NGO in the hills of Kodaikanal. Documentation of these techniques is aimed to promote nursery raising and tree planting in degraded areas and farms.

2007. Editor: Madhu Ramnath. With full color plates.

Published by Palni Hills Conservation Council (www.palnihills.org), NTFP-EP and the Keystone Foundation.

For further information, please contact Keystone Foundation, P.O. Box 35, Groves Hill Road, Kotagiri 0643217, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India; Tel: +91 4266 272277, email: kf@keystone-foundation.org.

Or email the editor at madelly@gmail.com