Box MS-032 Box 1

The accession consists of G S Rawat's papers. Gopal S Rawat is a wildlife biologist associated with the Wildlife Institute of India. His research interests include long-term ecological monitoring of high-altitude ecosystems, ecology and management of alpine rangeland/alpine meadows, and orchid systematics and ecology. The papers include Rawat's PhD thesis, notebooks and diaries, checklists of plants, and illustrations of plants.

The accession consists of G S Rawat's papers. Gopal S Rawat is a wildlife biologist associated with the Wildlife Institute of India. His research interests include long-term ecological monitoring of high-altitude ecosystems, ecology and management of alpine rangeland/alpine meadows, and orchid systematics and ecology. The papers include Rawat's PhD thesis, notebooks and diaries, checklists of plants, and illustrations of plants.

Contains handdrawn pencil sketches of plant specimens made in Bilaspur, Sunder Nagar, Pangi, Pancheswar, Tungnath etc. Includes specimens of the plants which has either been pasted or pressed between the sheets.

Field notes from Nubra Valley, Tsokar -Puga valley, 'Valley of FLS'. Mentions Gaumukh-Gangotri, Nelong, Kandara Bugyal etc. Notebooks marked as 169-349, 275-331, and 500- 535. Contains vegetation surveys.

Contains fieldnotes of alpine vegetation in GHNP and Kanawar (HPFD). Includes research notes on grazing policy and practices, pastorialism etc in HImalayas perhaps taken during an IUCN conference.

Field notes containing vegetation survey in Lissar valley, Bedang, Parvati Tal, Rohtang, Tongul village etc. Notebooks marked as 1-100, 101-168.

Botany research notes for plant in Kumaon valley with names of families divided by genus, species etc.