Correction: Biodiversity conservation and management through forest landscape restoration in the Western Himalaya, India

A Correction on
Biodiversity conservation and management through forest landscape restoration in the Western Himalaya, India

By Samant SS, Negi VS, Pathak R, Dangwal B, Joshi RK, Airi S, Sekar KC, Pant S and Bhatt ID (2025). Front. Conserv. Sci. 6:1663322. doi: 10.3389/fcosc.2025.1663322

Author “Bhawana Dangwal” was erroneously spelled as “Bhawna Dangwal”.

The order of authors in the author list of the published paper was erroneously given as:

“Vikram S. Negi, Ravi Pathak, Bhawna Dangwal, Ravindra K. Joshi, Subodh Airi, K.C. Sekar, Shreekar Pant, Indra D. Bhatt and S.S. Samant”.

The correct author list reads:

“S.S. Samant, Vikram S. Negi, Ravi Pathak, Bhawana Dangwal, Ravindra K. Joshi, Subodh Airi, K.C. Sekar, Shreekar Pant, and Indra D. Bhatt”.

The citation and copyright have been updated and the affiliations reordered.

Author Vikram S. Negi was erroneously omitted as corresponding author.

The Acknowledgements section was erroneously given as:

“The authors thank the Director, G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (NIHE), Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, for the facilities. All the authors are highly thankful to Late Dr. U. Dhar and Late Dr. R.S. Rawal (Former Directors, GBPNIHE) for setting up and conceptualising the idea of the restoration model at GBPNIHE and implementing it throughout the Himalayan region. Partial funding from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) under the LEAD BG project is gratefully acknowledged. We also acknowledge all the Scientists, Students, and other employees of the GBPNIHE who directly and indirectly contributed to the development of the successful restoration model- ‘Suryakunj’.”

The corrected statement is:

“The authors thank the Director, G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (NIHE), Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, for the facilities. All the authors are deeply thankful to Dr. S.S. Samant (Former Scientist, GBPNIHE, and Director, HFRI Shimla) for conceptualizing the idea of the conservation model ‘Suryakunj’ and for developing the site with a rich collection of native, endemic, and economically important plants at GBPNIHE, Kosi Almora, Uttarakhand. We sincerely acknowledge the hard work and years of effort that Dr S.S. Samant and team have invested in developing the Suryakunj conservation model. We sincerely acknowledge Late Dr. U. Dhar (Former Director, GBPNIHE) for his support and contribution in conceptualization of the site. We sincerely acknowledge the contribution of the Late Dr. R.S. Rawal (Former Director, GBPNIHE), who, after 2003, took charge of this site and played a key role in the upgradation and further development of ‘Suryakunj’ as a successful restoration cum conservation model. A special thanks to Shri Jagdish Bisht for his sincere and excellent efforts in the development of the site. Further, we acknowledge all the scientists, students, and other staff members of GBPNIHE who directly or indirectly contributed to the development of the successful restoration and conservation model, ‘Suryakunj’. Funding from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) under the LEAD BG project is gratefully acknowledged for the development of the site.”

The original version of this article has been updated.

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