Indian forest and wood certification scheme
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has launched the Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme. This national forest certification scheme offers voluntary third-party certification
Forest Management
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Body Shop 'bio-bridges' to regenerate forests and connect wildlife habitats
A programme to regenerate thousands of acres of forest and link habitats in wildlife-rich parts of the world has been launched. The “bio-bridges” scheme, which creates corridors of natural habitat to
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Botswana: Chobe Forest Reserves Assessment Starts
Kasane — The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for Chobe forest reserves management plans will initiate the assessment process and consider the inception report. Speaking at the launch on Tuesday,
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Environmental groups demand end to logging of Australia’s native forests
More than 30 environmental groups have signed a statement demanding that agreements allowing the logging of Australian native forests not be renewed. Australia’s 10 regional forestry agreements (RFAs)
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Impact in the forests: the potential for business solutions to combat deforestation in large forest landscapes in Asia
Small and medium-sized Asian businesses specializing in forest and ecosystem services can play a key role in reducing deforestation in the region, according to a new study. The Impact in the Forests: The
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Nepal's forest cover increases by over five percent
A Nepali government survey has said that forests today take 44.74 percent of the total 141,718 sq km area of the Himalayan country, compared to the total forest cover of 39.6 percent between 1997 and 1998.
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Tamil Nadu looks to Kerala model for preservation of ecosystem
WITH rising temperature and acute drought scenario, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department is keen to take a leaf out of its Kerala counterpart in managing forest for ecosystem services. In an effort to study
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Will file reply on forest fires, Uttarakhand govt tell NGT
Uttarakhand govt. tell NGT, Himachal govt. too will file reply in a week The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday told the National Green Tribunal that they would file within two days a “consolidated reply”
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Draft Bangladesh National Forestry Policy, 2016
The vision of the National Forestry Policy is: “Restore and maintain the country’s environmental integrity, increase and stabilize forest cover to at least 20% of the country’s geographical area, address
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Poor mgmt reason for forest fires: Experts
While environmentalists and activists are largely blaming the timber and land mafia for raging “manmade” forest fires in Uttarakhand and now Himachal Pradesh, they also fault the poor management of such
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European forest ecosystems: state and trends
Forests are rich in biodiversity and valuable for recreation, water regulation and soil protection. As well as for providing timber and other non-wood forest products, forests are important for mitigating