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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Cambodia to register five new forests covering 950,000 hectares as protected areas
PHNOM PENH, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian government would soon list five new forests with a total of about 950,000 hectares in the country's protected forest areas, officials said on Monday. Environment
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Conservation alliance to focus on Peruvian Amazon deforestation
(WINSTON-SALEM, NC, April 25, 2016) - Wake Forest University has received nearly $10 million in support to establish The Amazon Center for Environmental Research and Sustainability (ACERS). The new center,
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Forests hacked from 1,50,000 to 60,000 square miles: experts
Experts have shown concern over the rapid curtailment in forest area in the country from 1,50,000 square miles to 60,000 square miles. They also said that plantation would not only be beneficial for country’s
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Odisha govt. cautioned on violation of authority of gram sabha under FRA
Campaign For Survival Dignity convenor Gopinath Majhi had filed a petition with the Centre The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has cautioned the Odisha government not to erode the authority of the
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This huge region of Brazil is even more deforested — and less protected — than the Amazon
The Amazon has it bad, but the Cerrado may have it even worse. After all, at least you’ve actually heard of the Amazon. The Cerrado isn’t as big, but it is still one of the largest and most important
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S/Leone cracks down on forest encroacher
Sierra Leone officials have launched a crackdown on people thought to be violating the country’s law protecting the forest by arresting a registered surveyor.According to sources in Freetown on Wednesday,
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St. Lucia Launches 10-Year Strategy to Regulate Use of Forests
SAN JUAN – The government of St. Lucia announced Tuesday the launch of a 10-year plan to regulate the use and conservation of defined forest areas. The key priorities for National Forest Strategy are
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Tribals present forest management plan
Forest dwellers inside Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) have put forward their own Community Forest Resource Management and Conservation (CFRMC) plan for vast forest stretches. Campaigners advocating
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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
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Bad governance behind Pakistan’s massive deforestation: SCOPE
Society for Conservation and Protection of Environment’s (SCOPE) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the country’s prominent environmentalist, Tanveer Arif, said on Sunday that bad governance was behind