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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National green tribunal issues notice to forest conservator
PANAJI: National green tribunal (NGT) has issued a show cause notice to the conservator of forests for not complying with its directions to identify and demarcate areas of private forests in various survey
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Rural local institutions and climate change adaptation in forest communities in Cameroon
<p>Surveys and interviews were used to understand community resilience in forest-dependent communities facing climate change in Cameroon. Surveys of 232 individuals showed a diversity of formal and informal
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Tanzania: Ministry Mulls Authority for Forest Protection, Conservation
Dodoma — THE government plans to transform Tanzania Forest Service Agency (TFS) into Tanzania Forest Authority (TFA), to ensure proper protection and conservation of forests in the country. Tourism
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Deodars under threat of concrete jungle
Foreign tourists start online campaign to save trees Deodar trees in McLeodganj, Bhagsu and Dharamkot areas near Dharamsala are under threat. The trees have been taken inside the constructed areas of
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Pakistan achieves 12pc protected area target under MDGs: Minister
Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan has said that Pakistan has achieved the target of 12% protected areas under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on Environmental Sustainability.
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Apple gets into forest conservation in China and the US
Apple is carving out a status for itself as a forest defender. That’s the role the electronics giant has assumed in an effort to increase the sustainable forestry pulp and paper supply that it needs for
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Indonesia extends moratorium on partial forest clearing
Indonesia’s president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo extended the country’s partial forest-clearing moratorium on Wednesday, the day of its expiration, leaving largely intact a policy civil society groups had demanded
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Sri Lanka to become the first nation in the world to protect all its mangroves
More than half the world’s mangroves have been lost over the last century but all of those surviving in Sri Lanka, one of their most important havens, are now to be protected in an unprecedented operation.
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Southern Africa: Malawi Ranked First in SADC Deforestation Rate
Lilongwe — The Principal Secretary (PS) for the Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Kester Kaphaizi has expressed concern over Malawi's deforestation rate which is ranked first (1st ) in the
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Nigeria: Groups Raise Alarm Over Deforestation in Cross River
Calabar — With Nigeria losing over 500,000 hectares of forest yearly to deforestation, experts have called for the repeal of the Land Use Act in the country. Executive Director, Environmental Rights