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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Toymaker Hasbro cuts deforestation from its supply chain
Hasbro, the second largest American toy company, today announced a new packaging policy that excludes the use of fiber produced via destruction of rainforests, reports Greenpeace. The policy requires suppliers
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Two decades of community forestry in Nepal: what have we learned ?
Development projects conceived now are rarely expected to have a life of more than five years, perhaps ten years at most. Looking back over more than twenty years of project experience in community forestry
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Climate change for policy-makers: an approach for integrating climate change in forest programmes in support of sustainable forest management
The FAO and the National Forest Programme Facility have released a publication titled, "Climate Change for Policy-Makers: An approach for integrating climate change in forest programmes in support of sustainable
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High Level committee to scrutinize Goa Forest Police 2011
PANJIM: At long last, the State government has constituted a high level committee to scrutinize suggestions and objections given in response to the Goa Forest Policy, 2011. The Committee which will be
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Devolution of forest rights and sustainable forest management: a review of policies and programs in 16 Developing Countries
About 80 percent of the forested area of the developing world is held under public ownership. Many critics of state ownership argue that public stewardship of forests has been poor, pointing to high rates
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Report of the working group on forests and sustainable management of natural resources for the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017)
The report of the working group on forests and sustainable management of natural resources is a collective effort to introduce and explain the concerns and challenges faced by the sector and the strategy
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Fair price bamboo selling centre by Forest Department in Sivasagar
SIVASAGAR: After an assessment and review conference at the Divisional office of the District Forest department in Sivasagar with 34 chairmen and secretaries of the Forest Management Committee’s the District
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Governmet may set up committee to scrutinize Forest Policy 2011
State Government is likely to come out with a notification directing setting up of a committee to scrutinize the suggestions given and objections raised regarding the Forest Policy 2011, within a week.
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CS for replicating ICT system of MP to conserve forests
Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal today called for replicating ICT system of Madhya Pradesh in Jammu and Kashmir to manage and conserve forests in a systematic way.
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Getting REDD+ right for women: an analysis of the barriers and opportunities for women’s participation in the REDD+ sector in Asia
The purpose of this assessment is to identify the constraints to and opportunities for women‘s participation in REDD+ initiatives, particularly as country REDD+ readiness plans are being developed, as