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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Banking on forests: assets for a climate cure?
The governance of forests in India has been a complex realm to unravel. Due to the multiple claims to ownership, jurisdiction and management of forests through India's modern history, forests have remained
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For a sustainable forest management
<p> This book by Kondas is a fine exposition of the basics of forestry and principles of tropical forest ecosystem management, with special reference to south India. A forester with four decades of field experience, he connects theory with practice easily and, in the process, brings out the essence of sustainable forest management. The work is thus a welcome departure from the usual tomes of emotive green outpouring.</p>
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Effectiveness of strict vs. multiple use protected areas in reducing tropical forest fires: A global analysis using matching methods
<p> Protected areas (PAs) cover a quarter of the tropical forest estate. Yet there is debate over the effectiveness of PAs in reducing deforestation, especially when local people have rights to use the
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Just forest governance – for REDD, for sanity
In ten forest hotspot countries across Africa and South Asia, the IIED-steered Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) has been working since 2003 on ways to shift power over forests towards those who
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REDD+ and energy: a cross-sectoral approach to REDD+ and implications for the poor
This paper examines the linkages between the energy sector and forests at local to global levels, covering wood fuel use and the competition for land between forests and biofuel feedstock crops. The paper
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REDD+: reversing, reinforcing or reconfiguring decentralized forest governance in Nepal?
Over the past few years, Nepal has become increasingly involved in international efforts to mitigate climate change through an emerging global mechanism called reducing emissions from deforestation and
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Forest Dept. requests for committee to scrutinize Forest Policy 2011 objections
<p> Forest department has requested state Forest Ministry to set up a committee to scrutinize the suggestions and objections received in response to the Forest Policy, 2011.</p> <p> The formal request
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The greener side of REDD+: lessons for REDD+ from countries where forest area is increasing
<p>In the last decade, countries have committed major resources to reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD). A debate continues on how REDD financing should include related activities, such as the enhancement of carbon stocks through afforestation, reforestation and rehabilitation of degraded lands.
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Feasibility study of REDD plus in collaborative forest management
The overall objectives of the study was to explore possibility of REDD plus implementation in CFM areas. Furthermore the study assessed the bio-physical potentiality of forests in line to climate change
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Govt asked to promote alternative fuels
Experts at a roundtable here on Monday said the government should promote alternative fuels in rural areas and formulate new laws for effective forest management so that the communities continue to benefit from the resources and contribute towards its regeneration. They also demanded revision of forest laws, addressing landownership and judicious distribution of royalty among forest communities