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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Food Demand Eating Into Tropical Forests: Report
Slowing deforestation and greater awareness of the value of standing trees may come too late to save the world's biggest rainforests, according to a global assessment of tropical forests published Tuesday. Tropical forests are threatened by pressures to clear land to produce food and biofuels and to plant fast-growing trees for timber, wood fuel and paper. Awareness was growing in tropical c
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Wanton destruction of forests
What prevents the NE states from enforcing SC directive? SILCHAR: Hailakandi DFO Salman Uddin Chowdhury has once again brought to the fore how forests and its wealth are being looted by
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Forests in a green economy: a synthesis
<p>This UN report examines the critical role of forests in a green economy, and provides policy recommendations to radically transform the forest sector such that it can lead to sustainable development and poverty eradication. </p>
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REDD+ benefit sharing: a comparative assessment of three national policy approaches
<p>This paper reviews three leading forest sector policy approaches relevant to benefit-sharing for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+): payments for ecosystem services,
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REDD-plus and biodiversity
<p>The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has released a study that provides scientific and technical information on ways to ensure that the design and implementation of policies for REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, as well as conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks)
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Status of tropical forest management 2011
<p>This report, two years in the making, provides a comprehensive assessment of progress being made towards SFM in each ITTO producer member country and the identifies the challenges remaining.
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Reforming forest tenure: issues, principles and process
<p>The FAO has released a report titled "Reforming Forest Tenure: Issues, Principles and Process," which reviews current status and challenges related to tenure of forested lands, and lists ten principles for reform.
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Study on REDD plus piloting in Nepal
Forests are proved to be an efficient and economical method for reducing emission and reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Hence, a payment mechanism for Reducing Emission from Deforestation
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Forest management for biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation: The Bangladesh initiatives and experiences
This paper describes Bangladesh's contemporary forest management policies and programs aimed at biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
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Biodiversity of Sikkim: exploring and conserving a global hotspot
<p> The book comprises large number of articles based on years of in-depth research in the state by scholars who are affiliated to premier research institutes. It covers topics related to biogeography,