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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Forest management panels to come under Gram Sabha
NEW DELHI: In a bid to give local communities a key role in managing forest resources, the Forest Department's smallest unit at the grassroots-level will now report to panchayati-raj institutions instead. In a letter to all Chief Ministers on Friday, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh directed State governments to amend State acts and rules to bring all Joint Forest Management Committees
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Study of eco-tourism for the Sikkim biodiversity conservation and forest management project
The Sikkim Biodiversity Conservation and Forest Management Project aims to strengthen biodiversity conservation activities and forest management capacity, and to improve the local people
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Mainstreaming conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plant diversity in three Indian states: project profile of Uttarakhand
The project is being implemented in three Indian States, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Chhatisgarh. This brochure contains project profile of Uttarakhand. The project aims to mainstream the long-term conservation, sustainable and equitable use of medicinal plant diversity into forest management policy and practice at the national, state and local level.
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Asian forests: working for people and nature
The report highlights key concerns and presents recommendations on how to optimize the opportunities of forests in the region.
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Forests and climate change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
This document is part of the publication series of FAO
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Call for positive action to conserve biodiversity
Expert hails participatory forest management R. Wendy Strahm says World Heritage inscription is really about identifying which sites are the best of the best. KOCHI: The Western Ghats have
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Brazil Eyes Microchips In Trees For Forest Management
A chainsaw buzzes, branches snap, and an Amazon tree crashes to the ground. It could be just another of the thousands of trees felled each year in Brazil's portion of the world's largest forest except for one detail: a microchip attached to its base holding data about its location, size and who cut it down. With a hand-held device, forestry engineer Paulo Borges pulls up the tree's vital sta
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What makes joint forest management successful?
<p><span id="itro1">In this new review paper <b>RPCB</b> focuses on community-based management systems and provides justification for instituting local monitoring and enforcement systems for sustainable governance of India's forests.</span></p>
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Global forest resources assessment 2010
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The most comprehensive assessment of the state of the world's forests published at the start of the latest biennial meeting of the FAO' Committee on Forestry and World Forest Week, in Rome. It examines the current status and recent trends for about 90 variables covering the extent, condition, uses and values of forests and other wooded land, with the aim of assessing all benefits from forest resources.</span></p>
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Responding to the biodiversity challenge: business contributions to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Corporations not only impact ecosystems and the services they provide, but also depend upon them.