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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State failure and corruption: challenges for forest policy
This article reviews existing widely used data through a specific lens: how does the world
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Rethinking forest regulations: from simple rules to systems to promote best practices and compliance
This paper returns to the particular issue of regulatory frameworks: the rules and systems put in place to encourage best practice and compliance with the official rules.
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Mendha fights for managing its forest - 'Mawa nate, mata raj'
Mendha a tribal village in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra is showing the way to conserve forests and manage natural resources. Mendha is mainly inhabited by 480 Gond adivasis.
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Current status and options for forest biotechnologies in Developing Countries
Forest and tree resources are managed in different types of systems that are characterized by varying management intensity and range from primary natural forests to productive industrial plantations.
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Rajasthan state forest policy 2009: draft
This draft of the first ever individual forest policy for Rajasthan acknowledges fast depleting forest cover. It aims to bring additional 45,000 sq km of area under afforestation & pasture development and says that participation of local community shall be central to forest management.
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Is India ready to implement REDD Plus? a preliminary assessment
This discussion paper has been prepared by TERI, for COP15 (2009) as a deliverable for project titled
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Road improvement work in reserve forests begins
R. Rajaram TIRUCHI: Forest Department has embarked on the task of improving roads within Reserve Forests (RF) across the State with a view to providing linkages among remote villages on the fringes. The project also includes works on strengthening connectivity of roads running through the RFs in order to make them motorable.
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Govt to appoint district panel for identification of private forest
The State Government has decided to appoint district level committees in order to complete the work of identification of private forest cover in the State.
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Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF): Monitoring and evaluation framework
The FCPF Charter (Article 17) requires that the Facility be subject to periodic evaluations including a mid-term evaluation no later than two years after the Facility is declared operational.
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Draft decision CMP.5: Amendments to the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to its Article 3, paragraph 9
Amendments to the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to its Article 3, paragraph 9.