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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Exploiting natural resources: growth, instability, and conflict in the Middle East and Asia
Exploiting Natural Resources: Growth, Instability, and Conflict in the Middle East and Asia presents views on the unsustainable exploitation of three key natural resources - forests, water, and extractable minerals - from the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia.
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Strategies and financial mechanisms for sustainable use and conservation of forests: experiences from Latin America and Asia
In the last two decades, interest in financing sustainable forest management has been gathering momentum. However, most of the approaches have yet to be mainstreamed, and remain either as ideas or experimental in the Asia-Pacific region. On the other hand, some countries, particularly those in Latin America, have seen more innovative ideas already being implemented.
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Climate change and Canadas forests: from impacts to adaptation
The forest sector in Canada is vulnerable to climate change, because of the expected magnitude of climate change at Canada
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Indias forests and the judiciary: the Godavarman story
A comprehensive analysis of the Godavarman case instituted to address timber felling in the Nilgiri range of Tamil Nadu. Each and every order and its implications at state and national level has been analysed, to bring out not only the complexity of forest conservation in the country but also highlight various strategies adopted by Courts.
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Spatio-temporal analysis of forests under different management regimes using Landsat and IRS images
Following the empirical study, cloud-free satellite data were used to study the forests in multi-temporal dimensions. Use of remote sensing data with visual observation/ground truth data is an advanced tool to study and understand the development patterns of the forests. Based on the vegetation index and land
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Drinking water, biodiversity and poverty reduction: a good practice guide
This guide addresses the linkages between drinking water, biological diversity and development/poverty alleviation. It aims to raise awareness of sustainable approaches to managing drinking water that have been tested globally. The guide introduces the available techniques, technologies and procedures that optimize social and environmental outcomes in the management of drinking water.
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Rethinking forest partnerships and benefit sharing
This study uses an evidence-based approach to provide insights into developing and maintaining collaborative arrangements in the forest sector. It aims to inform discussions and approaches to forest partnership and benefit-sharing arrangements. It also offers guidance on how to implement key factors that influence contract-based forest partnerships and benefit-sharing arrangements.
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Addressing forest degradation in the context of joint forest management in Udaipur, India
This case study presents a forest rehabilitation initiative in the tropical dry forests in northwestern India. This project is undertaken by an Indian Non Government Organisation (NGO), the Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), in cooperation with the Forest Department and aims at improving the livelihood of tribal communities. The framework of the project is the
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National Afforestation Programme revised operational guidelines 2009
The Revised Operational Guidelines (2009) of the National Afforestation Programme (NAP) are being issued to further decentralise the project cycle management of the Scheme with a view to expedite fund transfer to the village-level implementing organisation, that is the Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) and Eco-development Committees (EDCs), to embed the Scheme in the overall forestry
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Funds revive forest management scheme
Lucknow: In order to improve the quality of forest and also to accord those dependent on forest a better living standard, the state forest department has come up with a joint forest management scheme. It aims to create a sense of belonging for forest among the local users and to develop and manage forests through Public Private Partnership (PPP).