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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REDD: putting women at risk or providing opportunities?
While REDD presents opportunities for positive social outcomes, it also brings risks of serious negative outcomes. The current discussions on REDD mechanisms and impacts have paid little attention to the gender differentiated impacts of REDD, in terms of the increased vulnerability of rural women to its negative consequences and the opportunities that REDD presents for women.
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Roots for good forest outcomes: an analytical framework for governance reforms
Poor governance is a major impediment to achieving development outcomes of the forest sector. It results in losses of income, employment, government revenues, and local and global environmental services. However, at present, no comprehensive guide to reforming forest governance has been developed.
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Catchment area plans to be digitized
The Forest Department has decided to prepare integrated catchment area treatment (CAT) plans based on geographical information system (GIS) for all major river basins of the state to ensure effective implementation and monitoring.
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Unique forest conservation proposal
As a step towards forest conservation, poor tribal folk living in villages bordering this district's Madhav National Park will be provided cooking gas connections at 100 per cent subsidy.
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San Francisco Launches First Airport Carbon Kiosks
Today at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) we are launching the Climate Passport program allowing travelers to offset the impact of their air travel through an airport kiosk. This will be the world's first airport kiosk-giving people the opportunity to calculate the environmental impact of their flights and purchase carbon offsets to address that impact while at the airport.
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Clear and present danger
Drying streams, lesser snowfall, and dengue fever cases in Thimphu, the March 26 rain and storm. All these are indication that climate change is happening here in Bhutan, said the deputy minister of national environment commission, Dasho Nado Rinchen.
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Two tribal villages get 2,349 hectares
Maharashtra is the first to recognize their rights over forests two villages in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra have become the first in the country to win community rights over forests under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. On August 15, Ramesh Bang, the state food and civil supplies minister, said the claims of Mendha
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Touch that heals trees
A village killed its forest then revived it with herbal therapy Simple herbal cures can bring trees back to life. Kamleshwar Nath believes. He has been healing trees in Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh for 20 years now. The task before Baba, as the 55-year-old is called, is to save the forest in his village, Nagwa. Baba
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Jairam Ramesh favours community participation in forest management
Mahim Pratap Singh Bhopal: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said he was not very keen on the Madhya Pradesh government
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Well-intended move
Involving local stakeholders will be the key