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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Joint Forest Management: Critical issues
The Joint Forest Management circular that took the National Forest Policy (1988) as its basis for people
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Earth quake
Free cheers to the Forest Rights Act Even as 2007 turned to 2008, an incident occurred at village Khorashkhuli, at the edge of the Chandra forest range in West Bengal
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Songs of leaves and rain
Documentary >> An Ode to Marang Buru
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Socioeconomic perspective of deforestation and forest degradation in Nepal
Deforestation and forest degradation are the major ecological problems in developing countries. It is a dynamic process which can be attributed to various socioeconomic and biophysical factors, resulting in the conversion of forest area into a mosaic of mature forest fragments, pasture and degraded habitat.
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Socioeconomic perspective of deforestation and forest degradation in Nepal
Deforestation and forest degradation are the major ecological problems in developing countries. It is a dynamic process which can be attributed to various socioeconomic and biophysical factors, resulting in the conversion of forest area into a mosaic of mature forest fragments, pasture and degraded habitat.
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Final report study on the economic value of groundwater and biodiversity in European forests
Written by Chantal van Ham, Thomas Greiber, Gerben Janse and Marta Gaworska, this study explores the state of development of forest-groundwater related payments for environmental services (PES) schemes in the European Union.
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ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical production forests is not just a technical task for forest managers. It requires that biodiversity concerns be addressed in national level planning and policymaking, at the stage of allocating forests to conservation, production and conversion, and during management planning and field implementation.
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Positive and negative aspects of forestry conflict: lessons from a decentralized forest management in Indonesia
Decentralization in natural resource management (NRM) is increasingly promoted as it is believed to offer better management. This study explores the positive and negative aspects of the forestry conflict that sometimes increases with decentralization.
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Non-timber forest products enterprise development: regulatory challenges experienced in the Koshi hills of Nepal
This paper highlights the regulatory issues and practical challenges related to the development of NTFP enterprises in Nepal. Identifies regulatory challenges that affect the key processes of forest?based enterprise management.
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Learning to deal with climate change and catastrophic forest disturbances
A devastating outbreak of mountain pine beetle in the province of British Columbia, Canada creates challenges