Draft rules bypass forest dwellers ‘consent’
The consent of gram sabha will not be mandatory for artificial regeneration of forests or plantation drives by the forest department, going by a latest draft of the Centre's compensatory afforestation
Forest Products
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Changes needed to the legal framework governing Community Forest Management Agreements
After decades of industrial logging and forest mismanagement, the Liberian government has pledged that it will now only issue forest licenses to the communities who own the forest. This welcome change
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धू-धू कर जल रहे जंगल, वन महकमा बना लाचार
धू-धू कर जल रहे जंगल, वन महकमा बना लाचारधू-धू कर जल रहे जंगल, वन महकमा बना लाचार गर्मी बढने के साथ ही जंगल की आग वन महकमे के लिए चुनौती बन गई है। सौनी के जंगल धू-धू कर जल रहे हैं। आग बुझाने में वन मकहमा
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding confiscation of vehicles carrying teak wood by Forest Development Corporation, Dhuma District, Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, 08/05/2017
<p>Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Madhya Pradesh & Others Vs Kallo Bai dated 08/05/2017 regarding confiscation of vehicles by the Forest Development Corporation,
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यदि ऐसे प्रयास किए गए तो बच सकते हैं उत्तराखंड के जंगल
यदि ऐसे प्रयास किए गए तो बच सकते हैं उत्तराखंड के जंगलयदि ऐसे प्रयास किए गए तो बच सकते हैं उत्तराखंड के जंगल उत्तराखंड में हर साल हजारों हेक्टेयर जंगल आग की भेंट चढ़ जाते हैं। जानकारों के मुताबिक यदि
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FAO Offers US$98K to Strengthen Forest and Farm Producers
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) program on March 28, 2017 signed an agreement with the Farmers’ Union Network of Liberia (FUN)
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Exclosures for ecosystem restoration and economic benefits in Ethiopia: a catalogue of management options
This catalogue provides an overview of management options that can enhance the ecological and economic benefits of exclosures, promote local ownership and support communities to adopt exclosures. Particularly,
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Another fire in Bandipur forest, Nasa satellites capture images
Wildfire broke out in Kalkere range, Bandipur Tiger Reserve, on Saturday A day after fire broke out in the Kalkere range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve (BTR) killing a forest guard, fire engulfed the Gundre
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Costs and benefits of reducing deforestation and forest degradation in Nepal
The purpose of this study was to estimate the benefits and costs of reducing deforestation and forest degradation in different landscapes and management regimes in Nepal, and to provide associated opportunity
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The Puzzle of Forest Productivity: Are Forest Development Corporations Solving It Right?
This report is an outcome of another report. In 2015, the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) issued guidelines for the participation of the private sector in afforestation of degraded