National Forest inventory endorsed
Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation(MOFASC) has finally endorsed the National Level Forest Inventory(NFI) of Nepal that puts the country's forest cover at 29 per cent, down from 38 per cent in
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forest cover has stablised : The Himachal Pradesh government plans to bring at least 50 per cemt of the state's geographical area under forests. A survey has revealed that the forest cover in the
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Village conflicts disrupt forest conservation bid
More than 35,000 village communities have helped sustain forest cover on seven million hectare of India's forest land while participating in the joint forest managemment programme, senior officials
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Concern over large-scale felling of trees
Serious concern has been expressed over the large-scale illegal felling of trees in the world famous Kachugaon Reserved Forest, Haultogaon Reserve Forest and Aie valley Reserved Forest, the dense
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Move to preserve forests lauded
The Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) has welcomed the government's decision to classify forest reserves at altitudes of 1,000m and above as protected forests. However, it called for forested land
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A losing battle against vanishing forest cover
The Assam forest department is fighting a "losing battle" against the fast depleting forest cover in the state. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Mr P Lahon, told the Statesman today that
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Stringent measures mooted to increase forest cover
The Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, today expressed his Government's firm resolve to check the reduction in forest cover of the coutnry. The latest report of the Forest
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- Veerappanphobia
Forest guards want AK-47s, grenades: The wildlife wing of the forest department plans to procure sophisticated weapons, including AK-47s and hand grenades for its staff stationed in forest areas
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- Indian Forest Service workshop
Indian Forest Service probations, currently undergoing training at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy at Dehradune, will get a unique opportunity to interact with retired forest officials from
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- Forest resources dwindling
The valuable forest resources in the Assam-Nagaland border and the Numbor reserved forest under Golaghat district have been destroyed by the encroachers and the anti-social elements. The forest
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Plan to enlarge forest cover
With an aim to improve density and quality of forests, Tamil Nadu State Forest Department has drawn up an action plan to expand forest cove in nearly six lakh hectares in five years, the Principal
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Forest panels to get funds for plantation
Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister Harvansh Singh has said that the entire funds available for plantation and improving degraded forests would be given to the forest committees. This year Rs 22 crore has
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New forest agencies
The Centre will sanction 28 forest development agencies in the current financial year for the development of degraded forests in Jammu and Kashmir, minister for forests, Peerzada Ghulam Ahmed Shah,
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1bn saplings to be planted in NWFP
The NWFP Minister for Forests, Wildlife and Environment, Mohammad Abbass Khan on Thursday unveiled a forest development programme, "NWFP Forest Vision-2025". As many as one billion saplings will be
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Forest minister keeps vigil through BJP network
Call it a 'parallel forest department' or a forest bridgade minister of state for forest Dolatbhai Desai will be using his own network of Bhaartiya Janata Party workers and locals to keep a vigil on
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Forests facts
Forests cover about one-quarter of the world's land surface, excluding Greenland and Antarctica. Just over half of these forests are found in developing countries. Global forest cover has been
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Scheme to check timber smuggling
To check smuggling of timber from reserve forests, the West Bengal forest department is drawing up a multi-crore rupees economic regeneration scheme for the poor living in the fringe areas of forests
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Foresters, villagers collaborate to combat forest fires
With already about a thousand acres of forests burnt, foresters in Trashigang are engaging farmers in a dzongkhag wide campaign against forest fires. About 190 villages in Samkhar and 135 in Kanglung
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Orissa forests fast depleting
Orissa forest officials are worried over the declining forest cover in the state and the loss of revenue. Officials said the state's forest area had shrunk by 8 per cent in 16 years from more than
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Involving people in forest management
The management of forests in India has taken a turnaround since 19th century, giving the rights back to people to manage forests. The rationale behind this approach, known as Joint Forest Management