Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Shahapur: The photographs tell you the story: a 1,700-hectare tract in Shahapur, in Thane district, as it was 17 years ago; and the same area at present. Hard to believe? Well, read on. This sprawl of forest land, systematically denuded of its green cover over the years, had reached its …
The Minister of Environment and Forests, Mr. Jairam Ramesh had chaired a meeting of key officials within the Ministry on the 30th of January 2010 to discuss the implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006. A second meeting was held on the 10th of February 2010 with high level representatives …
This new forest policy of J&K focuses on the role of forests in poverty alleviation and supporting livelihood needs of communities. Also emphasizes on carbon sequestration, revenue generation by development of non-timber forest produce & eco-tourism. See Also Report: J & K Forest (Conservation) Act, 1997 www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/305746Report: India State of …
The aim of this forest policy is environmental stability and ecological security through increasing vegetal cover which will lead to reduction in soil erosion and consequently dust particle in upper stratosphere. The reduction in stratospheric temperature is likely to increase the possibility of rains. Increased sequestration of carbon from the …
This toolkit which aims to support the finance sector in progressing towards the sustainable financing of industries impacting forests. It provides financial institutions with guidance in client acceptance procedures, portfolio management, designing a clear and pragmatic forestry policy and the creation of internal procurement policies for forestry products. The toolkit …
Consumer demand for the premier neotropical luxury timber, big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), has driven boom-and-bust logging cycles for centuries, depleting local and regional supplies from Mexico to Bolivia. We revise the standard historic range map for mahogany in South America and estimate the extent to which commercial stocks have been …
The Sikkim Government has approved the draft paper for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-assisted 'Sikkim Biodiversity Conservation and Forest Management project to pave the way for its implementation next year. Additional Chief Secretary Karma Gyatso signed the final minutes of discussion for the forest project in the presence of …
Finance Commission Suggests Rs 3,000-crore Fund For States Protecting Forests Surabhi NEW DELHI THE STATE governments that work towards protecting the country
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has targeted afforestation in six million hectares of degraded forest land by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan. In this context, the Government
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Forest Department has failed to carry out its plans to reconstitute eco-development committees (EDCs) in the wildlife sanctuaries and national parks of the State to ensure better accountability. As a result, many of these committees continue to function in an irregular manner, disregarding the directives of the department. …
As the dust settles after Copenhagen and the barriers to reaching global consensus on combating climate change are put into stark relief, REDD still has potential to become a UNFCCC success story. In relation to REDD, there is agreement on many core issues and significant momentum remains towards a REDD …
This paper returns to the particular issue of regulatory frameworks: the rules and systems put in place to encourage best practice and compliance with the official rules. It argues that in many countries the regulatory framework needs to be rethought, and rethought on the basis of today
Mendha a tribal village in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra is showing the way to conserve forests and manage natural resources. Mendha is mainly inhabited by 480 Gond adivasis. Mendha village may be called country's first village to get a legal record of rights to manage its forest, water and forest produce …
This report illustrates two alternative approaches to promoting sustainable woodfuel production by farmers and communities with a commercial focus. The report aims to provide readers with a thorough analysis of these two approaches, focusing on strategic aspects, guiding principles, overall results, and lessons learned. These approaches are: Community Based Woodfuel …
Forest and tree resources are managed in different types of systems that are characterized by varying management intensity and range from primary natural forests to productive industrial plantations. A number of factors shape global opportunity, condition investment decisions and drive research priorities for forest biotechnology - they also underline important …
This draft of the first ever individual forest policy for Rajasthan acknowledges fast depleting forest cover. It aims to bring additional 45,000 sq km of area under afforestation & pasture development and says that participation of local community shall be central to forest management. The basic objectives of State Forest …
R. Rajaram TIRUCHI: Forest Department has embarked on the task of improving roads within Reserve Forests (RF) across the State with a view to providing linkages among remote villages on the fringes. The project also includes works on strengthening connectivity of roads running through the RFs in order to make …
