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 …
The State Government has decided to appoint district level committees in order to complete the work of identification of private forest cover in the State. The Advocate General Subodh Kantak on Wednesday told the High Court about the government
The FCPF Charter (Article 17) requires that the Facility be subject to periodic evaluations including a mid-term evaluation no later than two years after the Facility is declared operational. This draft note contains (i) steps for developing a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the evaluation of the FCPF in view …
Exploiting Natural Resources: Growth, Instability, and Conflict in the Middle East and Asia presents views on the unsustainable exploitation of three key natural resources - forests, water, and extractable minerals - from the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia. The regional experts and Stimson analysts discuss the current patterns of …
In the last two decades, interest in financing sustainable forest management has been gathering momentum. However, most of the approaches have yet to be mainstreamed, and remain either as ideas or experimental in the Asia-Pacific region. On the other hand, some countries, particularly those in Latin America, have seen more …
A comprehensive analysis of the Godavarman case instituted to address timber felling in the Nilgiri range of Tamil Nadu. Each and every order and its implications at state and national level has been analysed, to bring out not only the complexity of forest conservation in the country but also highlight …
Following the empirical study, cloud-free satellite data were used to study the forests in multi-temporal dimensions. Use of remote sensing data with visual observation/ground truth data is an advanced tool to study and understand the development patterns of the forests. Based on the vegetation index and land cover map a …
This guide addresses the linkages between drinking water, biological diversity and development/poverty alleviation. It aims to raise awareness of sustainable approaches to managing drinking water that have been tested globally. The guide introduces the available techniques, technologies and procedures that optimize social and environmental outcomes in the management of drinking …
This study uses an evidence-based approach to provide insights into developing and maintaining collaborative arrangements in the forest sector. It aims to inform discussions and approaches to forest partnership and benefit-sharing arrangements. It also offers guidance on how to implement key factors that influence contract-based forest partnerships and benefit-sharing arrangements.
This case study presents a forest rehabilitation initiative in the tropical dry forests in northwestern India. This project is undertaken by an Indian Non Government Organisation (NGO), the Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), in cooperation with the Forest Department and aims at improving the livelihood of tribal communities. The framework …
The Revised Operational Guidelines (2009) of the National Afforestation Programme (NAP) are being issued to further decentralise the project cycle management of the Scheme with a view to expedite fund transfer to the village-level implementing organisation, that is the Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) and Eco-development Committees (EDCs), to embed …
Lucknow: In order to improve the quality of forest and also to accord those dependent on forest a better living standard, the state forest department has come up with a joint forest management scheme. It aims to create a sense of belonging for forest among the local users and to …
This booklet provides a range of case studies and other materials to make the forest sector more biodiversity-friendly, and socially beneficial. The guide: introduces public decision-makers to some techniques, technologies and procedures that optimize the social and environmental contributions of forestry and minimize negative impacts; presents good practice examples on …
This guide provides a wide array of tools and examples on how synergies in the implementation of the UNFCCC and the CBD can be achieved through reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). It highlights that while REDD: is foremost a mitigation strategy; it can provide significant adaptation benefits …
Like every year, this year too the Pune division of the Forest Department's recruitment drive to fill the posts of forest guards has received considerable response. The drive is being held on Taljai Hills. For 59 posts, about 4,500 applications were received. B N Kadam, assistant conservator of forests (Pune) …
BHUBANESWAR: A day after the Orissa government announced a five-year perspective plan to restore and rejuvenate forests across the State, experts criticised that the ambitious action plan has been drawn without taking ground realities into consideration. Civil society groups and wildlife experts have pointed out that without conducting public consultations, …
