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 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has organised funding of euro 2.2 million (about US $2.37 million) over the next five years to manage tropical forests in Pakistan. The facility is extended by the European Commission (EC) and would disburse small grants to qualified organisations operating in the country's forestry …
Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs o Director: Amarendra Kishore o 28 minutes o English/Hindi Kalahandi district in Orissa often hits the news, but for all the wrong reasons; hunger, poverty and mass migration to other states chief among them. To rescue the villagers from penury and provide them a dignified …
The Andaman and Nicobar islands (a&n) are thought to be the emergent peaks of a submerged mountain range related to the Arakan Yoma range of mainland Burma. The islands include steep hills, and generally poor soil with little water holding capacity. Flat terrain is extremely limited and the larger islands …
the country's first forestry commission has taken shape. The Union ministry of environment and forests (mef) has announced the agenda and constitution of the panel. The former Chief Justice of India, Justice B N Kirpal, will head the commission that has been set up to review, reform and strengthen the …
As forestry in many countries becomes less about timber production and more about watershed protection, biodiversity conervation and tourism, the range of stakeholders grows larger and more diverse, while regulation and enforcement become more difficult. This paper presents the results of research by the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute and the …
This paper looks at two interfacing trends shaping devolution of forest management in India: appropriation of space for forest management by diverse self-initiated community formations at the grass roots level despite state seizure of forests; and state-driven devolution where government policies define the scope of local authority in forest management. …
it's time for a shake-up in the forestry sector of India. Two major developments promise to alter the very character of forest management in the country. As a consequence, the lives of millions of people who depend on natural resources for their livelihood could also be transmogrified. One of the …
the ruling National Democratic Alliance (nda) government has completed three years in office. Which is quite an achievement in itself. And the Bharatiya Janata Party (bjp)-led government has promptly come out with an achievement report, patting itself on the back for what it claims are a string of "successes'. But …
I remember how I first learnt about global warming. It was in the late 1980s. My colleague Anil Agarwal and I were searching for policies and practices to regenerate wasted common lands. We quickly learnt to look beyond trees, at ways to deepen democracy, so these commons - in India, …
Dharamgarh in the Kumaon area of Uttaranchal has a long tradition of people's management of forests. Since 1931, a van panchayat had been doing a remarkable job. The association of these forests with various local deities ensured that local community institutions were helped along on their job. However, with increasing …
THE NEW FORESTERS . Sushil Saigal, Hema Arora and SS Rizvi . March . 2002 The new role of private enterprise in the Indian forestry sector, that's essentially what this book talks about. In the last decade after economic liberalisation and following the national forest policy of 1988, the forestry …
THE POLITICS OF COOPERATIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT Rajeev Ahal . Published by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development . Kathmandu . 2002 . 71 pages It is a book that delves deep into the alienation of local people from forest management in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. The thought-provoking document probes …
the World Bank has cleared us $108.2 million credit for Andhra Pradesh's community forest management programme. The move has created an uproar in the state with non-governmental organisations (ngos) alleging that negotiations for the loan have not been transparent. In fact they have slammed the state government's move to rename …
The Supreme Court has suggested that the forested states, which lose revenue because of the ban on felling of trees should be compensated for keeping their forests intact. Protection of the biological hotspots should be the responsibility of the country, says the court, and therefore, if the state protects its …
Between July 1997 and November 1997, forest fires on islands in Indonesia created smoke that spread over seven nations and was responsible for a plane crash in Sumatra and an oil vessel collision in the strait of Malacca due to low visibility. If there is a forest, there will be …
This book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on the joint forest management (JFM) programme. The beginnings of this initiative can be dated to the early 1970s, when people had just begun to question the 'industrialise at all costs' policy. However, it took another decade and a half …
The women of Dengajharia non-descript village in Orissahave broken through ages of gender and caste oppression to pioneer a revolutionary forest protection movement in their village. When the men called it quitsit was the women from this village in Nayagarh district who took up cudgels. The once densely forested areas …
The poor in Nepal appear to possess the Midas touch. Wherever the government has handed over control of degraded forestland to them under the leasehold forestry programme, the Himalayan country's ecology has staged a magical turnaround. In the process, the below poverty line (bpl) households have unfolded economic miracles also. …
International experts met at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) headquarters in Rome recently to discuss ways and means to combat illegal forest practices. They also considered policy options for improving compliance with the law in the forestry sector. "The global goal of managing forests in ways that are …
