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 …
SEVERAL other issues gradually begin to emerge as the FAO data on the natural forest cover in India is further analysed. Unfortunately, after the old 1980 FAO data for India, FAO has not produced comparative data for 1990. In other words, the total undisturbed forest area in the country in …
For the state of forest reports to move away from being a smokescreen on India's forest cover and become a tool for enlightenment and intelligent decision-making, they must provide better classified forest cover data. First, the area under plantations and natural forests needs to be clearly separated out. Second, the …
THE FAO assessment claims that in 1990, India had a forest cover of 70.63 mha, of which 51.73 mha were natural forests and plantations another 18.90 mha. A similar FAO study regarding the 1980 forest cover had claimed that then India had a forest cover of 60.42 mha of which …
A: More questions than answers While the forest policy churned out by the government is not being implemented properly, reports on forests only tend to contradict themselves FOREST management practices in India at present could be said to be just a little short of hitting the nadir. The forest policy …
The Global Forest Convention will not only result in strained North-South relations but will also lead to disastrous forest management, if the past experience of bureaucratising forest operations is any indication. It is vital to ask the question whether it is possible to set universal rules for sustainable forest management, …
the director general of the Indian Council for Forestry Research and Education (icfre) in Dehra Dun, B N Gupta, recently stressed the need for disseminating correct information on issues related to forest policy. While addressing the International Workshop on Forest Research in Conservation of Natural Forests that began at the …
The latest UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report highlights the sorry plight of the world's forests. According to the State of the World's Forests 1997, an estimated 11.3 million hectares (ha) of the world's forests are lost each year. The report also estimates that the area of the world's …
THE concept of joint forest management JFM is based on the interaction of forest departments with local people. However, the interests of people and forest departments could at times be at variance, as in Salehpur, a Gujjar-dominated village in Haryana near the border with Himachal Pradesh. The Hill Resource Management …
THE proposals for a global forest treaty were strongly opposed by southern NGOs, including the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, at the fourth meeting of the Inter-governmental Panel on Forests (IPF-4) comprising more than 70 nations, which ended in New York on February 21. The IPF was …
a new beedi leaf collection policy came into force in Andhra Pradesh from February 1. According to the state forest and environment minister, the government is implementing the plan with a view to ending the exploitation of workers by contractors by rendering the role of the latter marginal. To reduce …
the Madhya Pradesh ( mp ) government's proposal to hand over captive plantations to industry has been coldshouldered by the Centre. The move was earlier opposed by local groups and environmentalists. Meanwhile, the mp government has filed an explanation with the Centre for not procuring a prior sanction from the …
taking the initiative once again from legislators and executive bodies in safeguarding India's environment, the judiciary has targeted forest management as its current interest. The interim orders of the Supreme Court (sc) regulating tree felling in forest areas, highlight the urgent need to re-examine the ad hoc policies governing our …
Bhutanese forest officials recently undertook a special workshop in Thimphu, on newer aspects of forest management. Thirty-three plans, which cover an area of 381,475 ha, have so far been prepared with the aim to bring all the national forest reserves under the management plans. Said a forest official, "Earlier the …
the World Bank's ( wb ) attempts to sneak in funds for the potentially ruinous ecodevelopment projects in seven national parks in the country has finally been exposed. The Bank officials and those from the Global Environmental Facility had no answers to one honest challenge from the people who have …
THE issue of who will govern the world's forests, and how, is hotting up again. The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) has set up the Ad hoc Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF) to recommend what should be done by the global community to better manage the world's forests. At the …
THEY can't do what th.ey want if the people of the forests retain their home rights. So, India's forest bureaucracy and t~ political mandarins insist that the 5,OOO-odd Van Gujjar's and their12,300 buffaloes must leave the Rajaji National Park ( RNP ) .The pristineness of the Park must be maintained, …
THE aftereffects of a forest felling movement started in Singhbhum district of Bihar in 1978 had created a none-too- happy situation for tribal forest dwellers of the region, who felt that the core of their existence was being damaged indiscriminately. This was coupled with the Porahat (a forest territorial division …
