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 …
Afforestation and water conservation scheme at Attappady Rs.44 lakh spent on various works 215 km of fire line erected PALAKKAD: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is stepping into an eco-restoration project at Attappady after the Rs.219-crore eco-restoration scheme implemented by the Attappady Hill Area Development Society …
The NC Saxena headed Forest Rights Act committee on Monday said the implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) is characterised by a series of serious problems. Also, the progress on these rights has been confined only to land rights for agriculture and habitation
JAIPUR: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to provide financial assistance of Rs.1,152.50 crore to the Rajasthan Government for implementation of the second phase of a forestry and bio-diversity project in the State with emphasis on sustainable development through joint forest management. Additional Chief Conservator of Forests A. …
LUCKNOW: To plant high-quality tree-species in state is the priority of forest department. There is an increase in the demand for timber but it could not be met. There is a growing deficit due to lesser supply of timber. The high-yielding types like sheesham and teak are being planted in …
This report by National Committee on Forest Rights Act (FRA) submitted by N C Saxena to Shri Kantilal Bhuria, Union Minister of tribal affairs says that with notable exceptions, the implementation of FRA has been poor & includes recommendations for implementing it effectively. The Ministry of Environment and Forests and …
This paper considers the relationship between the emergence and development of state forestry institutions in forested landscapes of West Bengal and the chronic and acute poverty of citizens living there. At least 13% of West Bengal
One of the eight Missions under India's National Action Plan on Climate Change, the revised National Mission for a Green India (GIM for short) professes responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures, which would help: enhancing carbon sinks in sustainably managed forests and other ecosystems; …
NEW DELHI: In a bid to give local communities a key role in managing forest resources, the Forest Department's smallest unit at the grassroots-level will now report to panchayati-raj institutions instead. In a letter to all Chief Ministers on Friday, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh directed State governments to amend …
The Sikkim Biodiversity Conservation and Forest Management Project aims to strengthen biodiversity conservation activities and forest management capacity, and to improve the local people
The project is being implemented in three Indian States, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Chhatisgarh. This brochure contains project profile of Uttarakhand. The project aims to mainstream the long-term conservation, sustainable and equitable use of medicinal plant diversity into forest management policy and practice at the national, state and local level. …
In this new review paper RPCB focuses on community-based management systems and provides justification for instituting local monitoring and enforcement systems for sustainable governance of India's forests. It is essential to emphasize that strong autonomy of rule-making at the local level (and not the government-imposed rules) is a key predictor …
There has been much interest recently in promoting decentralization in the forestry sector in the belief that it would bring in downward accountability, which in turn would ensure economic efficiency, sustainability of the resource, and social and economic equity. Since local users are likely to have better knowledge of their …
Community participation emerged as the defining principle of forest policies all over the world in the closing decades of the last century. In India, this came about after the Indian forest policies went through different stages from largely commercial-centric to a community-oriented approach. The access to forests and participation in …
A large number of variables may potentially determine the success or failure of sustainable governance of forests, yet the success in finding the necessary condition has remained elusive. Recently, the Nobel Prize for 2009 in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Elinor Ostrom who made major contributions to our understanding …
New Delhi: The wedge between Indian Administrative Service and Indian Forest Service has grown wider, with the latter rebutting home secretary G K Pillai’s letter accusing the forest department of atrocities against tribals that have led to increased Left wing extremism. In the reply to the home secretary, the Union …
This paper considers the extent to which the Forest Rights Act 2006, potentially the most comprehensive institutional reform of forest rights in India since Independence, may ameliorate the high levels of chronic and acute poverty in forested areas of Andhra Pradesh.
This paper assesses the extent to which the Forest Rights Act 2006, the most significant institutional reform of rights in forested landscapes since Independence, is being implemented across West Bengal, and whether it is contributing to the alleviation of the chronic and acute poverty prevalent in these areas of the …
Bhopal: With a view to ensuring effective role of forest committees for regeneration and conservation of forests in the state, new Nav Vihan Yojna has been chalked out. Under this scheme the forest department, within the next five years, will be given skill development training to 1 lakh 73 thousand …
