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 …
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 …
Joint Forest Management in the village Barwani which comes under Timarni tehsil and Timarni development block. The village is a forest village under range Rehatgaon.
This article analyses the working of Joint Forest Management and Community Forest Management in Orissa with a view to understand the incentive and disincentive mechanisms available in these institutions and how these influence the protection of forests and the livelihood of forest dwellers.
In order to revive the loss of forest cover and environmental degradation in Assam, the State Forest department, to garner support and direct involvement of people of fringe forest villages, accepted the concept of
Aug. 17: Globalisation and industrialisation have put new pressures on the already fragile ecosystem. To address issues emerging out of these new pressures and their effects on environment, forest and wildlife, a national conference of states environment and forests ministers is being held in the capital on Tuesday. Prime Minister …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Gandhinagar: In a major decision, the forest department has decided to give nearly 50 hectares of land to joint forest management committee (JFMC) in the protected forest areas. The JFMC will go in for farming and crop cultivation in this forest land and earn livelihood from …
Additional Chief Secretary (Forests) Prashant Mehta said that development of public-private participation model is necessary for improvement of degraded forests in the state. He said that bamboo plantation should be done in large scale. Private institutions can take up the work of plantation of trees in degraded forests. Addressing one-day …
AGARTALA, Aug 10: In a bid to protect, conserve and develop the degraded forest areas, the State Government has constituted as many as 472 Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMC) with local communities. Tripura Forest Minister Jitendra Choudhury said JFMCs have done a commendable job in regeneration, protection and management of …
Forestry is at the centre-stage of global climate change negotiations. This is because forests have the potential to be a carbon sink as well as a source of carbon emissions. This publication provides a useful snapshot of the carbon value of India
Once in the year 1998, in search of a village on the way to Panchmarhi for conducting the exposure visit for the international participants of an international training programme the village Khatpura was discovered by three IIFM Faculty. The village became a remarkable successful JFM village in Sehore Forest Division. …
This draft final report on Social & Environmental Assessment of Little Rann of Katchchh Landscape details the problems faced by Katchchh due to breaking down of the interdependence among the communities that inhabit the landscape, with serious socio-economic and ecological consequences. Reveals that traditional systems of managing CPRs have broken …
The failure of the Joint Forest Management programme since 2000 to sustain the growth in afforestation achieved during the 1990s is a cause for concern. This paper looks at the necessity of developing an effective management information system that can contribute meaningfully to the resilience of a jfm system. Identifying …
Awards have been the norm of the day for the little Himalayan state of Sikkirn under the able guidance of its visionary chief minister, Pawan Chamling. The Nirmal Gram Purashkar 2009,4th JRD Tata Memorial Award for health achievement 2009, Emerging Tourism State 2008, Most Picturesque Destination 2007 are only a …
Agartala, Dec 4: The Centre has allowed external assistance only for Tripura in the forestry sector in Northeastern states with the success of joint forest management approach in the State. State Forest Minister Jitendra Choudhury here today said aforestation projects with external assistance had been implemented in 11 states of …
The floristic composition of JFM managed forest and adjoining natural scrub forest in Guddada Budihal areas of Gadag Division was studied. The study has inferred the higher species diversity in the JFM managed forests compared to the natural forests. The data has clearly indicated a high diversity and more species …
