The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun June 11, 2010, 0:21 IST Agro-forestry-based industry is all set for a robust growth following tax incentives by the Uttarakhand government. In a cabinet decision, the government lowered VAT from 12.5 per cent to 4 per cent on fibre and particle boards made …
Subhomoy Bhattacharjee Raipur: The sal seed harvested by tribals through large parts of Naxalism-affected districts of Orissa and Chhattisgarh is bought by global chocolate manufacturers. But those chocolates cannot come to India. Under the Food and Adulteration Act, use of butter extracted from sal seed in place of cocoa is …
The Forest Department is launching 'Jungle Lagao-Kamao' programme with a view to ensuring improvement of degraded forests as well as providing additional source of livelihood to the residents of villages adjoining forests. Forest Minister Shri Sartaj Singh has informed that under the 'Jungle Lagao-Kamao' programme, members of Forest Committees will …
The Saaja, Arjun, and Saal trees, which are available plenty in the forests, will now be used for the production of tusser on them. To start with, 2000 hectare area of forests has been identified for tusser production this year. Forest Minister Sartaj Singh said that through this important programme, …
The Meda families of Koracharahatti (Chandayyanagara) in Thandya here have been depending on basket weaving for their livelihood for generations. Off late shortage of bamboo has been making lives miserable leaving it huighly difficult to make their both ends meet. About 43 Meda families here were weaving baskets and making …
Thispaper explores issues in sustainable consumption and production (SCP) in the Asia-Pacific region and provides unique insights on stakeholder roles, natural resources, and transboundary issues in light of SCP. Although both consumption and production are intertwined, when talking about sustainability in the region, the primary focus here is on sustainable …
This publication synthesizes observations and findings from almost 50 country and thematic reports in providing analyses of the status and trends of all aspects of Asia-Pacific forestry. Key factors driving changes in forestry in the region are analysed. The report concludes by outlining priorities and strategies to move the region's …
NEW DELHI: The Green India Mission, part of India's plan to fight climate change, proposed to double the area being taken up for afforestation and eco-restoration over the next decade. The first draft of the Mission, released on Monday, projects an ambitious target of 20 million hectares by 2020, at …
Ranchi, May 19: Tribal villagers who make a living out of forest produce will no longer be at the mercy of middlemen. The government has moved to ensure a fair price for minor forest products such as tamarind, mango pulp, mahua and chiraunji this summer. Jharkhand State Minor Forest Produce …
Eco-friendly alternative catches the fancy of many colleges with inadequate infrastructure Some colleges in Delhi University have adopted the eco-friendly concept of bamboo classrooms to meet the infrastructure requirement due to an increase in the number of students after the implementation of the OBC quota. These bamboo huts
Environmental clearance (EC) is likely to pave the way for revival of the defunct Ashok Paper Mill. An application to the effect submitted by Assam Government is pending with the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). Government of Assam has submitted the draft terms of reference along with Techno-economic Feasibility …
Himachal Pradesh Forest department has taken up an ambitious project to save Chilgoza trees, a valuable non-wood forest trees found only in Kinnaur and some parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Chamba in Himachal Pradesh. Dr Rinki Sarkar, a noted social economist and visiting fellow at the Centre for Interdisciplinary …
- Two years ago, only two villages were involved; now there are more than 50 Dhanbad, April 22: A pilot project to revive the forest-based economy of the region that began with lac production in three remote villages has now grown to benefit over 50 villages spread over six blocks …
Famous for its lush forests, the Kashmir valley is slowly loosing its green cover as there is no stopping the haphazard and illegal cutting of trees and timber smuggling. The green gold in Kashmir is openly being plundered by vested interests and the authorities seem to have turned a blind …
