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 …
Forestry is an extensive land use system in Nepal. The forest and trees provide a vast array of goods and services to human beings. Forest and tree resources provide the basic commodities such as fuel wood, timber and fodder to the people and serve as an important ecological function such …
KOCHI: The Centre should sanction a loan of Rs 100 crore to the crisis-ridden Rubber Marketing Federation and the societies under it to tide over the present crisis, said T H Musthafa, president, Rubber Marketing Federation. Musthafa told reporters here on Thursday that the minimum support price of rubber should …
-Govt plans processing plant, to train 500 East Singhbhum artisans - PINAKI MAJUMDAR An artisan at an NGO in Jamshedpur. Pix: Bhola Prasad Jamshedpur, Feb. 6: If things begin in earnest, Chakulia in East Singhbhum will soon turn into a popular hub of bamboo products. The state industry department has …
This briefing highlights the key issues facing the Indian forestry system. It identifies major priorities and actions to help the Indian forestry system develop sustainably and meet future national needs.
Village commons might suffer if forest rights act is not implemented well in Himachal Pradesh The Himachal Pradesh government has asked forest dwellers in the state to put forward their claims to forest rights. But it is being cautious in implementing the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition …
Conservation policies to protect wildlife and biodiversity ignore the basic survival needs and imperatives of local people. This article aims to show how conservation policies trigger floods in protected areas, especially those located in the foothills of the Himalayan mountain ranges, leading to huge damage to plantations and habitats as …
Free cheers to the Forest Rights Act Even as 2007 turned to 2008, an incident occurred at village Khorashkhuli, at the edge of the Chandra forest range in West Bengal
8 Jan 2009, 0123 hrs IST, ANI WASHINGTON: Researchers at Baylor University have developed a new way to transform coconut husks into automotive interiors. They say that it is possible to make trunk liners, floorboards and car-door interior covers using fibres from the outer husks of coconuts, replacing the synthetic …
Deforestation and forest degradation are the major ecological problems in developing countries. It is a dynamic process which can be attributed to various socioeconomic and biophysical factors, resulting in the conversion of forest area into a mosaic of mature forest fragments, pasture and degraded habitat. In this research, a multi-agent …
Deforestation and forest degradation are the major ecological problems in developing countries. It is a dynamic process which can be attributed to various socioeconomic and biophysical factors, resulting in the conversion of forest area into a mosaic of mature forest fragments, pasture and degraded habitat. In this research, a multi-agent …
The Industrial Policy, 2008 of Arunachal Pradesh is formulated to achieve the objectives: To create an investment-friendly environment in the State for industrial growth in the private/ joint venture / cooperative sectors for sustainable economic development of Arunachal Pradesh; To generate employment opportunities in the State; To make Arunachal Pradesh …
The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical production forests is not just a technical task for forest managers. It requires that biodiversity concerns be addressed in national level planning and policymaking, at the stage of allocating forests to conservation, production and conversion, and during management planning and field …
This paper highlights the regulatory issues and practical challenges related to the development of NTFP enterprises in Nepal. Identifies regulatory challenges that affect the key processes of forest?based enterprise management. Nepal
In spite of the widely accepted success of Community Forestry in reviving degraded land, it is still seen as being unable to provide tangible benefits to the poor. This paper illustrates that through continuous sharing, deliberation and negotiation among the poor and non-poor members of Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs), …
