Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Markendeyrao Wahane Vs Maharashtra Bamboo Development Board & Others dated 19/09/2022. The Maharashtra Bamboo Development Board had set up a chemical treatment plant for bamboo processing within the Gorewada reserve forest, Nagpur, Maharashtra without forest clearance. Thus, the board …
The definition is contested as the answer has immense economic implications. If bamboo is a tree or timber, it belongs to the forest department and can be auctioned to the paper and pulp industry, often at throwaway rates. If it is a grass, then it would be classified as a …
If bamboo is a tree or timber, it belongs to forest dept; if it is a grass, then it would be classified as a minor forest produce The definition is contested as the answer has immense economic implications. If bamboo is a tree or timber, it belongs to the forest …
Catching the eye:At the ongoing exhibition and sale of crafts organised by the North Eastern Handicrafts and Handloom Development Corporation at the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium complex in the city. Thiruvananthapuram: Sustainable, cost-effective and aesthetic, bamboo is the latest trend in interior decoration. Such is the appeal of the
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Industries and Commerce Department, the Kerala Bamboo Mission and the Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion are organising a bamboo festival
Two tribal villages in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra—Mendha Lekha and Marda— savoured victory when they won community rights over their forest resources in August last year. The rights conferred under the Forest Rights Act of 2006 include the right to collect and sell minor forest produce (MFP). These include tendu …
Around July every year, Laxman Nag, a resident of Kolang village on the outskirts of Kanger National Park in Chhattisgarh, sees crows in his dreams. He sees the birds attacking silk cocoons to pick the larvae inside and wakes up in a sweat. Cocoons in the wild are his main …
Can MFP help people break the cycle of poverty in the Naxal–affected districts? There are instances that offer hope. Subelal Markam, a Baiga tribal of Korka village in Madhya Pradesh used to get just Rs 1.5 to Rs 2 per bamboo piece from middlemen. In 2007, the forest department helped …
A new paper by Dr N C Saxena on how to improve production, access, and incomes from MFPs for forest dwellers. Whereas 70 per cent of India’s population lives in rural areas, for tribals this is as high as 90 percent. It is well established that most tribals live in …
Among the tribals of Bastar, monsoon months are known as haduk. They are the lean months when grains in the house are used up in sowing and the new harvest is yet to arrive. It is a time to go creative with food, a time for trying out nutritious and …
The bamboo sector to serve as an eco-friendly source of goods & services and livelihood to millions of people in India including the challenges and efforts to be undertaken in this direction has been discussed in detail in this paper.
Dhubri, Oct. 5: Bamboo farming and industry is set to bring sea change in the economy of lower Assam districts, known for jute production. Speaking at a workshop, organised under the National Bamboo Mission at Pramothesh Chandra Barua auditorium in Dhubri today, the conservator of forests, lower Assam social forestry …
Shillong: The Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC) has signed an MoU with a local agency for implementation of a project based on bamboo technology. It is learnt that the Council has also initiated the setting up of a Bamboo Mat Production Centre at Nongchram, East Garo Hills, and …
Kohima, Sept 19: Vice President M Hamid Ansari has said that the importance of bamboo has increased in the backdrop of global concerns of ecology and environment and the looming threat of global warming and climate change.
Kohima, Sept 16: Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio today urged the National Mission on Bamboo Application (NMBA) to extend necessary assistance for development of technologies and linkages with industries for translating the State
Lantana is a rapidly growing obnoxious weed though it has potential of purposeful utilization. Preservation of bamboo during storage with the help of preservative of natural origin i.e. Lantana extract may result in saving of material.
