Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
This document is intended to facilitate further discussions on the proposed intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services and its potential role in producing or contributing to assessments for biodiversity and ecosystem services. It reviews a selection of assessments with the potential to provide lessons that may be relevant …
India and China have agreed to enhance cooperation in the forestry sector. Following a visit of an Indian delegation to China in April, which focused on Afforestation and Plantation Technology, Remote Sensing and Research & Training, a broad programme of collaboration was identified. Welcoming the visit, the Minister for Environment …
For Samarin seeing a tiger is as casual as her monthly sightings of the ration store supplier. “They come sometimes but as long as we mind our own business, they don’t do any harm,” she says, working in her small farm in the middle of the forest, her baby slung …
Climate projections for India suggest that impacts are likely to be varied and heterogeneous, with some regions experiencing more intense rainfall and flood risks, while others will encounter sparser rainfall and prolonged droughts. Among the more substantial effects is a projected spatial shift in the pattern of rainfall towards the …
CHENNAI: A new National Bureau of Forest Genetics is to be established in Dehra Dun under the Indian Council for Forest Research and Education to help protect India
MINISTRIES of environment and forests and tribal affairs have jointly set up a 10-member committee to study and assess the impact of Forest Rights Act on sustainable management of forest resources. Given the lead role played by the environment ministry in this committee, concerns have been flagged off by civil …
V.S. Palaniappan Money is extracted after making false promises Inform District Forest Office of illegal activities Coimbatore: Forest Department has initiated a drive against tricksters thriving on forest properties and cheating people of huge money in the name of getting them forest properties that would bring them good luck, health …
Bamboos have bloomed in the surroundings of Balehonnur giving a new look to the town. In the meantime, people are also apprehensive that the bamboos are going to die since they have got flowers. There is also a belief among the people that blooming of bamboo is an indication of …
M.J. PRABU IN NAGALAND, bamboo based furniture is often made by local carpenters using inadequate hand tools. Lack of dedicated machines at affordable cost has curbed the efforts of the local woodworker. Even removing the hard green covering on the bamboo has remained a challenge for many. While more than …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: Aslali gram panchayat has set an example for other panchayats to follow. This panchayat, situated on the city outskirts, has gone in for infrastructure development without getting any grant from the government. It spent Rs 5.49 lakh on plantation and managed to raise around Rs …
This new forest policy of J&K focuses on the role of forests in poverty alleviation and supporting livelihood needs of communities. Also emphasizes on carbon sequestration, revenue generation by development of non-timber forest produce & eco-tourism. See Also Report: J & K Forest (Conservation) Act, 1997 www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/305746Report: India State of …
NEW DELHI: It is probably the best news for Mumbai's leading builders who had invested thousands of crores of rupees on buying prime plots to develop flats and residences but got stuck in the environment tangle as the land was classified later as forest area. After years of uncertainity, the …
Residents of Kurpem and Kurdi wards of Wadem-Kurdi have bitterly complained of the massive destruction of forest by a mining company in the area. The residents have also charged the mining company for destruction of their agricultural plantation and paddy fields. Irked with the destructive attitude of the mining company, …
ANIRBAN CHOUDHURI The site of the eco-tourism spot in North Poro. (Anirban Choudhuri) Alipurduar, Jan. 14: The forest department has decided to develop an eco-tourism spot at the Buxa Tiger Reserve, where eight men had died in encounters with forest guards over timber smuggling in the past five years. Villagers …
The state forest department is facing a problem to relocate the villages situated within the Buxa Tiger Reserve after villagers started getting pattas of forest land under the Forest Rights Act. The forest department had initiated a plan to make the Buxa Tiger Reserve located in Alipurduar subdivision of Jalpaiguri …
