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. …
Aabha Raveendran writes about the oldest surviving teak plantation in the world, Connollys Plot, located in Kerala. The plantation bears testimony to the fact that our forefathers attached great importance to trees as a vital link in the web of life.
SHILLONG: GSU Khasi Hills zonal general secretary RK Momin has alleged that employees of the forest beat house including police personnel of the police out post at Athiabari, West Khasi Hills are hand in glove with smugglers involved in illegal transportation of timber from Athiabari to Assam. Informing this on …
This report shares research-based lessons about the catalysation, practice and outcomes of an adaptive collaborative approach to community forestry in Nepal. It focuses on the community forest user group (CFUG) and meso levels, that is, the multistakeholder interface at the subdistrict and district levels. An adaptive collaborative approach is an …
This study aims to broaden understanding of climate change and its impacts in Argentina. Most focus on climate change in Argentina has been in the north, where impacts are more noticeable. But this study shows how changes in the south, in the Patagonian province of Chubut, are also likely to …
This toolkit facilitates systematic analysis of direct and indirect effects of development policy reforms on the natural environment and natural resources. It provides a framework and guidance for rapidly assessing environmental, forestry, and natural resource issues at the program concept design stage of the lending activity. The specific objectives are …
In a significant judgement with wider implications on the fragile environment of the North East, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Government has every right to confiscate vehicles and other materials used by forest wood smugglers and auction the same if needed. In the North East, wood smugglers …
Kadapa, Nov. 17: District forest officials are once again a worried lot over the fresh incidents of smuggling of red sanders in Kadapa district. In a fresh incident, smugglers tried to illegally transport red sanders logs in Nandalur mandal headquarters town in the district late on Sunday night. Acting on …
DIBRUGARH, Nov 12: Illegal cutting and smuggling of timber still continue in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts despite a Supreme Court ban on such activities. Environment conscious people looking on helplessly, as the timber smugglers are causing extensive deforestation in the two districts, while the district administration and the Forest Department …
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has begun controversial exercise of trying to identify, using satellite imagery, those areas that state
Dharmendra Pratap Yadav VELLORE: Human destruction of forest wealth and deprivation of food and water for wild animals in their natural habitat are the reasons for the animals straying into agricultural land in search of food and damaging crops , Collector Dharmendra Pratap Yadav said here on Tuesday. Participating in …
The availability and quality of clean water in many regions of the world is increasingly threatened by overuse, misuse and pollution. In this context, the relationship between forests and water is a critical issue that must be accorded high priority. This thematic study on forests and water was developed in …
In a developing country like India, the development of rural economy through effective and proper management of common property resources (CPRs) such as forests has increasingly become an integral part of sustainable development policy in the past couple of decades. The recognition of community-based forest has led to the devolution …
KOKRAJHAR, Sept 29: In a major breakthrough, the Bodoland Forest Protection Force of the Forest Department under Kachugaon forest division and local NGOs including Green Forest Conservation and Green Leaf Society unearthed a major illegal timber business recently approximately worth Rs 1 crore in a raid at Jhalabila area under …
DH News Service,Koppa: Tribals have the right to collect and process forest produce. Tribals should see that no middlemen come in between, said DFO B P Ravi. Speaking at a workshop organised by the Lamps Society, he said Lamp Co-operative was started for the benefit of tribals. The tribals should …
BISWANATH CHARIALI, Sept 19: After the Cenral Government passed a Law in 1980 for conservation of the Forest resources, different state governments started to strictly implement the law resulting in increase in the forest cover and thus helping in conservation of the flora and fauna. However in Assam due to …
