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. …
A study was conducted by Mayurbhanj Swechhasevi Samukhya (MASS) in Mayurbhanj district of Orissa with the objective to assess the contribution and role of NTFPs and the pattern of NTFP trade in tribal livelihoods.
Afforestation and regeneration of degraded forests have been the prime objectives of all forestry activities undertaken by the Forest Department since inception. Poverty reduction and sustainable livelihoods are the two most important issues in JFM.
Machenahalli, June 10, DHNS: ''No other village can boast of having so many neem trees as we have in our village. We protect neem trees because we respect and rever it,'' says a Machenahalli Gram Panchayat Secretary Ramesh. Looking at the boundary of neem trees around almost every farm, he …
AGARTALA, June 6: Tripura Forest Minister Jitendra Choudhury has urged the groups lobbying for the cause of environment to plead for increasing the sphere of access and benefit sharing of forestry resources. Addressing a national seminar on Bio-diversity Conservation organized by leading environmental advocacy group of Tripura Association for Research …
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 …
DINDIGUL: Lakshmi Seva Sangam, an ayurveda medicine manufacturing unit of Gandhigram Trust, has plans to buy forest produce directly from tribal people living on Sirumalai hills with an aim of enhancing their economic activities and ensuring sustainable development at tribal villages. Middlemen Such measures will eliminate middlemen and the real …
KOKRAJHAR, May 25: The Deputy Chief of BTC Kampa Borgoyary, who is looking after the Forest and Tourism department, said that collective efforts from all sections of the society, NGOs and other organizations was the need of the hour to conserve the forest resources in the region. He also said …
SILCHAR, May 4: The Forest Department of Cachar has decided to plant herbal plants on 400 hectares in the Dholai area of the district for which the first installment of Rs. 60 lakh has been sanctioned by the state government. This was revealed at the meeting of the District Development …
Hyderabad, May 2: The AP Forest Inventory Report 2010 has revealed that the state forest growing stock has decreased by 60 million cubic metres. As a direct result of the depleting growing stock, experts say the state will experience adverse climate changes and increasing temperatures. The survey report states that …
hyderabad, may 2: The AP Forest Inventory 2010, the report made by state forest officials is considered to be the first of its kind in the country. The former director general of forest survey of India, Dr D. Pandey says,
Given the fractured relationship between forest depts and forest-dwellers, involving tribal population in preparation of working plans is critical Indira Rajaraman / New Delhi May 1, 2010, 0:30 IST Given the badly fractured relationship between forest departments and forest-dwellers, involving the tribal population in the preparation of working plans is …
Local biodiversity rapidly being affected by various developmental activities across the nation has spurred forestry official to come up with various measures to combat it. The forest resources development division (FRDD) under forestry department (DoF), is coming up with the local forest management plan (LFMP) to serve as a guideline …
SHIMLA: Hundreds of villagers under the banner of Himachal Kisan Sabha on Tuesday staged a 24 hour dharna outside the office of Principal Chief Conservator of Forest demanding timber distribution rights. State Kisan Sabha president Kuldip Tanwar has alleged that top forest officials are insensitive and not empathetic towards the …
THE environment ministry has reconstituted the joint committee set up with the ministry of tribal affairs to assess the impact of Forest Rights Act on sustainable management of forest resources. Initially constituted in February, the joint committee and its terms of reference had to be reworked given protests by civil …
Vinobha K T, Mangalore, Apr 16, DHNS: For millennia, they lived in harmony with nature in the pristine forests of what is now the Kudremukh National Park, but in the recent years the innocent world of the Malekudiya tribals is in turmoil. Government control of the forests and the consequent …
Forest cover in Madhya Pradesh is diminishing, but the Forest Department is yet to act on the suggestions received from field officials. Conservator of Forest Azad Singh Dabas, who was earlier posted in Betul was transferred around a year ago for raising the issue of diminishing forest cover in the …
This first its kind assessment of forest wealth in Andhra Pradesh by the state forest department provides information on not only the growing stock but also on regeneration status, bamboo occurrence needed for silvicultural management of the forests. The report provides analytical information on the growing stock of Andhra Pradesh …
