Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
30 lakh hectares of forest land out of a statistical figure of 45 lakh hectares land in Bangladesh have been marked, according to a news agency. The remaining of the 15 lakh hectares of unidentified forest land is located under 27 districts. The Deputy Commissioners of districts who are also …
PANJIM, The state forest policy will undergo modification after including suggestions made by various stakeholders, according to Additional Principal Chief Conservation of Forest Dr Shashi Kumar. He said that another committee may be formed to include suggestions given by various stakeholders. The draft forest policy has already been kept open …
AGARTALA, The Left Front Government has given administrative powers of forest department to Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), the first tribal autonomous council in the country having received such power, State Forest Minister Jitendra Chowdhury said on Saturady. Administrative power of forest department has thus been handed over …
Just when Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had expressed shock over the manner in which Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) was being implemented in certain States, the Wildlife Society of Odisha, member organisation of the National Board for Wild Life (NBWL) has drawn the attention of the Ministry …
Letter from Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Environment & Forests to Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra on whether access to and collection of bamboo in the reserve forest amounts to a forest offence under the Indian Forest Year 1927.
The state government has finally declared the 'Goa state forest policy - 2009' even as the green cover has shrunk drastically and is further threatened by mining and development activities. The policy seeks to blend the basic principles of the national forest policy ( NFP 1988) with the state's needs. …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the 70-point resolution passed in the special session of the State Assembly was a roadmap towards development of Madhya Pradesh. While replying to the discussion on the motion of thanks to the Governor's address in the State Assembly on Thursday, Chouhan said the …
This publication demonstrates how measures and policies for REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, including conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of carbon stocks) can simultaneously address climate change, biodiversity loss and poverty. The booklet reviews the role of forests in, and synergies between, …
THE Union government is reviewing its landmark initiative, the Forest Rights Act, four years after enacting it. The aim is to find how to strengthen the law which was legislated to ensure the traditional rights of 100 million forest dwelling people in the country. Two high-level groups submitted their assessment …
JAMMU, Jan 28: State Cabinet today accorded much needed approval to the Draft Forest Policy, which has been prepared for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir for scientific management and conservation of the forests, and approved enhancement of the water usage charges. "The forest policy lays emphasis on reconciliation …
NEW DELHI: More than half of the nation's forests could be moved out of exclusive state control if Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has his way.
The NC Saxena headed Forest Rights Act committee on Monday said the implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) is characterised by a series of serious problems. Also, the progress on these rights has been confined only to land rights for agriculture and habitation
KOHIMA, Jan 3: Forest Minister MC Konyak made a three-day tour of Peren Forest Division recently. In a press note issued divisional forest officer, Peren, Samuel Changkija stated:
This new forest policy for Jammu & Kashmir describes various strategies for sustainable management of forest resources. It also emphasises on enhancement of forest carbon stocks and provides for 100 percent incentives flow to the local community. Jammu and Kashmir Government launched this new forest policy aimed at conserving biodiversity, …
Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), and Federation of Community Forest Users’ Nepal (FECOFUN) are jointly implementing the project “Design and setting up of a governance and payment system for Nepal’s Community Forest Management under Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest …
The sectoral vision in the forestry and environment sector till 2015 has been framed. The underlying theme of forestry would be the scientific management of forests for biodiversity conservation and for the benefit of Sikkimese people. The sectoral visions for different sectors are: flagship participatory greening programmes of Sikkim, wildlife …
The Asia-Pacific region is home to over 900 million poor. Most are in rural areas and there is considerable overlap with forest areas. As such, the forestry sector developments are intimately engaged with poverty issues.
CBFEs are truly local institutions; this is one of the reasons for the diversity of models on which they are based. It is also a reason why, as a development strategy, they bypass many of the costs and hurdles other development initiatives face in implementation. Created on the ground by …
