Forests

National afforestation programme: a participatory approach to sustainable development of forests

The scheme titled National Afforestation Programme (NAP) has been formulated by merger of four 9th Plan centrally sponsored afforestation schemes of the Ministry of Environment & Forests, namely, Integrated Afforestation and Eco-Development Projects

Publication Date: 
01/07/2006
National Afforestation & Eco-Development Board
Tags:
Forest Management, Afforestation, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Sustainable Development
India

 A new body to recover CAMPA funds

Ad hoc body to organise afforestation funds

Publication Date: 
14/06/2006
Padmaparna Ghosh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Resources, Afforestation, Finance, Supreme Court, Madhya Pradesh
Mining

Study on NPV calculations for diversion of forest land for mining purposes

The purpose of this report is to identify, based on economic principles, the parameters required for NPV calculation for diversion of forest land for mining purposes, while taking due consideration of cost and benefit factors, the methodological foundations, differences between mining and other nonforest

Publication Date: 
01/03/2006
& et al, Samar K. Datta, Sanjeev Kapoor, Kriti B. Gupta
Federation of Indian Mineral Industries
Tags:
Forests, Mining, Minerals, Afforestation, Net Present Value (NPV), Legislation, India, Goa
India

 Why states are against CAMPA

Fiscal federalism cramped by compensatory afforestation arrangements

Publication Date: 
14/01/2006
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Resources, Forest Management, Afforestation, Research, Supreme Court, Governance, India, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh
Water Resources

 Trading deforestation

How China’s growing wood imports are affecting its neighbours

Publication Date: 
30/10/2005
Ruksan Bose
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Afforestation, Wood, Imports, China, Myanmar
Water Resources

 A terrible confusion

A report that blames trees for water crisis. Or does it?

Publication Date: 
14/10/2005
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Resources, Irrigation, Forest Resources, Afforestation, Trees, Research, India
India

 Cutting losses?

Compensatory afforestation in trouble

Publication Date: 
14/08/2005
Ruksan Bose
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Afforestation, Legislation, India
Water Pollution

 Complete muff-up

MoEF falls far short of tenth Five Year Plan targets

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, Rivers, Forest Resources, Afforestation, Industry, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
India

 Cedar crisis

Numbers declining fast; afforestation insufficient

Publication Date: 
14/07/2005
Saatvika Rai
Down to Earth
Tags:
Afforestation, Wood, Legislation, Supreme Court, India, Jammu & Kashmir
Forests

For sustainable solutions

The new policy initiatives of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests aim at improving the forest cover in such a way as to benefit all the stakeholders - the forest departments, local commun

Publication Date: 
08/04/2005
B.S. Padmanabhan
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Forest Management, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Land Use, Forest Policy, Forest Act 1988, Afforestation, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Planning Commission

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