Afforestation

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

Author(s): B.S. Padmanabhan

Source: 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

Economy

The Original Guarantee

How effective has Maharashtra

Publication Date:

14/02/2005

Author(s): Avinash Celestine

Source: Business World (Kolkata)

Tags:

Afforestation, Poverty, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Unemployment, Maharashtra

Climate Change

Seeds sown

Some headway made in talks on Kyoto related afforestation

Publication Date:

30/07/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Afforestation, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol

Industry

Letter to secretary (forests) Govt of Gujarat to Asstt Inspector General of Forests on diversion of 1850 ha of forest land in favour of M/s. Adani Chemicals Ltd

Letter to secretary (forests) Govt of Gujarat to Asstt Inspector General of Forests on diversion of 1850 ha (approved area 1840 ha.) of forest land for high purity salt in favour of M/s. Adani Chemicals Ltd., in Kutch Distt., Gujarat dated 13th May 2004.

Publication Date:

13/05/2004

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forests

Tags:

Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Forests, Kuchchh, Gujarat, Mangroves, Forest Clearance, Salt Industry, Afforestation

Industry

Letter to secretary (forests) Govt of Gujarat to Asstt Inspector General of Forests on diversion of forest land

Letter to secretary (forests) Govt of Gujarat to Asstt Inspector General of Forests on diversion of forest land for Salt Washery and Desalination Plant near Dhrub village in favour of M/s. Adani Chemicals Ltd., in District Kutch, Gujarat dated 13th May 2004.

Publication Date:

13/05/2004

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forests

Tags:

Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Gujarat, Kuchchh, Forests, Salt, Afforestation, Compensation

India

Timber tussle

Landholders want tree rights

Publication Date:

30/03/2004

Author(s): E Vijayalakshmi

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20040331

pp:

0

Tags:

Afforestation, Trees, Legislation, India, Karnataka

Industry

Crying foul

Orissa s JFM groups resent move to set up forest bodies

Publication Date:

14/07/2003

Author(s): Satyasundar Barik

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Afforestation, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Orissa (Odisha)

Forests

Restoration of southern Indian Shola forests: Realising community-based forest conservation in the Palni Hills of the Western Ghats

The involvement of local communities in protecting and conserving forests has become a priority concern with aid agencies, governmental departments, NGO's and others concerned with biodiversity conservation, to the extent that participatory forest conservation has become a buzzword in conservation circles.

Publication Date:

01/06/2003

Author(s): Robert Stewart, Tanya Balcar

Source: Social Change

Vol:

33

Issue:

2

pp:

115

Tags:

Forests, Western Ghats, Palni Hills, Forest Conservation, Public Participation, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, Afforestation