Economy

The Original Guarantee

How effective has Maharashtra

Publication Date: 
14/02/2005
Avinash Celestine
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
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
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
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
E Vijayalakshmi
Down to Earth
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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
Satyasundar Barik
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
Robert Stewart, Tanya Balcar
Social Change
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Tags:
Forests, Western Ghats, Palni Hills, Forest Conservation, Public Participation, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, Afforestation
Water Resources

 Single ministry to look after watershed programmes

The Center proposes to consolidate all watershed programmes under a single ministry. The aim of the new programme, called Hariyali, is to streamline work and avoid duplication. "I am totally in

Publication Date: 
29/04/2003
R V Singh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wastelands, Agriculture, Water Resources, Afforestation, Watershed Development, Drought Relief, Panchayats, NGO
India

 Treefiliation

For the 189 families of Laporiya village in Jaipur district, Rajasthan, trees and dykes are part of the family

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Drought Prone Areas, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Afforestation, Religious Beliefs, India, Rajasthan
India

 Double whammy

Two proposed moves that could drastically alter forest management in India

Publication Date: 
14/12/2002
Richard Mahapatra, Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Policy, Afforestation, India

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