Afforestation

The climate-forest continuum

I remember how I first learnt about global warming. It was in the late 1980s. My colleague Anil Agarwal and I were searching for policies and practices to regenerate wasted common lands. We quickly

Publication Date:

14/11/2002

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20021115

pp:

12

Tags:

Forests, Forest Management, Afforestation, Trees, Climate Change, Global Warming, Emissions Trading, Carbon Sinks, Carbon Sequestration, Government Of India (GOI), India

India

Orphaned by apathy

Government washes its hands off the Van Taungiyas of UP

Publication Date:

30/10/2002

Author(s): Richard Mahapatra

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20021031

pp:

0

Tags:

Forest Policy, Afforestation, Firewood, Sal, Forest Labourers, Rehabilitation, Timber Industry, Legislation, High Court, Governance, India, Uttar Pradesh

India

Fast forward to the past

Only a few villages stand testimony to the success of traditional water harvesting methods in tribal areas of Singhbhum. A report by Binayak Das

Publication Date:

30/07/2002

Author(s): Binayak Das

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020731

pp:

0

Tags:

Agricultural Systems, Tanks, Water Harvesting, Afforestation, Tribals, India

Water Resources

Green drive

Every bit counts. Taking note of this adage, Bangladesh has launched a people-oriented drive to encourage its 130 million citizens to plant one tree each year. The drive tries to speed up plans to

Publication Date:

30/07/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Afforestation, Global Warming, Bangladesh

India

A mother s love

A childless woman's search for emotional fulfilment through planting and nurturing saplings
by Malini Shankar

Publication Date:

14/07/2002

Author(s): Malini Shankar

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020715

pp:

0

Tags:

Afforestation, Trees, Women, Personnel Management, Awards, India, Bangalore (D)

Climate Change

Local lessons

Taking climate change negotiations out of international discussion boards to the villages

Publication Date:

30/05/2002

Author(s): Nidhi Jamwal

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020531

pp:

0

Tags:

Mountains, Glaciers, Forest Management, Afforestation, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, NGO, Andhra Pradesh

Energy

Follow Up

Emperor Shahjahan should rest easy in his tomb. The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has given a nod to the second phase of afforestation around the marble wonder, estimated to cost Rs 15.90 crore.

Publication Date:

29/04/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Afforestation, Uttar Pradesh

India

Tackling jumbo menace

to curb the menace caused by straying pachyderms, the Jharkhand government has floated a national tender inviting experts to formulate a plan to drive away elephants from areas inhabi

Publication Date:

14/04/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Afforestation, Elephant, India, Jharkhand, Animal Menace

Environment