Afforestation

India

Paper capers

A debate crackles over a government decision to allow paper plantations to remain in degraded forests

Publication Date:

30/07/1995

Author(s): Madhumita Dutta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forests, Afforestation, CSE, India

India

Missing the woods for the trees

The pampered paper industry in India is being given another sop. It has consistently lobbied for captive plantations in the country's forest tracts. Success, it seems, is at hand because the Indian

Publication Date:

30/07/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

4

Issue:

19950731

pp:

0

Tags:

Forests, Afforestation, India

Poverty

Sea change in the forest

Tribals in Orissa's Eastern Ghats range are giving up shifting cultivation and fiercely protecting their forests

Publication Date:

14/07/1995

Author(s): Rakesh Agarwal

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

4

Issue:

19950715

pp:

0

Tags:

Shifting Cultivation, Afforestation, Governance And Institutions

Fisheries

BANGLADESH

The greening of Bangladesh's coastline will commence soon. The Asian Development Bank has approved a US $23.4 million loan for a 7-year project for improving Bangladesh's forest cover and alleviating

Publication Date:

14/04/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Afforestation, Aid, Bangladesh

Air Pollution

Report of the expert committee on atmospheric environmental quality and preservation of Taj Mahal and Agra monuments - Vol I (Varadarajan Committee Report on Taj)

The Government of India announced its decision in 1973 to set up a 6 million tonne per year Petroleum Oil Refinery at Mathura under the Indian Oil Corporation of India.

Publication Date:

01/04/1995

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forests

Tags:

Water Pollution

Sandbagging

THE sight of young forests in a dry desert is a breathtaking sight. Marusthal par vijay is the story of the Haryana Forest Department's afforestation efforts to block the sinister advance of the Thar

Publication Date:

14/03/1995

Author(s): Seema Kalra

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

3

Issue:

19950315

pp:

0

Tags:

Thar Desert, Afforestation, Haryana

Environment

Negros Occidental

In 1986, the Foundation for Community Organisation and Management Technology installed the community management system in 5 municipalities in Negros Occidental -- Bago, Pulupandan, Valliadollid,

Publication Date:

14/03/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

3

Issue:

19950315

pp:

0

Tags:

Land Reforms, Afforestation, Community Groups

India

Kerala's wild designs

Tiding over tremendous initial resistance from the industry as well as from ministry fifth-columnists, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) has submitted a fresh proposal with the Union

Publication Date:

14/02/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Afforestation, NGO, India, Kerala

India

Model land

OVER the past decade, "social forestry" has become a catchword among the policymakers, environmentalists and development professionals. However, it has not made much headway in becoming a people's

Publication Date:

30/01/1995

Author(s): Pampa Mukherjee

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

3

Issue:

19950131

pp:

0

Tags:

Forest Management, Afforestation, India