Forest Conservation

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

India

Madhya Pradesh sets JFM precedent

Two recent developments augur well for the forest dwellers of Madhya Pradesh. Firstly, under the Joint Forest Management plan, forest protection committees in villages will now receive all revenue collected from selling timber and bamboo. And secondly, th

Publication Date:

14/05/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forest Resources, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Forest Villages, Joint Forest Management (JFM), India, Madhya Pradesh

Forests

Maniram teak plantation 1891 - A state heritage of Chhattisgarh

During my tenure as Divisional Forest Officer in Mahasamund Forest Division, I came across the oldest teak plantation of Chhattisgarh. The Gidhpuri beat of Lavan Range of Raipur Forest Division is proud of having the oldest Teak plantation of Chhattisgarh state. The teak plantation is now 111 years old.

Publication Date:

01/05/2003

Author(s): B. P. Nonhare

Source: Indian Forester

Vol:

129

Issue:

5

pp:

661

Tags:

Forests, Chhattisgarh, Raipur (D), Forest Personnel, Forest Conservation, History

Energy

Up in smoke

National programme on improved chulhas put on ice

Publication Date:

30/01/2003

Author(s): Richard Mahapatra

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20030131

pp:

0

Tags:

Air Pollution Control, Health Effects, Forest Conservation, Women, Energy, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Finance, Information, Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Statistics, Corruption

Forests

Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (i) of section 4 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (69 of 1980), the Central Government hereby makes the Rules to implement provisions of that Act relating to the composition of the Committee constituted under section 3 of the Act.

Publication Date:

10/01/2003

Source: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Tags:

Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1980, India

Forests

Risking change: experimenting with local forest management committees in Jamaica

As forestry in many countries becomes less about timber production and more about watershed protection, biodiversity conervation and tourism, the range of stakeholders grows larger and more diverse, while regulation and enforcement become more difficult.

Publication Date:

Jan 2003

Author(s): Tighe Geoghegan, Noel Bennett

Source: IIED

Tags:

Forests, Forest Resources, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Jamaica

India

In Short

Stringent steps: Following the recent

Publication Date:

30/12/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Tobacco, Forest Conservation, Women, AIDS, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Oil Exploration, Fuel Cell, Legislation, UN, Japan, Europe, France, Spain, United States Of America (US), Madhya Pradesh, Vehicles

Climate Change

After officialdom

I would love to write a handbook on the Indian bureaucracy. But for now let me focus on a favourite, the yes minister technique. Do nothing, and then when pushed, unleash chaos. Nothing succeeds as

Publication Date:

29/11/2002

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20021130

pp:

13

Tags:

Forest Resources, Forest Policy, Forest Encroachments, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Supreme Court, Governance