India

 Community Participation and Sustainable Forest Development Global Perspective

THE concept of community participation has been globally accepted as an essential tool for the protection of forest resources. In developed countries community participation has been considered

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Resources, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Public Participation, Global, Sustainable Development
Wildlife

 Ecuador

A temporary suspension has been clamped on the licence of a pipeline builder in Ecuador by the country's environment ministry. The ministry has said that until the company repairs damages near a

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Conservation, Legislation, Governance, Ecuador
India

 Woman power

When the men of Dengajhari failed, women took up arms to protect their forests

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
Satyasundar Barik
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Tags:
Forest Resources, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Forest Movements, Women, Compensation, Legislation, NGO, India, Orissa (Odisha)
Forests

 Raw Deal

Scepticism hangs over Kerala's Tribal Rehabilitation and Development Mission and its master plan

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Land Reforms, Starvation, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Forest Villages, Development, Tribals, Rehabilitation, Finance, Legislation, High Court, Governance, Politics, Kerala
India

 Mapping the reek

The genetic variability of sandalwood trees in India has reduced considerably because of their increased susceptibility to diseases

Publication Date: 
30/01/2002
M Nageswara Rao, K N Ganeshaiah, R Uma Shaanker
Down to Earth
Tags:
Eastern Ghats, Western Ghats, Forest Conservation, Sandalwood, Poaching, Genetic Resources, India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Wildlife

 Fortifying ecofront

Can existing constitutional safeguards adequately address the environmental concerns?

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
Samar Singh
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Tags:
Forest Conservation, Wildlife, Legislation, Governance, Parliament, India, Environmental Security
India

 Call of the wild

A unique festival epitomises efforts for conservation of Assam rainforests which have been lying in a state of neglect for decades

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
Ahir Bhairab Borthakur
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Tags:
Ecosystems, Tropical Forests, Forest Conservation, Forest Movements, Education, Public Participation, NGO, Africa, Asia, China, Myanmar, Thailand, India, Assam
Water Pollution

 CHINA

An emergency fund to pay for forest protection is in the pipeline in China. According to the Chinese government, the first stage will involve a one-billion-yuan package supplied by the Finance

Publication Date: 
30/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Conservation, Afforestation, Finance, Education, Legislation, Governance, China
Poverty

 Talking green

Participants at an international conference on forest management discuss ways to curb logging

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Wildlife Trade, Poaching, Indonesia
Wildlife

 ACT AMENDED

The government of Pakistan's Punjab province has decided to amend its Forest Act of 1927. This is being done to update the law in accordance with the requirements of the modern forest conservation

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1927, Legislation, Pakistan

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