Forests

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Afforestation in Degraded Forest, 28/03/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Afforestation in Degraded Forest, 28/03/2017. Compensatory afforestation is one of the most important conditions stipulated by the Central Government while approving proposals for de-reservation or diversion of forest land for non-forest uses.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Afforestation, Compensatory Afforestation, Forest Conservation, India, Parliament
Forests

Slow carbon credit sales hinder Zimbabwe forest protection

HURUNGWE, Zimbabwe, March 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One of the world's largest forest conservation projects has managed to curb deforestation in northern Zimbabwe, but the slow sale of carb

Publication Date: 
29/03/2017
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Forests, Zimbabwe, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, REDD, Forest Management, Africa
Forests

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Clearance of forest land under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, 20/03/2017

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Clearance of forest land under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, 20/03/2017. During the year 2014-15 and 2015-16, 17217.75 Ha and 13946.05 Ha of forest land respectively, has been diverted for non forest purposes under the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act.

Publication Date: 
20/03/2017
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1980, Forests, India, Parliament
Forests

Forest (Conservation) Amendment Rules, 2016

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has published the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Rules, 2016 via G.S.R. 200(E) on 06th March, 2017.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2017
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Forest Conservation, India, Forest Rights Act 2006
Forests

FDA, Communities Sign Community Forest Management Agreement

The Peoples Rules and Organizations Supporting the Protection of Ecosystem Resources (USAID/PROSPER), in partnership with the Forestry Development Authority (FDA), recently signed a community fores

Publication Date: 
03/03/2017
Liberian Observer (Liberia)
Tags:
Forests, Liberia, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Tribals, Africa
Forests

Favorable laws inspire Kenyan communities to conserve forests

Forest conservation is a thriving new job for many Kenyan communities thanks to the country’s laws encouraging community participation in environmental protection.

Publication Date: 
17/02/2017
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Conservation, Kenya, Legislation, Tribals, Trees, Africa
Forests

In one Tanzanian village, survival is intimately linked to forest conservation

NANJIRINJI A, Tanzania – When Jamila Sallimu Chikunda found out she was pregnant with her third child in 2015, her joy quickly turned to anxiety.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2017
Mongabay
Tags:
Forests, Tanzania, Forest Conservation, Africa, Forest Management
Forests

Uganda: Govt Deploys UPDF, Police in Rakai Forest

Rakai — Government has deployed a combined force of UPDF soldiers and police in Malabigambo Central Forest Reserve in Kyebe Sub-county, Rakai District, to fight illegal logging.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Forests, Forest Conservation, Uganda, Illegal Trade, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Africa
Forests

Forest protection funds flow to DRC despite ‘illegal’ logging permits

The Democratic Republic is poised to receive tens of millions of dollars in funding to protect its forests, even as Greenpeace has found evidence that the country has repeatedly violated its own lo

Publication Date: 
03/02/2017
Mongabay
Tags:
Forests, Congo, Deforestation, Greenpeace, Forest Conservation, REDD, Africa
Climate Change

Can conservation funding be left to carbon finance? Evidence from participatory future land use scenarios in Peru, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Mexico

Revenues derived from carbon have been seen as an important tool for supporting forest conservation over the past decade. At the same time, there is high uncertainty about how much revenue can reasonably be expected from land use emissions reductions initiatives. Despite this uncertainty, REDDþ projects and conservation initiatives that aim to take advantage of available or, more commonly, future funding from carbon markets have proliferated.

Publication Date: 
13/01/2017
Ashwin Ravikumar, Markku Larjavaara, Anne Larson & et al
Environmental Research Letters
1-11
Tags:
Forest Conservation, REDD, Peru, Indonesia, Tanzania, Mexico, Land Use, Green House Gases, Climate Change

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