Forests

 Private groves

The Apatanis manage their forests well. So, they never have to buy wood from markets

Publication Date: 
14/08/2005
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North East, Agriculture, Forest Conservation, Bamboo, Oak, Pine, Apatani, Traditional Knowledge, Sacred Groves, Arunachal
Forests

 Courting NPV

The Supreme Court looks to cutting losses

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
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Forests, Forest Conservation, Net Present Value (NPV), Supreme Court, India
Forests

 Rethink

Wanted: a fresh approach to forest conservation

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
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Forests, Ecosystem Services, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Net Present Value (NPV), India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, Developing Countries
Wildlife

 Basin watering recipe

The Amazon basin countries recently launched a new initiative to help the region's inhabitants manage water, forests and wildlife more efficiently. Water will be the focus area of the project,

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
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Amazon, Water Management, Forest Conservation, Wildlife, Brazil
Forests

 Long overdue

Major tenets of the bill

Publication Date: 
30/05/2005
Down to Earth
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Forests, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1980, Tribals, Biodiversity Conservation, Public Participation
India

 A profane proposal

10 years ago, Down To Earth reported on the state of sacred groves in India see: Down To Earth, January 31, 1994 . Patches of forest protected

Publication Date: 
30/12/2003
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Ecology, Khasi Hills, Shifting Cultivation, Forest Conservation, Watershed Development, Economy, Sacred Groves, India, Kodagu, Kerala, Meghalaya, Endangered Species
Forests

 Sharp acceleration in forestland diversion

The period between 1999 and 2003 has seen a sudden spurt in the diversion of forestland for non-forestry purposes. A recent collation of data of the Union ministry of environment and forests spotlights this retrogressive pattern. The Atal Bihari Vajpayee-

Publication Date: 
14/12/2003
Neelam Singh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Mining, Forest Conservation, Sanctuaries
Biodiversity

 US puts a price on Sri Lanka s forests

The US congress has reportedly approved a $5 million waiver, thereby quantifying the debt for nature swap offer made to Sri Lanka more than two years ago. It is widely believed that this sum is peanuts, considering that Sri Lanka owes the us close to $1 b

Publication Date: 
30/08/2003
Tharuka Dissanaike
Down to Earth
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Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Biodiversity, NGO, Sri Lanka, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries
Wildlife

 Oil company seeks legal nod to barge into marine park

How can one conserve a wildlife sanctuary better? By flagrantly trespassing on one part of it. Then picking up the tab for planting trees on another in recompense. This is precisely the logic underlying a petition filed by Essar Oil Limited in the Supreme

Publication Date: 
29/06/2003
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Marine Ecosystems, Forest Conservation, Afforestation, Compensation, Wildlife, Wildlife Act 1972, Protected Area Conservation, National Parks, Sanctuaries, Petrochemical Industry, Supreme Court, High Court, NGO, Gujarat
Environment

 Money or trees? Ghana s dilemma

Money or trees is the choice before the Ghanaian government. The administration is agonising over whether to take the $2 billion offered by mining companies or preserve the forests where they seek to

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
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Environment, Forest Conservation, Ghana, Mining

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