Forests

Afforestation programme launched near Pahalgam

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday launched a pilot afforestation programme, near the famous tourist resort of Pahalgam, with an aim to restore critically-degraded forests in the State.

Publication Date: 
19/10/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Afforestation, Anantnag (D), Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Forests
Environment

IISc Students Campaign for Western Ghats

Around 500 students of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here have launched a campaign to save the Western Ghats.

Publication Date: 
19/10/2015
New Indian Express (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Western Ghats, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Environment Education, Forest Conservation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment
Transport

Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification & Maintenance) Policy, 2015

Union Government has launched Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification & Maintenance) Policy-2015 to promote greening of National Highway corridors across the country. The policy was unveiled by Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi.

Publication Date: 
29/09/2015
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Tags:
Highways, Afforestation, Trees, Forests, Air Pollution, Forest Conservation, India, Roads
Forests

Kenya: Lobby Group Raises Red Flag Over Logging of Indigenous Trees in Mt Kenya Forest

A community based conservation group in Tharaka-Nithi County has raised the red flag over continuous logging of indigenous trees in the Mt Kenya Forest.

Publication Date: 
29/09/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Kenya, Forest Conservation, Climate Change, Africa
Forests

Teens to promote forest conservation

The forest department has started building a team of forest ambassadors to promote forest and wildlife conservation among natives of the villages around Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2015
B Sridhar
Times Of India (Ranchi)
Tags:
Jharkhand, Forest Conservation, Dalma SA, Compensation, Afforestation, People - Animal Conflicts, Forests
Forests

J&K CM calls for framing policy on forest conservation

Describing forest as nature's great gift, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today called for framing a policy and involving people to conserve forest wealth in the state.

Publication Date: 
18/09/2015
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Jammu (D), Afforestation, Jammu & Kashmir
Forests

Forest conservation project launched to protect biodiversity

The Viet Nam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) and Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Co-oporation and Development have launched the "Programme on Conservation and sustainable use of fores

Publication Date: 
14/09/2015
Vietnam News
Tags:
Forests, Forest Conservation, Vietnam, Biodiversity, Germany, Forest Management
Forests

Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015

The world's forests continue to shrink as populations increase and forest land is converted to agriculture and other uses, but over the past 25 years the rate of net global deforestation has slowed down by more than 50 percent, FAO said in a report published today.

Publication Date: 
07/09/2015
FAO
Tags:
Forest Resources, Forest Management, Land Degradation, Biodiversity, Forest Conservation, Protected Area Conservation, Biomass, GDP, India, Global, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Ecosystem Services, Deforestation
Forests

First mission to save ‘sacred groves’ in 30 years

KOLHAPUR: For the first time in last 30 odd years, experts have started revisiting Maharashtra's unique treasure, 'sacred groves,' locally called as Devrai, for the documentation and analysis of th

Publication Date: 
04/09/2015
Samrat Phadnis
Times of India (Kolhapur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Sacred Groves, Satara (D), Western Ghats, Forest Conservation, Forests
Forests

What data to use for forest conservation planning? A comparison of coarse open and detailed proprietary forest inventory data in Finland

The boreal region is facing intensifying resource extraction pressure, but the lack of comprehensive biodiversity data makes operative forest conservation planning difficult. Many countries have implemented forest inventory schemes and are making extensive and up-to-date forest databases increasingly available. Some of the more detailed inventory databases, however, remain proprietary and unavailable for conservation planning. Here, we investigate how well different open and proprietary forest inventory data sets suit the purpose of conservation prioritization in Finland.

Publication Date: 
28/08/2015
Joona Lehtomäki, Sakari Tuominen, Tuuli Toivonen & et al
PLoS ONE
Tags:
Forest Conservation, Finland, Forest Management

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