Forests

Radical politics and environmentalism against Taungya in Dooars

The mainstream paradigm of understanding grass-root environmentalism in India as “environmentalism of the poor” might be challenged by an alternative prototype forest movement in the Bengal Dooars prior to the Chipko movement. It was fought against the exploitative design of ecosystem governance under the taungya method of artificial regeneration as invented by colonial foresters during the British rule.

Publication Date: 
07/01/2012
Sourish Jha
Economic and Political Weekly
47
1
112-118
Tags:
Forest Villages, Jalpaiguri (D), West Bengal, Conflicts, Benefit Sharing, Ecosystem Services, Human Rights, Forest Management, Panchayats, Corruption, Forest Conservation, Forest Movements, Politics, India, Minor Forest Produce, Public Participation
Forests

Panel indicts cement plants

Shillong, Jan.

Publication Date: 
05/01/2012
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Cement Industry, Jaintia Hills, Forest Conservation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)

Lessons about land tenure, forest governance and REDD+: case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America

This volume of case studies comprises one of two main publications resulting from the Oct. 21-22, 2011 Land Tenure and Forest Carbon Management Workshop hosted by the University of Wisconsin/Madison’s Land Tenure Center (LTC), Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and Geography Dept.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
Lisa Naughton-Treves, Cathy Day
UW-Madison Land Tenure Center
Tags:
Land Tenure, Forest Policy, REDD, Asia, Africa, South America, India, Forest Resources, Forest Conservation, Benefit Sharing, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Market
Forest Act

Implementation of Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 – rules made there under

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment reviewed the government rules for allocation of title deeds to forest dwellers in this report on Forest Rights Act, 2006.

Publication Date: 
22/12/2011
Lok Sabha Secretariat
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Minor Forest Produce, Tribals, Forests, Forest Conservation, Displacement
Forests

Call to double forest cover in the State

The total area of 9,400 sq.km. of forest cover in the State needs to be expanded to at least 20,000 sq. km .

The importance of forests has to be acknowledged as these areas are the major repositories of biodiversity. The flora and fauna are valuable for carbon sequestration and oxygen replenishment. Loss of rare, endangered and threatened species is the most important issue of today.

Publication Date: 
21/12/2011
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Afforestation, Biodiversity, Tropical Forests, Forest Conservation, Trees, Ecosystems, Biodiversity Hotspots, Flora, Fauna, Forests
Forests

Forest advisory committee turns toothless

When the Union environment ministry gave the GMR Group its go-ahead to the Alaknanda hydroelectric project in Uttarakhand three weeks ago, it invited suspicion from non-profit organisations about a

Publication Date: 
20/12/2011
Piyali Mandal
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Hydroelectricity, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), GMR Infrastructure, POSCO, Renuka, Dams, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Land, Biodiversity, Ecology, Bauxite, Mining, Forest Conservation, Forests
Forests

Action plan for conservation of endangered chilgoza pine

Concerned over the fast-depleting reserves of the chilgoza pine forests the government has decided to formulate a 10-year action for the conservation, regeneration and sustainable management of the

Publication Date: 
17/12/2011
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Chilgoza, Forests, Endangered Species, Trees, Forest Conservation, Shimla (D)
Forests

685 hectares of forest land being fenced: Altaf

JAMMU: Minister for Forest and Environment Mian Altaf Ahmad today said that 685 hectares of forest land in Rajouri district would be fenced in a phased manner while as ` 1.85 crore have been earmar

Publication Date: 
15/12/2011
Daily Excelsior (Jammu)
Tags:
Forest Conservation, Trees, Land, Ecology, Groundwater Recharge, Forests
Forests

Mangar on edge: Authorities want the realtors out

After a series of reports by TOI on the need to protect the ecofragile Mangar area and adjoining forests in the Aravalis in Faridabad, the district administration has sent a detailed report to the

Publication Date: 
14/12/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Conservation, Faridabad (D), Water Resources, Construction Industry, Housing Construction, Groundwater, Gurgaon (D), Lakes, Tubewells
Forests

Turning the page in forest governance: Science and Bureaucracy

Despite the legal provisions for the functioning of expert bodies like the National Board of Wildlife and the Forest Advisory Committee, the forest bureaucracy disdains the experts and often overrides scientific evaluations. The training course of the India Forest Service too lacks a social science component that can help new foresters understand the social ramifications of forest-related issues. It is time to create space for scientists and conservationists to liaise with the forest departments in the country.

Publication Date: 
10/12/2011
Meghna Krishnadas, Umesh Srinivasan, Nandini Velho & et al
Economic and Political Weekly
46
50
10-13
Tags:
Forests, Forest Personnel, Forest Conservation, CSE, India, Forest Management

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