Forests

Tripura adopts new strategy for forest conservation

AGARTALA, Dec 13: The Tripura Government has adopted a new strategy for protection of forest land, besides promoting settled agriculture among the tribal communities.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2009
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Forests, Land, Forest Conservation, Forest Rights Act 2006, Tripura
Forests

1000 ha reserved forest encroached in Meghalaya

SHILLONG, Dec 9

Publication Date: 
10/12/2009
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Encroachments, Forest Conservation, Meghalaya, East Garo Hills
Environment

The National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009

The National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009 that would judge environmental disputes.The tribunal will have the same powers as a civil court, will subsume various state-level authorities that address environmental issues as well as committees created by the Supreme Court for that purpose.

Publication Date: 
09/12/2009
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Environment, Water Cess Act 1977, Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1980, Air Act 1981, Legislation, Environment Act 1986, India, Water Act 1974, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Mining

Forest report affirms impact of mining

BHUBHANESWAR: Under fire from the green brigade, Orissa Government may have had a chuckle over the `State of Forest Report 2009

Publication Date: 
07/12/2009
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Forests, Mining, Forest Conservation, Orissa (Odisha), Keonjhar (D), Sundargarh (D)
Climate Change

Nepal ministers scale new height to fight warming

Two centuries ago, when the then prime minister of Kathmandu, Bhimsen Thapa, wanted to make important announcements, royal heralds clambered atop Dharahara, the 11th storey minaret he had built, to bawl out the proclamation from there.

Publication Date: 
05/12/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himalaya, Forest Conservation, Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Nepal
Forests

Green cover touches record high

New Delhi: Delhi is going green, and not with envy! The city

Publication Date: 
04/12/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Conservation, Delhi
Forests

Discussion on climate change held

SHILLONG, Dec 3: The Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) Forest Department has organized a meeting at a city hotel with the members of the Meghalaya Land Forests Owners

Publication Date: 
04/12/2009
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Climate Change, Meghalaya
Forests

Economic viability as a concept in joint forest management: A case study from the Bankura (North) Division, West Bengal

Joint Forest Management (JFM), the partnership between the Government Forest Department and forest-fringe community (organised through the Forest Protection Committees (FPCs) towards Forest Protection, had its inception in the state of West Bengal and is considered to be the most successful in this state.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Sudeep Budhaditya Deb
Indian Forester
135
12
1607
Tags:
Forests, Forest Resources, Forest Conservation, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Benefit Sharing, Public Participation, West Bengal, Bankura (D)
Climate Change

Clean Development Mechanism and least developed countries: Changing the rules for greater participation

The clean development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol is designed not only to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) but also to contribute locally to sustainable development. As a market-based mechanism, CDM has the potential to channel private investments into development activities with economic, social, and environmental benefits.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Thanakvaro De Lopez, Ponlok Tin, Keisuke Iyadomi & et al
Journal of Environment & Development
18
4
436
Tags:
Forest Conservation, Afforestation, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Certified Emission Reduction, Private Sector, Developing Countries, Carbon Market
Climate Change

REDD in India: an independent monitoring report

The Indian forests are home to around 100 million people and provide sustenance to them. The paper traces the impacts of Indian forest polices, legislations on rights of communities and its links to conservation in the pre- colonial and post independent India.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Equations
Tags:
Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Climate Change, India, Bangalore, REDD, Equations

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