Forests

Challenges facing forest managers in the aftermath of Forest Rights Act 2006 and Rules (2007) thereunder

The present Act and Rules seeks to correct the historical injustice done to Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers, by granting them security of tenure over individual and community holdings, ownership of Minor Forest Produce, Nistar and Grazing Rights and adequate safeguards for their rehabilitation, in cases of their displacement from present locations, on account of forestry and

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
R. L. Chowdhary
Indian Forester
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Forests, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Forest Rights Act 2006, Minor Forest Produce, Tribals, Supreme Court, Gram Sabhas, India
Climate Change

Focus on ways to promote sustainable forest management

TIRUCHI: The State Forest Commission held a consultative workshop with the stake holders here on Friday on various aspects connected with promoting sustainable forest management and ways to enhance tree cover.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Plantation Crops, Forest Conservation, Afforestation, Climate Mitigation, Tamil Nadu, Tiruchirapalli (D), Sustainable Development
Forests

Court sees red over green neglect

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday came to the rescue of mangroves in the city. A division bench of Justice J N Patel and Justice Vijaya Kapse-Tahilramani passed a series of orders to protect mangrove plots in Charkop and Andheri.

Publication Date: 
26/02/2009
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Mangroves, Forest Conservation, High Court, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification
Forests

Nallah wall will destroy mangroves

Mumbai: Construction of a retaining wall along the Vakola nallah by Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) has enraged activists.

Activists opine that the wall will destroy the mangroves next to the nallah, which is in direct violation of the Bombay High Court order of 2005, ensuring protection of mangroves in Maharashtra.

Publication Date: 
21/02/2009
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Mangroves, Forest Conservation, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Mithi
Forests

Napean Sea Road residents unite to save trees

Mumbai: A...organise a campaign againt felling of 100 trees for a road

The residents of Napean Sea Road on Tuesday carried out a campaign, inspired by the Chipko Movement, to save more than 100 trees in their locality from getting axed because of a road widening project.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Conservation, Trees, Chipko Movement, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Forests

Napean Sea Road residents unite to save trees

Mumbai: A...organise a campaign againt felling of 100 trees for a road

The residents of Napean Sea Road on Tuesday carried out a campaign, inspired by the Chipko Movement, to save more than 100 trees in their locality from getting axed because of a road widening project.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2009
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Forest Conservation, Trees, Chipko Movement, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Forests

Chipko to save trees on Nepean Sea Road

MUMBAI: To protest against the BMC's plan to chop and relocate trees for the Nepean Sea Road widening project, school students on Tuesday will hug trees in the area reenacting the erstwhile chipko movement. The widening of this road will require relocation of 54 trees while 99 others will have to be chopped.

Publication Date: 
17/02/2009
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Forest Conservation, Trees, Chipko Movement, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Environment

Department-related parliamentary standing committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests: 201st report

The latest report of the Parliamentary standing committee on environment & forests presented to Rajya Sabha on Feb 17, 2009. Expresses serious concern over the ineffective implementation of Ganga Action Plan and Yamuna Action Plan.

Publication Date: 
17/02/2009
Rajya Sabha Secretariat
Tags:
Environment, River Pollution, Air Pollution, Yamuna Action Plan, Ganga Action Plan, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Afforestation, Waste Management, Wildlife, Tiger, Environment Education, Water Pollution
Forests

Plant a sapling , grow a memory

People adopt trees in an MCD park to remember the dead

Publication Date: 
16/02/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Plantation Crops, Forest Conservation, Trees, Delhi
Forests

 Firefighters all

Himachal Pradesh gives incentives to prevent forest fires The Himachal Pradesh forest department has decided to reward community initiatives in the state that are successful in averting forestfires. The annual reward would vary between Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000, depending on how successful a joint forest management committee is in checking fires. The programme for giving cash rewards for

Publication Date: 
14/02/2009
Sumana Narayanan
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Forest Fires, Public Participation, Himachal Pradesh

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