Industry

 Time to act

The Madhya Pradesh government has recently sent a letter to the Prime Minister seeking changes in the Forest Conservation Act, 1980. The principal secretary, forests, Madhya Pradesh government, Sudeep Banerjee , spoke to

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
Mario
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Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Forest Villages, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Legislation, Public Participation, Governance, Madhya Pradesh
Biodiversity

 Spreading root

THEORITICAL and empirical studies of collective management of natural resources have proved the efficacy of common property as an efficient institutional arrangement. In India, joint forest

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
Arnab Kumar Hazra
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Common Property Resources, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Tribals, Public Participation, Community Groups, Andhra Pradesh
Industry

 MONITORING FOREST

Pakistan plans to set up a Geographical Information System (GIS) to monitor changes in the forest cover in the country. A ban on the commercial harvesting of forests will also be lifted for one

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
Mario
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Resources, Forest Management, Remote Sensing, Pakistan
Agriculture

 THAILAND

A demand to revoke four forestry-related laws of Thailand has been made by various grassroots groups. The groups believe that these laws do not give recognition to community rights in natural

Publication Date: 
29/11/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Management, Legislation, Public Participation, Community Groups, Thailand
Wildlife

 UNITED NATIONS

A UN Forum on Forests has been established by the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The forum has been set up to promote the management and conservation of all types of forests. It also

Publication Date: 
29/11/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Animal Diseases, Animal Products, Processed Foods, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, UNESCO, WHO, Sustainable Development
India

 Community forest management is the future

It has been 10 years since the Joint Forest Management jfm was officially started in India. Ajit Banerjee, who first experimented with the concept of jfm , today wants this programme to be replaced by community forest management.

Publication Date: 
30/10/2000
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Forest Resources, Forest Management, Public Participation, Governance, Community Groups, India
Environment

 Stones unto stones

Will Uttarakhand, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand be anything more than a few new stones?

Publication Date: 
14/10/2000
Anil Agarwal
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Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Policy, Urban Development, Governance, Anil Agarwal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Sustainable Development
Industry

 Bone of contention

Neither Project Tiger nor the eco development project can end the conflicts between the forest officials and the villagers in Ranthambhore

Publication Date: 
30/08/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Forest Personnel, Conflicts, Protected Area Conservation, Ranthambore NP, Governance, Rajasthan, Animal Menace
Industry

 Patches of green

Even after 10 years, the joint forest management programme has made little headway

Publication Date: 
30/07/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Policy, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Benefit Sharing, Public Participation, Governance, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Sustainable Development
India

 Forest rights and wrongs

India's forests have been a site of conflict for centuries. But it is only over the last decade that their history has become the subject of serious enquiry. The first wave of work focussed on the

Publication Date: 
14/07/2000
Mahesh Rangarajan
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Tags:
Forests, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Products, Tribals, Governance, India

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