India

 Policies with a difference

There are a lot of differences in the forest policy of the two neighbours

Publication Date: 
27/02/2000
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Forest Management, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Forest Products, Public Participation, Governance, Community Groups, Nepal, India, Sustainable Development
India

 Hills vs terai

Why community forestry in Nepal is a success in the hills, and not in the plains

Publication Date: 
27/02/2000
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India

 CFM has changed the concept of community life

A founder member of the Jaykot forest users group in Kahnu village, Pokhra, talks to Down To Earth on the benefits of community forest management

Publication Date: 
27/02/2000
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Forest Management, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Forest Products, Public Participation, Governance, Community Groups, Nepal, India, Sustainable Development
India

 community forest management THE NEPALESE EXPERIENCE

Nepal government decided to hand over certain forest areas to rural communities.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2000
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Forest Management, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Forest Products, Public Participation, Governance, Community Groups, Nepal, India, Sustainable Development
Forests

The state of forest report 1999

This report is the seventh assessment of the forest cover of the country. It provides analytical information on forest plantations, protected area, joint forest management, forest cover in mining areas of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, shifting cultivation in the North Eastern region. It also provides an overview of the forest resources in India, with special emphasis on forest cover.

Publication Date: 
Jan 2000
Forest Survey of India
Tags:
Forests, Forest Resources, Forest Management, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Protected Area Conservation, India, Statistics
Air Pollution

 Oily mess

The US environment protection agency pulls up polluting oil companies

Publication Date: 
14/12/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Management, Afforestation, Women, Environment Training
Environment

 Women and forests

A study probes the role of women in afforestation programmes

Publication Date: 
14/12/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Management, Afforestation, Women, Environment Training
India

 UNITED NATIONS

In order to explore avenues for minor forest produce, the Food and Agricultural Organi

Publication Date: 
14/10/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Resources, Forest Management, Minor Forest Produce, Tribals, Planning, FAO, UNDP
Forests

 Return of the woods

Two decades of toil have given back to Seed village in Udaipur a forest that villagers felt had been destroyed forever

Publication Date: 
14/10/1999
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Forests, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Public Participation, Community Groups, Gram Sabhas, Udaipur (D)
Biodiversity

 Shrinking cover

Forests are disappearing at an alarming rate the world over, says a recent study

Publication Date: 
29/09/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Forest Resources, Forest Management, Biodiversity, Global

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