People do not grow what they cannot use

Preservation laws have made trees a problem for people STATE monopolies are not exclusive to modern times. Mining was the preserve of the state in ancient and medieval times. The Mughal state exercised an iron hand over opium production and trade. Once the Mughal empire declined, satraps asserted their independence by establishing monopolies over various commodities including tobacco and

Publication Date: 
30/12/2008
Down to Earth
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Forests, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Trees, Supreme Court, India
Forests

Converting mahogany

Peru

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Ivan Tomaselli, Sofia R. Hirakuri
ITTO Tropical Forest Update
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CITES, Forests, Tropical Forests, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Timber Smuggling, Forest Trade, Endangered Species, Exports, Timber Industry, Legislation, Peru
Forests

Forests of learning: experiences from research on an adaptive collaborative approach to community forestry in Nepal

This report shares research-based lessons about the catalysation, practice and outcomes of an adaptive collaborative approach to community forestry in Nepal. It focuses on the community forest user group (CFUG) and meso levels, that is, the multistakeholder interface at the subdistrict and district levels.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
& et al, Cynthia McDougall, Hemant Ojha, Mani Ram Banjade
Center for International Forestry Research
Tags:
Forests, Forest Resources, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Research, Community Forest Management (CFM), Nepal
Climate Change

The implications of climate change for conservation, restoration, and management of national forest lands

This paper is an attempt to summarize the key scientific literature on climate change and forests, in particular those aspects that appear to have the most relevance to management and policy related to national forests in the United States. Topics explored begin with those relating to forests as ecosystems

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Rick Brown
University of Oregon
Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Policy, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Sequestration, Biodiversity, United States Of America (US)
Forests

 They also serve

Though it controls 23.4 per cent of the country

Publication Date: 
14/11/2008
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Forests, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Forest Personnel, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India
Forests

 Wooden feet

IFS trainees at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy The forest service has not changed its training in step with the times After recruitment, ifs probationers train for two years at the I G National Forest Academy in Dehradun and the L B S National Academy of Adminstration in Mussoorie. This includes four months of field work and travel to

Publication Date: 
14/11/2008
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Forests, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Forest Education, Forest Personnel, India
Forests

 Remote control

  R L Maravi patrolling the Koppedabri beat, Kanha  Photo

Publication Date: 
14/11/2008
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Forests, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Personnel, India
Forests

 Lip service

A good forest officer is at a premium today. Mere theoretical training is not enough; officers need grooming. The culture of grooming is absent and hence there is a vacuum of leadership in the service. We need to create a meritocracy in IFS V K BAHUGUNA Former inspector general of forests, now on deputation   I was responsible for the

Publication Date: 
14/11/2008
Down to Earth
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Forests, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Forest Personnel, Benefit Sharing, India
Forests

Let our rightful forests flourish

The Forests Rights Act 2006 is a result of long sustained peoples

Publication Date: 
01/11/2008
Madhav Gadgil
National Centre for Advocacy Studies
Tags:
Forests, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Forest Resources, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1988, Forest Rights Act 2006, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Community Forest Management (CFM), Tribals, India
Forests

Bhutan national forest policy

This National Forest Policy is framed at a time of rapidly changing political events in Bhutan. The change in overall governance from monarchy to a democratic governance, continued decentralisation and devolution are themes that will impact on many aspects of forest planning and development.

Publication Date: 
28/09/2008
Royal Government of Bhutan
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Forest Policy, Bhutan, Forests, Forest Management

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