Forest Policy

The Japanese have regenerated their forests twice after their large scale destruction. But today, it is doing so at the cost of tropical forests of Southeast Asia

Publication Date:

30/05/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

9

Issue:

20000531

pp:

0

Tags:

Land Ownership, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Afforestation, Protected Area Conservation, Imports, Legislation, Governance, Politics, Japan, Developing Countries

India

Future of our forests

Experts discuss ways to improve forest policies in India

Publication Date:

14/05/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forest Resources, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Deforestation, Governance, India

India

The cutting edge

Conservationists in Brazil come up with a model way to reduce the pressure on forests

Publication Date:

14/11/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Amazon, Tropical Forests, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Forest Products, Forest Movements, Environmental Science, Brazil

Forests

Policy that works for forests and people

Forest issues often concern large amounts of money, long time frames, huge areas of land and diverse livelihoods. This report draws the main findings from a series of six country studies from Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe and from a review of international policy initiatives.

Publication Date:

Jan 1999

Author(s): James Mayers, Stephen Bass

Source: IIED

Tags:

Forests, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Forest Products, Public Participation, Governance, Sustainable Development, Developing Countries

Climate Change

Fights for space

Once harmonious, the human-elephant relationship has taken an ugly turn. Faulty forest policies and nationwide destruction of elephant habitats are forcing the animals"otrt of the forests ahd into nearby villages, where pachyderm raids are becoming increa

Publication Date:

14/09/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

7

Issue:

19980915

pp:

0

Tags:

Forest Policy, Deforestation, Rural Habitat, Elephant, Assam, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal

India

Rights over forests

traditionally, forests have been viewed as public goods, subjected to the tragedy of commons, as incentives to a "free ride' are enormous. However, Hardin's idea that there are only two

Publication Date:

14/07/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

7

Issue:

19980715

pp:

0

Tags:

Forests, Forest Policy, India

Forests

ARGENTINA

inter-american Development Bank recently commissioned 10 papers to investigate the key policy issues affecting Latin American forests. One paper on policies that affect forests in Latin

Publication Date:

30/01/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forest Policy, South America

Forests

A cryptic clue

The Prime Minister s proposal to introduce an industry friendly forest policy is puzzling

Publication Date:

14/11/1997

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Wastelands, Land Acquisition, Forest Policy, Government Of India (GOI), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India

Forests

The Jammu and Kashmir Forest (Conservation) Act, 1997

An Act to provide for the conservation of forests and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto. This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Forest Conservation) Act, 1997. It extends to the whole of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. It shall come into force at once.

Publication Date:

29/09/1997

Source: Government of Jammu and Kashmir

Tags:

Forests, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, India, Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar, Government of Jammu and Kashmir