Forests

Draft forest policy out, brace for green tax

The environment ministry has come out with a draft National Forest Policy (NFP), proposing levy of a green tax while calling for safeguarding forest land by exercising strict restraint on diversion

Publication Date: 
21/06/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Policy, Ecotourism, Wildlife, Forest Management, Forests, Land, Mining, Ecosystems
Forests

Draft National Forest Policy sets up another battle over Forest Rights Act

Integrates climate change concerns and promotes private investment and role in forestry

Publication Date: 
20/06/2016
Nitin SethI
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Act 1988, Climate Change, Forest Rights Act 2006, Afforestation, Land, Firewood, Forest Products, Forest Policy, Forest Managemnt, Forests
Forests

Draft National Forest Policy, 2016

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has released the draft of India’s new National Forest Policy (NFP), proposing the levy of a green tax.

Publication Date: 
16/06/2016
Indian Institute of Forest Management
Tags:
Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Agroforestry, Forest Management, Climate Change, Community Forest Management (CFM), Forest-Based Industry, Governance, India
Environment

NDA government has done well on pollution standards and monitoring, but needs to do much more on green clearances, forestry and its flagship schemes on sanitation and the Ganga: CSE

NDA government has done well on pollution standards and monitoring, but needs to do much more on green clearances, forestry and its flagship schemes on sanitation and the Ganga: CSE

Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Pollution Control, Air Pollution, Waste Management, Ganga, Climate Change, Forest Policy
Forests

New private forest policy on the anvil

PANAJI: The state government is likely to roll out a new private forest policy by next month, which seeks to relax the criteria for identifying private forests.

Publication Date: 
14/06/2016
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, Forest Policy, Coastal Regulations, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Supreme Court, Forests
Forests

Environment ministry defines forests, legally

Large green patches, apart from recorded forests, to get protection. Clarity to help industry

Publication Date: 
14/06/2016
Nitin SethI
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Act 1980, Mining, Forest Clearance, Haryana, Mineral - Based Industry, Forest Policy
Forests

Rs 6,881 crore and 8 years later, forest cover in Maharashtra actually dips

The State Forest Policy introduced in 2008 aimed to bring 33 per cent of the state under forest cover.

Publication Date: 
31/05/2016
Indian Express (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Forests, Deforestation, Forest Policy, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Forest Encroachments
Forests

Better policing of forests is the need of the hour

The recent forest fires in Uttarakhand torched over 2,000 hectares. In a three-part series, Business Standard looks at the burning issues that need to be resolved

Publication Date: 
11/05/2016
Geetanjali Krishna
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Forest Fires, Environmentalists, Nainital (D), Forest Policy, Poaching, Forests
Forests

Draft Bangladesh National Forestry Policy, 2016

The vision of the National Forestry Policy is: “Restore and maintain the country’s environmental integrity, increase and stabilize forest cover to at least 20% of the country’s geographical area, address the emerging challenges of climate change and sustainable flow of ecosystem services, and ensure food security and poverty alleviation by addre

Publication Date: 
05/05/2016
Government of Bangladesh
Tags:
Forests, Forest Policy, Forest Management, Protected Area Conservation, Biodiversity Conservation, Wildlife, Bangladesh, Climate Change
Forests

European forest ecosystems: state and trends

Forests are rich in biodiversity and valuable for recreation, water regulation and soil protection. As well as for providing timber and other non-wood forest products, forests are important for mitigating climate change and for the renewable energy sector.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2016
European Environment Agency
Tags:
Forests, Ecosystems, Europe, Forest Policy, Deforestation, Invasive Alien Species, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, Forest Management

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