Forests

Status of ethnomedicinal plants in the Parambikulam wildlife sanctuary, Kerala, South India

Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary is characterized by a rich diversity of ethnomedicinal plants and a rich heritage of traditional medicine practices. The present study showed that 139 species of plants belonging to 51 different families were used in tribal medicine of this region. However, 27 per cent of medicinal plants of this region are under different categories of threat.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2007
K. Yesodharan, K. A. Sujana
Annals of Forestry
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322
Tags:
Forest Products, Minor Forest Produce, Endangered Species, Tribals, Tribal Medicine, Traditional Knowledge, Medicinal Plants, Paramikulam SA, India, Kerala
India

 Piecing together problems with conservation in India

Documentaries>> The Great Indian Tiger Crisis

Publication Date: 
29/09/2007
Sanjay Kak
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Livestock, Forest Products, Minor Forest Produce, Tribals, Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Tiger Reserves, Poaching, Wildlife And People, Cinema, India
India

 Orissa villagers protect forest, reap benefits

A hill in Orissa's Ganjam district used to be barren about 20 years ago. In 1985, the state forest department planted saplings, including Acacia and Eucalyptus, as part of its state-wide social

Publication Date: 
14/09/2007
Panchanan Sahu
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Resources, Forest Conservation, Afforestation, Forest Products, Minor Forest Produce, Public Participation, India, Orissa (Odisha), Ganjam, Sustainable Development
Forests

Himachal Pradesh forest sector policy and strategy, 2005 - Significant shifts

Policy is an enunciation of the set principles to achieve the desired goals. The Government of Himachal Pradesh has developed the Forest Sector Policy and Strategy, 2005 in consonance with Government of India policy guidelines and by making important amendments to the previous Himachal Pradesh Forest Policy of 1980. This policy has been developed through a multi-stakeholder cosultation process by the Policy Analysis and Planning Unit (PAPU) set up under Himachal Pradesh Forest Sector Reforms Project. (Sep 2007)

Publication Date: 
01/09/2007
Neeta Gautam, Sushil Kumar Gupta
Indian Forester
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1156
Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Products, Minor Forest Produce, India, Himachal Pradesh
Industry

 Vulnerable wood

Sandalwood, valued for its heartwood, is a semi-parisitic plant, that is, it requires a host plant to grow. It belongs to the genus Santalum and in total there are 16 species of the plant. Indian sandalwood, Santalum album, grows the fastest and has the greatest percentage of oil in its heartwood (6-7 per cent). IUCN listed Indian sandalwood in its Red List as a "vulnerable' species in 1998 after its production fell by at least 80 per cent over the last 10 years due to overexploitation.

Publication Date: 
14/07/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Products, Sandalwood, India
India

 Orissa <i>kendu</i> leaf workers end strike

on april 24, 2007, kendu leaf (used for rolling bidis) workers in Orissa ended their strike after the government fulfilled two of their demands. They had started the agitation on April 18 asking

Publication Date: 
30/05/2007
Panchanan Sahu
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Resources, Forest Products, Tendu, Workers, Unemployment, India, Orissa (Odisha)
Agriculture

 Arunachal's 'economic development' does not bode well for women

FOR many observers, Arunachal Pradesh is an

Publication Date: 
14/02/2007
Aparimita Mishra
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment, Agriculture, Forest Products, Development, Women, Conflicts, Tourism, Economic Development, India, Arunachal, Food Security, Land Resources
Forests

People, forests and trees in West and Central Asia : outlook for 2020

This publication, the main report of the Forestry Outlook Study for West and Central Asia (FOWECA), provides a long-term perspective of changes in the forest sector. Implemented in partnership with the countries, the study covered 23 countries in West Asia, Central Asia and the southern Caucasus.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
FAO
Tags:
Forests, Forest Resources, Forest Management, Afforestation, Watershed Development, Forest Products, Trees, Asia
Forests

Illegal logging: law enforcement, livelihoods and the timber trade

Illegal logging is massively widespread - more than 50 per cent of all timber in some countries - and hugely damaging, yet how can it be tackled without causing poverty in local communities?

Publication Date: 
Jan 2007
Luca Tacconi
Earthscan Publications
Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Products, Timber Smuggling, Trade, Governance, Cameroon, Indonesia, Finland, Honduras, Bolivia, Brazil, Corruption
Biodiversity

The economics of biodiversity conservation: valuation in tropical forest ecosystems

Economic valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services is possibly the most powerful tool for halting the loss of biodiversity while maintaining incomes and livelihoods. Yet rarely have such approaches been applied to tropical forest "hotspots", which house the vast majority of the planet's plant and animal species. This groundbreaking work is the most comprehensive and detailed examination of the economics of environmental valuation and biodiversity conservation to date.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2006
K N Ninan, S Jyothis, P Babu & et al
Earthscan Publications
Tags:
Environment, Western Ghats, Agriculture, Coffee, Livestock, Forest Resources, Tropical Forests, Forest Products, Tribals, Wildlife, Nagarahole NP, Biodiversity, Kodagu, Uttar Kannad, Land Use

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