Forests

Now, annual trade of forest produce stands at Rs850 crore

The annual trade of small forest produce in Chhattisgarh has now reached an estimated of Rs850 crore, thanks to sufficient quantity of about 160 varieties of small forest produce available in Stat

Publication Date: 
14/08/2014
Pioneer (Raipur)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Forests, Forest Products, Tribals, Poverty, Minor Forest Produce
Forests

Implement Recognition of Forest Rights Act

South Zone-level Tribal Meet 2014 organised in Salem

Publication Date: 
12/08/2014
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals, Tribes, Minor Forest Produce, Forest Products, Forests
Forests

Centre eases rules for trees on private land

Asks states to register growth, felling and sale of timber at local levels, instead of blanket bans

Publication Date: 
28/07/2014
Somesh Jha
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Trees, Agroforestry, Land, Farmers, Poplar, Bamboo, Afforestation, Forest Products
Forests

Govt to streamline use of forest resources

Meghalaya frames guidelines 18 years after Supreme Court ban on timber felling

Publication Date: 
23/06/2014
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Meghalaya, Trees, Deforestation, Forest Products, Trade, Timber Industry, Afforestation, Forests
Forests

State of the world's forests 2014: enhancing the socioeconomic benefits from forests

This 2014 edition of the State of World’s Forests report 2014 launched by FAO focuses on the role of socio-economic benefits provided by forests, including income and employment, wood energy and forest products in housing. It also focuses on the need to shift attention from trees to people, both for data collection and policy making.

Publication Date: 
23/06/2014
FAO
Tags:
Forests, Forest Resources, Forest Management, Trees, India, Global, Agroforestry, Energy, Forest Products, Firewood, Charcoal, Forest Policy, Traditional Knowledge, Poverty
People

Forest dwellers still deprived of their rights in State: Oxfam

Sheer negligence on the part of authorities concerned in implementation of Forest Rights Act, 2006 has resulted in lakhs of forest-dwellers being deprived of their rights, alleged the officials of

Publication Date: 
19/06/2014
Pioneer (Raipur)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Forests, People, Forest Rights Act 2006, Oxfam (India) Trust, Forest Products
Environment

Environment statistics of Nepal 2013

Environment is a multi-disciplinary topics directly related to the nature, human being and their activities. Concerns have been growing widely about changing environment and its impact upon the lives of the earth. In fact, areas of most researchers and efforts of most scientists are being concentrated towards environment in one way or the other. Accordingly, priority of the Government of Nepal has also been focused towards environment, be that in the name of "the Climate Change" or "Conservation" or " the quality of life of the people".

Publication Date: 
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal)
Tags:
Environment, Statistics, Nepal, Economy, Air Pollution, Water Resources, Land Use, Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Industry, Livestock, Agriculture, Forest Products, Poverty, Drinking Water, Water Quality
Forests

Improving the forests database to support sustainable forest management

This study focuses on evaluating and improving the assessment of forest wealth. In its broad purpose, the study is intended to help improve the current forest wealth assessment methodology by the World Bank to enable more accurate estimates of forest wealth and other related indicators.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2014
Juha Siikamäki, Francisco Santiago-Ávila
Program on Forests (PROFOR)
Tags:
Forest Management, Forests, GDP, Ecosystem Services, Forest Products, Biodiversity, Carbon Dioxide, Wood
Forests

New forest survey mooted to address sustainable development

Seeking to bring out a comprehensive plan for forest management involving local communities across the country, the Centre will conduct a fresh socio-economic survey of forest dwellers and those li

Publication Date: 
07/05/2014
Vishwa Mohan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Forest Management, Forest Products, Minor Forest Produce, Biodiversity, People, Forests
Forests

Don't facilitate corporate loot: Open letter to anti-FRA petitioners

A joint statement issued by a number of movements, conservation NGOs and experts in conservation biology against the application filed in the Supreme Court against the Forest Rights Act.

Publication Date: 
06/04/2014
Campaign for Survival and Dignity
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, Supreme Court, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Forest Products, Minor Forest Produce, Forest Management, Parliament, Legislation, National Parks, Sanctuaries, Protected Area Conservation, Wildlife And People, Tribals

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