The Sustainable Livelihoods Strategy -2011 was developed by WWF Nepal based on learnings from the ground with partners and civil society.

It is important to understand the strong linkage that exists between food security, forest and resource conservation. Studies conducted over a decade in India clearly point to the fact that a majority of people in this country survive within a biomass based subsistence economy.

For the last few decades and more particularly since 1990’s the issue of human rights-violation of rights to life and livelihood of tribal peoples’ is a central concern. Therefore, the discourse on tribal movements and issues of tribal livelihood revolved around securing their well-defined rights on land and forest resources.

The FAO has released a report titled "Reforming Forest Tenure: Issues, Principles and Process," which reviews current status and challenges related to tenure of forested lands, and lists ten principles for reform.

Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh for decades but law does not recognise them. They have hope from the Forest rights Act 2006 in getting legal identity, as it recognises the traditional rights of scheduled tribes and other forest-dwellers on forest land and resources.

The government is planning to lift the 11-month-long ban on commercial tree felling and selling of forest products from Monday.

In the wake of massive deforestation reported in the country in the year 2009 and 2010, the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation had imposed a ban on May 21 last year on cutting, selling and exporting trees and other products in all forests managed by the governme

The Environment Ministry of Sri Lanka has said the value of the country's forest bio-diversity estimated at 4.5 trillion rupees would be included into the national revenue in future.

n 9,000 trees in 150 acre forest land near Indrunag temple in Dharamsala to go
n In Dehra, the state government is diverting 400 hectare forest land. More than 90,000 trees to be felled on the land
n Diverting such a huge chunk of forest land is also against the policy of Himachal
n The case will go to Union Ministry for Environment for clearance
Forest officials have counted shrubs.

This draft implementation protocol by the environment ministry details procedures for determining critical wildlife babitats within National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries as required by the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.

This report assesses the scope and opportunities for forest carbon activities and investments in Sri Lanka, the implementation challenges and steps to move forward.

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