Forests

Letter from Jairam Ramesh to Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra on the subject of access to and collection of bamboo

Letter from Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Environment & Forests to Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra on whether access to and collection of bamboo in the reserve forest amounts to a forest offence under the Indian Forest Year 1927.

Publication Date: 
26/04/2011
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Tags:
Bamboo, Minor Forest Produce, Forest Rights Act 2006, Gadchiroli (D), Maharashtra, Forest Resources, Forest Management, Gram Sabhas, India, Forest Act 1927, Forests
Forests

Latest updates from Mendha Lekha

In response to forest department's opposition to giving community rights to freely sell, harvest and transport bamboo, Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has said that Minor Forest Produce is a ownership right vested by Parliament under Forest Rights Act and all state authorities are obliged to respect this provision.

Publication Date: 
26/04/2011
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Bamboo, Minor Forest Produce, Gadchiroli (D), Maharashtra, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Rights Act 2006, Forest Resources, India, Forest Policy, Forests
Forests

Letter to Additional Chief Secretary (Forests) on Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act 2006 from Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Maharashtra State

Letter to Additional Chief Secretary (Forests) on Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act 2006 from Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (HoFF), Maharashtra State, Nagpur : Legal position with regard to exercise of community rights in reserved forest of Lekha-Mendha village in Gadchiroli District.

Publication Date: 
24/04/2011
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, Maharashtra, Gadchiroli (D), Bamboo, Minor Forest Produce, Forest Resources, Tribals, Forests
Forests

Protecting Indias protected areas

An official committee’s recipe for forest management will, if implemented, have a disastrous impact. (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
23/04/2011
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Protected Area Conservation, India, Forest Rights Act 2006, Minor Forest Produce, Wildlife, Tribals, People - Animal Conflicts, Illegal Trade, Endangered Species, Land Use, Agriculture, Forest Personnel, Forests
Forests

Jairam Ramesh to flag off new bamboo regime

On 27th April 2011, Maharashtra will rewrite history as Mendha Lekha will become the first village in India to exercise its community right to harvest bamboo under the Forest Rights Act (FRA).

Publication Date: 
22/04/2011
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Bamboo, Minor Forest Produce, India, Forest Policy, Maharashtra, Gadchiroli (D), Forest Rights Act 2006, Forests
Forests

Ministry Working to Fetch MSP for Minor Forest Produce

The Environment Ministry is moving ahead with its efforts to ensure a minimum support price for minor forest produce such as bamboo and tendu leaves.

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has reiterated his ministry

Publication Date: 
21/04/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Panchayats, Minor Forest Produce, Forests, Forest Products, Bamboo, Tendu, India, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Forest Rights Act 2006
People

Orissa Govt Claims Fake Villagers Stopping Posco

Govt accuses Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti of forgery in Palli Sabha resolutions

The Orissa government has disputed claims of the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti that the Palli Sabha (panchayats) of Dhinkia and Gobindpur, which come under the proposed Posco steel plant project, had passed resolutions on February 5 and 6, asserting their eligibility under the Forest Rights Act and rejecting cons

Publication Date: 
20/04/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), POSCO, People, Forests, Tribals, Iron And Steel Industry, Compensation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Rights Act 2006
Forests

Anti-Posco activists to hold meet today

Jagatsinghpur: The anti-Posco activists under the banner of Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti (PPSS) on Thursday decided to congregate at a meeting at Patanahat on Friday in protest against the assurance report submitted by the Odisha government on Wednesday to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).

In the protest meeting the activists have decided to burn the copy of the assurance repor

Publication Date: 
15/04/2011
Pragtivadi (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
POSCO, Iron And Steel Industry, Orissa (Odisha), Tribals, Forest Rights Act 2006, Gram Sabhas, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Jagatsinghpur (D)
Forests

POSCO: Jairam keeps state Government waiting

BHUBANESWAR: It took an e-mail sent by the anti-Posco group to make Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh keep the project clearance issue in abeyance.

Publication Date: 
15/04/2011
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
POSCO, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Orissa (Odisha), Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals
Forests

Rejecting state report, Jairam presses pause on POSCO again

Holding back forest clearance to POSCO

Publication Date: 
15/04/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
POSCO, Iron And Steel Industry, Orissa (Odisha), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals

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