Forests

Fostering sustainable forest management in India through criteria and indicators: the country report

Sustainable forest management has become the necessity for any country to mitigate the environmental consequences and address the local concern. It has been an established fact that the sustainable development can be achieved through sustainable forest management. This country report is an attempt to compile and analyse the relevant data of the country on criteria and indicators of Bhopal-India process, which has semblance with the national working plan code and also with the C&I of ITTO process.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2006
P. C. Kotwal, M.D. Omprakash, D. Dugaya
Indian Institute of Forest Management
Tags:
Forests, Land Use, Mangroves, Forest Resources, Forest Management, Criteria & Indicator, India
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
Industry

 Forests in peril in Amazon rainforests

Many species of trees in the Amazon rainforests, and animals that depend on them are disappearing more rapidly than previously thought, an international research team reported recently. Led by

Publication Date: 
30/12/2006
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Land Use, Shifting Cultivation, Amazon, Tropical Forests, Forest Research, Deforestation, Trees, Endangered Species, Flora, Fauna, Brazil
Land

Singur: just the facts, please

Brinda Karat

The West Bengal Government has received consent letters from landowners for 952 of the 997 acres required. Three fourths of the 12,000 persons involved, including sharecroppers, have collected compensation amounting to Rs.131.49 crore, and others are waiting to do so.

Villagers who gave up their land for the proposed car manufacturing plant at Singur with CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat at a rally in Kolkata on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
13/12/2006
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Use, Land Acquisition, Agriculture, Singur, Compensation, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), West Bengal
Wildlife

Tiger habitat consolidation in Kudremukh

The Western Ghats of India, in which Kudremukh Reserve is a part, is assessed to be one of the 25 hotspots identified for bio-diversity conservation in the world. Kudremukh is also the largest protected wildlife reserve of a wet evergreen shola type

Publication Date: 
01/09/2006
K. Ullas Karanth, Niren Jain, N. Samba Kumar
Wildlife Conservation Society
Tags:
Grazing Lands, Land Use, Agriculture, Mining, Forest Products, Displacement, Wildlife, Hunting, Kudremukh NP, Tiger Conservation, People - Animal Conflicts, Karnataka
Habitat And Urbanisation

Kanpur city development plan under JNNURM: final report

City Development Plan for Kanpur city is both a perspective and vision for the future development. Kanpur City Development Plan (CDP) is the culmination of a study which was commenced by JPS Associates. This report is based on invaluable inputs the consultants received from the various stakeholders and the officers associated with the development of the city.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2006
JPS Associates (P) Ltd. Consultants
Tags:
Land Use, Economy, Transport, Urbanisation, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Urban Planning, Housing, Urban Transport, Roads, Solid Waste, India, Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur (T), Environment Management, JPS Associates (P) Ltd. Consultants, Habitat And Urbanisation, City Tracker
Environment

 Rift within West Bengal's Left government over land acquisition

West Bengal proposes land acquisition, ruling Front riven

Publication Date: 
14/07/2006
Maureen Nandini Mitra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Industrial Siting, Land Use, Displacement, Farmers, Conflicts, West Bengal
Wildlife

Human and non-human primate co-existence in the neotropics preliminary view of some agricultural practices

In this paper I address the general perception that agricultural activities are the principal threat to primate biodiversity in the tropics and argue that in Neotropical landscapes some agricultural practices may favor primate population persistence, and that this situation merits attention and investigation.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2006
Alejandro Estrada
Ecological and Environmental Anthropology
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Land Use, Agriculture, Amazon, Deforestation, Wildlife, Monkey, Wildlife And People, Benefit Sharing, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico
India

 Making headway

Lisus, Namdapha officials talk in Arunachal

Publication Date: 
14/04/2006
Aparajita Datta
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Resources, Land Use, Namdapha NP, India, Arunachal
Water Resources

Aral sea: experience and lessons learned

This report gives an overview of major environmental and socio-economic challenges that the Aral Sea region is facing, threats to the sustainable management of lake basin, major measures supported by the governments and international donor organizations aimed to address these critical environmental problems, and lessons learned from the environmental cooperation to date.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2006
International Lake Environment Committee
Tags:
Environment, Water Salinisation, Land Use, Water Resources, Ecology, Irrigation, Hydrology, Aral Sea

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