Forests

Forest departments urged to keep pace with changes

Rules should reflect reality says C. Achalender Reddy, Secretary, National Biodiversity Authority

COIMBATORE: State forest departments should keep pace with the changes happening in the society and their rules should reflect the reality, said C.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2011
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Biodiversity, Bamboo, Farmers, Minor Forest Produce, Biodiversity Conservation
Forests

Rural communities win right over bamboo, finally

As Mendha Lekha becomes the first village in India to exercise their communities right to harvest and freely sell bamboo under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), Down To Earth takes a look at the key players.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2011
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Bamboo, Minor Forest Produce, Gadchiroli (D), Mendha Lekha , Maharashtra, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Tribals, Forest Resources, Forest Policy, India, Forests
Forests

Tribals still denied right on minor forest produce

Despite the Union Government implementing the Tribal Forest Rights Act, still the tribal living near the reserve and wildlife sanctuaries are left in the lurch.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2011
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Chamarajnagar (D), Karnataka, Minor Forest Produce, Forests, Tribals, Land, Wildlife, Bandipur NP, Forest Act
Forests

Bamboo is liberated

Gram Sabhas given equal say in Forest Rights Act

Publication Date: 
29/04/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forests, Bamboo, Forest Products, CSE, Forest Act, Mendha Lekha , Maharashtra, Gadchiroli (D), Gram Sabhas, Gondiya (D), People, Minor Forest Produce
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

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