Forests

Recognition of community rights under Forest Rights Act in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh: challenges and way forward

The study, undertaken in partnership with Samarthan-Centre for Development Support, aims to understand the status of communities’ claims to forest resources and assets. It also identifies best practices and bottlenecks in implementing the Forest Right Act in 120 villages across 10 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2012
UNDP India
Tags:
Forest Resources, Forest Rights Act 2006, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Minor Forest Produce, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Community Forest Management (CFM)
Forests

Bamboo for tribals puts jumbos at risk

If the alarming rate of elephant deaths in the State has shocked the Odisha Government, it must brace for more.

Publication Date: 
11/10/2012
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Elephant, Wildlife, People - Animal Conflicts, Minor Forest Produce, Forests, Bamboo, Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals
Forests

Record collection of tendu leaf in MP

A total of 266,000 standard bags of tendu leaf have been collected in Madhya Pradesh this year.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2012
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tendu, Forests, Forest Products, Madhya Pradesh, Minor Forest Produce
Forests

The Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, Amendment Rule, 2012 & guidelines

This report is a compilation of the Forest Rights Act, Rules and guidelines issued by the government on implementation of Forest Rights Act.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2012
Vasundhara
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, India, Forests, Forest Resources, Minor Forest Produce, Tribals, Community Forest Management (CFM)
Forests

Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Amendment Rules, 2012

Whereas the draft of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Amendment Rules, 2012 were published, as required by sub-section (1) of section 14 of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (2 of 2007) under the notification of the Governme

Publication Date: 
06/09/2012
Ministry of Tribals Affairs
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, India, Minor Forest Produce, Forests, Tribals, Forest Resources, Community Forest Management (CFM)
Forests

Bamboo’s bond with Tripura - Additional 50000 hectares earmarked to boost production

Agartala, Sept. 5: Every 48 years or so, the Northeast bears witness to a bizarre natural phenomenon. At this time, a particular species of bamboo flowers, all at once, across a wide area.

Publication Date: 
06/09/2012
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Tripura, Bamboo, Forest Products, Forests, Deforestation, Minor Forest Produce
Forests

Bamboo trade may open up to tribals

Forest Department Set To Lose Monopoly Over 10k Cr Annual Business

Publication Date: 
03/09/2012
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Bamboo, Forest Trade, Tribals, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Minor Forest Produce, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Act, India
Forests

Silvicultural and management techniques for improving quality and productivity of existing bamboo plantation in India

In the present investigation, an attempt was made to demonstrate how regular scientific harvesting and silvicultural management practices could avoid over congestion and enhance quality and overall productivity of old existing bamboo plantations in India.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2012
Suresh Chauhan
Indian Journal of Forestry
35
3
275-278
Tags:
Bamboo, India, Minor Forest Produce
Forests

A year after Mendha-Lekha model, Reds want Forest Act scrapped

Putting the heat on Government to withdraw operation Green Hunt, the Naxals have now opposed the Mendha-Lekha model which allowed Tribals to exercise rights to harvest bamboo under the Forest Right

Publication Date: 
30/08/2012
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mendha Lekha, Forests, Naxalites, Tribals, Bamboo, Maharashtra, Minor Forest Produce
Forests

NBM assures to boost bamboo plantation in Arunachal

Itanagar: The National Bamboo Mission (NBM) has assured to provide fund to the Arunachal Pradesh Bamboo Resource and Development Agency (APBRDA) to boost the bamboo plantation of the State.

NBM deputy director general Kameshwar Ojha made this assurance when APBRDA vice chairman Yora Tagung called on him at New Delhi yesterday, official sources said here today.

Publication Date: 
27/08/2012
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Itanagar, Bamboo, Afforestation, Farmers, Forest Products, Minor Forest Produce, Forests, Arunachal

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