While the neighbouring Philippines battles a major storm, believed to have been caused by illegal logging, Indonesia and Malaysia have struck a deal to fight the menace. During a recent state visit
India is one of the major users of wood in the Asia-Pacific region and till recently had the privilege of having abundance quantity of timber from several tropical hardwoods. Despite industrial and technological advancement for development of many new generation materials and products , wood continues to be an indispensable material for several economically vital end use applications. As .the domestic production of timber is not adequate to meet the growing demand imports are permitted under Open General License.
From being a net exporter of timber, India has turned into its net importer. The reversal stems from the country s soaring demand for industrial roundwood. This was highlighted at the 35th session of the International Tropical Timber Council ITTC 35 in
On December 3, US President George W Bush gave the green light to the Healthy Forest Restoration Act, declaring that it would help to prevent catastrophic wildfires . But the legislation, requiring US $760 million to be spent annually, is described by en
The Orissa government has slapped a forest development tax on three minor forest produce items tendu leaf, timber and bamboo. Seen as a countermeasure to the March 2001 Orissa High Court order that declared the imposition of state sales tax on tendu ill
On August 1, 2003, Madhya Pradesh made a plea in the Supreme Court seeking a fund generating mechanism for forest protection. Earlier, in June, Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh asked the Union government to provide them annual reimbursement amountin
