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A severe shortage of medicinal plants and herbs threatens

There is no land to cultivate medicinal plants, neither are there any legal provisions, nor market access. At present, the risks involved are too high for small scale farmers to opt for cultivation of medicinal plants and herbs

The government s vanaspati van scheme is good news, but for it to succeed small scale farmers and local communities have to be brought in its fold

The Nainital high court recently stayed an order of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government, which allowed withdrawal

At a time when traditional Indian systems of medicine are critically affected by the non availability of herbs, the country is losing its medicinal wealth to well organised smuggling networks. Government policies with a blind eye for domestic trade have m

Total forest cover of CHATTISGARH, UTTARANCHAL and JHARKHAND

Fighting the drought preoccupies the new government. Charting a mining policy to explore the rich mineral deposits is next on the agenda

The process of alienating people from natural resources has not stopped, even with the attainment of statehood

Forests have been the root cause of the struggle for statehood. In an interview with DOWN TO EARTH, Uttaranchal's first chief minister NITYANAND SWAMI says he intends transferring power to gram panchayats

Most politicians and activists see the Forest Conservation Act as a hurdle towards empowering the tribal population. They want the act amended

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