Indian forest and wood certification scheme
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has launched the Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme. This national forest certification scheme offers voluntary third-party certification
Forest Management
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Policies with a difference
There are a lot of differences in the forest policy of the two neighbours
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Hills vs terai
Why community forestry in Nepal is a success in the hills, and not in the plains
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CFM has changed the concept of community life
A founder member of the Jaykot forest users group in Kahnu village, Pokhra, talks to Down To Earth on the benefits of community forest management
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community forest management THE NEPALESE EXPERIENCE
Nepal government decided to hand over certain forest areas to rural communities.
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The state of forest report 1999
This report is the seventh assessment of the forest cover of the country. It provides analytical information on forest plantations, protected area, joint forest management, forest cover in mining areas of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, shifting cultivation in the North Eastern region. It also provides an overview of the forest resources in India, with special emphasis on forest cover.
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Oily mess
The US environment protection agency pulls up polluting oil companies
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Women and forests
A study probes the role of women in afforestation programmes
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UNITED NATIONS
In order to explore avenues for minor forest produce, the Food and Agricultural Organi sation (FAO) of the United Nations Develop ment Programme (UNDP), with the assistance of the Indian government,
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Return of the woods
Two decades of toil have given back to Seed village in Udaipur a forest that villagers felt had been destroyed forever
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Shrinking cover
Forests are disappearing at an alarming rate the world over, says a recent study