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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Message in a baton
The decades after Independence saw rampant destruction of trees. This was followed by years of drought. It was then that the villagers realised that no forests meant no rain
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Model development
Every village has its own way of protecting the forests, but each one is a success story
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At loggerheads
While the state government is keen to introduce JFM, villagers say there is no need for that since they have been carrying out all protection measures on their own for decades now
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Giridhar Gamanga / Orissa Chief Minister
I assure you that people s rights will be protected
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On The Warpath
They prefer to be called the forest castes . They are the 2,000,000 odd villagers living in some 10,000 villages across Orissa. After Independence, timber smugglers and an apathetic government robbed them of the forests they had lived in for decades.
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The fall and rise of the woods
1920s: The British introduced railway lines in Orissa. Commercial exploitation of forests began in a big way. 1930s: In Dhenkanal, people revolted against the king for rights over the forests
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Lone crusader
At personal risk, an unlettered farmer vows to stick to his forest protection programme
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Changing colours
After blindly destroying much of their forest cover, people in Anantapur district attempt to reclaim their barren lands
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A lesson in regeneration
Youth herald a green revolution in west Tripura
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Greening a state
Himachal Pradesh chief minister has broken all bureaucratic shackles and initiated eco friendly programmes in the state