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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Protecting losses
Protected areas are languishing under pressure from wildlife poachers, timber smugglers and commercial interests
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Wanted: better knowledge
Once dedsion makers have access to the right data they can pinpoint the regions in peril and take remedial action
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Plantations go places
Source: FAO Forestry Paper 112 & Forest Resources of Tropical Asia, 1981
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Treeless in tiger country
Source: The State of Forest Report 1993
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Wooded bureaucracy
A super bureaucracy created to manage forests will only destroy local community initiative<br>
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Greening up
the director general of the Indian Council for Forestry Research and Education (icfre) in Dehra Dun, B N Gupta, recently stressed the need for disseminating correct information on issues
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Woody Warfare
World forestry talks end without a consensus on a global convention on forests
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A village betrayed
The people of Salehpur get a raw deal from the forest department of Haryana in return for the services rendered by them
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The green guards
Van Gujjars lead the way in forest management by forming a voluntary protection force
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Less smoke, no sweat
a new beedi leaf collection policy came into force in Andhra Pradesh from February 1. According to the state forest and environment minister, the government is implementing the plan with a view to