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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State proposal faces axe
the Madhya Pradesh ( mp ) government's proposal to hand over captive plantations to industry has been coldshouldered by the Centre. The move was earlier opposed by local groups and
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Green milestone
taking the initiative once again from legislators and executive bodies in safeguarding India's environment, the judiciary has targeted forest management as its current interest. The interim
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MANAGING BETTER
Bhutanese forest officials recently undertook a special workshop in Thimphu, on newer aspects of forest management. Thirty-three plans, which cover an area of 381,475 ha, have so far been prepared
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An honest challenge, a knave s escape
the World Bank's ( wb ) attempts to sneak in funds for the potentially ruinous ecodevelopment projects in seven national parks in the country has finally been exposed. The Bank officials and
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Forestry convention: lair in the woods
THE issue of who will govern the world's forests, and how, is hotting up again. The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) has set up the Ad hoc Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF) to
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The minister and the menace
A recent workshop on people's management of the Rajaji National Park brought out in full fury the debate whether the local communities are wiser managers of forests or the menace threatening them. While the environment and forests minister, RAJESH PILOT,
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Forest tales
The tribal world view that humans can regenerate forests, but not create them, may resolve problems and failures which stalk forest management policies of the government
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By the, people
Local initiatives in regenerating forests
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Fencing the forests: conservation and ecological change in India's central provinces 1860-1914
Fencing the Forest: Conservation and Ecological Change in India's Central Provinces 1860-1914 draws on archival and printed sources to shed new light on the ecological dimensions of the colonial impact on South Asia. The changing responses of rural forest users and the fortunes of the land they lived on are the key themes of this study.
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Village voices, forest choices - joint forest management in India
This book offers the first comprehensive examination of revolutionary changes occurring in the management of India's forests. It also explores the historical roots of deforestat-ion, the alienation of tribal peoples, and their reentry into resource management. The institutional, economic, ecological, and political implications of this historic transition in forest control are critically discussed.