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
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
National Forest Policy analysis 1988.
There will be some relief for citizens who wish to cut trees from around their residences.
Shashikant Trivedi / New Delhi/ Bhopal March 06, 2010, 0:45 IST
An Integrated Project for Land and Eco System Management to Combat Forest Degradation and Deforestation in Madhya Pradesh is being implemented in Madhya Pradesh for checking land and forest degradation. The five-year project will be implemented in Betul, Chhindwara, Umaria and Sidhi districts.
This report of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was produced in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and other partners. It aims to foster better awareness of the crucial role that forests and wetlands play in sustaining the availability and quality of water critical for human well-being.
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Gandhinagar: To prepare a management and conservation plan for all sanctuaries in Gujarat, the state government is mulling to set up a forest management cell in Gandhinagar. Officials in the forest department have proposed to start the cell which will be responsbile for the management planning and development of the sanctuaries in the state.
The ambiguity around the definition of the term
Normal Central Assistance and Additional Central Assistance (ACA) are devolved by the Planning Commission to assist the State Governments in specific areas. The present paper details an incentive mechanism for preventing deforestation and promoting conservation of forest ecosystems.
Shahapur: The photographs tell you the story: a 1,700-hectare tract in Shahapur, in Thane district, as it was 17 years ago; and the same area at present. Hard to believe? Well, read on.