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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Climate Change Huge Challenge For Africa - Minister
The challenges facing Africa to fight climate change are enormous and costs are huge though hard to quantify, South Africa's environment minister said on Friday. Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said her peers from more than 30 African countries, meeting in Nairobi, had agreed a joint position on climate change, to be presented at negotiations in Copenhagen this December.
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Vital forest graphics: stopping the downswing?
This publication reviews changes in global forest cover and root causes of forest loss, including weak forest governance particularly in public-owned forests. It also highlights innovative practices in conserving forests and securing livelihoods of forest-dependent communities.
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Toward a policy of sustainable forest management in Brazil: A historical analysis
Understanding the forces that drove policy in the past can inform expectations of the effectiveness of policy implementation today. Forest policies of countries with forested frontiers transition through stages of forest management, reflecting the orientation of governments toward economic development.
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Convenient solutions to an inconvenient truth: ecosystem-based approaches to climate change
This latest World Bank document stresses on the inclusion of ecosystem-based approaches to national and regional adaptation strategies. It points out that access to funds will help communities to address climate change at all levels.
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Sustainable procurement of wood and paper-based products: guide and resource kit
The purpose of this Guide and resource kit is to assist sustainability officers and business procurement managers, especially major purchasers of wood and paper-based products1 that do not have
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Evolving an effective management information system to monitor co-management of forests
The failure of the Joint Forest Management programme since 2000 to sustain the growth in afforestation achieved during the 1990s is a cause for concern. This paper looks at the necessity of developing an effective management information system that can contribute meaningfully to the resilience of a jfm system.
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Forest management and product certification service (PNG): socio-economic impact survey
The Forest Conservation Project is researching forest certification as an instrument to assist communities to manage forests for multiple purposes, including timber production. This research has focused on innovative models that could suggest ways of increasing the accessibility of forest certification to community-based forest management.
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Govt plans to set up tree authority
Forest Minister Binoy Viswom arriving for the meeting of forest officials, environmentalists and nature lovers at Mangalavanam on Sunday.
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Forest cadre postings for Goa upgraded
In what could be a fillip to the State forestry, the Central Government has upgraded the forest cadre postings for Goa and enhancing the number of posts as well. An Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (APCCF) and a team of 11 officials will now lead the State forestry. Presently a Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF) and a team of eight officials lead the State forestry.
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Remote sensing, GIS technologies to help mitigate forest fires
P. Oppili CHENNAI: The State Forest Department has taken up the work of monitoring and mitigating fires in forest areas with the help of remote sensing and GIS technologies.