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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Forests of learning: experiences from research on an adaptive collaborative approach to community forestry in Nepal
This report shares research-based lessons about the catalysation, practice and outcomes of an adaptive collaborative approach to community forestry in Nepal. It focuses on the community forest user group (CFUG) and meso levels, that is, the multistakeholder interface at the subdistrict and district levels.
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Wood from planted forests: a global outlook 2005-2030
Planted forests constituted only 7 percent of the global forest area, or about 271 million hectares, in the year 2005, but they contributed a higher proportion of overall forest goods and services.
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The implications of climate change for conservation, restoration, and management of national forest lands
This paper is an attempt to summarize the key scientific literature on climate change and forests, in particular those aspects that appear to have the most relevance to management and policy related to national forests in the United States. Topics explored begin with those relating to forests as ecosystems
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Getting a better handle on forest products in India
An ITTO-sponsored workshop starts a process aimed at improving India
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Beyond timber: certification and management of non-timber forest products
Forest certification is a market-based instrument that aims to encourage sustainable forest management for the multiple values of the forest beyond timber, to include non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and services, social and cultural values and future options.
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No freeloaders
Nature cannot offer services without payment anymore The dejected eyes of Kartar Chand Rana, 52, panned the breached checkdam in his village, Kuhan. As head of the gram vikas samiti he ordered the breaking of the embankment of the very dam that fed his half hectare land until last year. It was the best thing to do under the circumstances. The dam had silted over and the only way to clear
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They also serve
Though it controls 23.4 per cent of the country
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Wooden feet
IFS trainees at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy The forest service has not changed its training in step with the times After recruitment, ifs probationers train for two years at the I G National Forest Academy in Dehradun and the L B S National Academy of Adminstration in Mussoorie. This includes four months of field work and travel to
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Timber soldiers
Uniform approach Enlarge View IFS at the mercy of IAS officers Frontline staff
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Talking the walk
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