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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Towards a global forest partnership: consultation, assessment and recommendations - final report
IIED conducted an independent consultation on the World Bank
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Challenges for local communities and livelihoods to seek sustainable forest management in Indonesia
With the growing potentialities and respect of traditional knowledge for sustainable forest management, community-based forest management (CBFM) has been advocated in the mainstream discussion of forest management and sustaining livelihood of local
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The politics of participation in forest management - A case from democratizing Indonesia
Embracing the opportunities provided by democratization and decentralization, the Wonosobo district of Central Java, Indonesia, enacted a local regulation for participa-tory forestry. The regulation emphasized rights-based political participation and as such entailed significant participation by civil society groups. However, this regulation faced a backlash from the remaining representatives of the old authoritarian state. They demanded a state-created utilitarian-based participatory forestry scheme, emphasizing
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Saplings planted
As part of the Earth Day celebrations, Eco-Watch conducted, under their Urban Forestry Project, the planting of a variety of native species at the bio-diversity park in Hoskote on Friday, along with the employees of Intel India.
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Joint Forestry Management Training Centre inaugurated
Local Administration Minister M.K.Stalin inaugurated the Joint Forestry Management Training Centre at Velachery here on Friday. At another function, Mr. Stalin distributed Rs. 15.17 crore, which was earned by way of tank bund plantations by the Social Forestry wing of the State Forest Department. Sixty per cent from the total revenue earned through the tank bund plantations were provided to village panchayats. The amount was outstanding since 2000.
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Himachal demands crores for preserving forests
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has raised the issue of carbon credits with the Union Government and sought Rs.1,000 crore for Himachal Pradesh every year as compensation for preserving the forest cover in the State. The State can earn a revenue of more than Rs.1,600 crore annually if the
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Decentralised forest governance in Central Himalayas: A re-evaluation of outcomes
A study conducted in 45 villages in the central Himalayas assesses the current status of van panchayats, an old institution of decentralised forest governance. It finds that locals are indifferent to the administrative jurisdiction of the forest in the course of their resource extraction activities. There is no quantitative evidence that they are exercising restraint while accessing and using locally governed forests. Collective rule violation appears to be common. May 3-9, 2008
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Participatory forest management - Case study of Sunderban Tiger Reserve
The concept of eco-development includes the conservation of the Protected Area along with the economic development of the people living in the fringe area. With the above mentioned objectives in mind, the Government of West Bengal issued two specific guidelines for managing the resources of Sundarbans (1) Mangrove forest areas of Sundarbans which were reserved forest and (2) Protected Area, i.e.
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"Best practices" for community capacity building for community based natural resource management
The nine year Haryana Community Forestry Project ended successfully in June 2008. It has been rated as one of the best EC funded community forestry project.
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Sustainable forest management in India
In India, the criteria and indicators approach for sustainable forest management is being implemented on a pilot basis since 2000. The initiative, known as the Bhopal-India process, has over the years endeavoured to formulate a working framework for the achievement of the goals of sustainability specific to the national forestry conditions.