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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Social forestry as a strategy for women's empowerment with particular reference to Jessore district
Women constitute about half of the total population of Bangladesh. Rural women live in poverty deprivation and they are discriminated at every stage of life. The present status, activities and constraints of women in Social Forestry activities and their empowerment through Social Forestry programs are identified. Dec 2006
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Making money through herbs in Himachal
Medicinal plants can improve the fortunes of state's rural poor
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National afforestation programme: a participatory approach to sustainable development of forests
The scheme titled National Afforestation Programme (NAP) has been formulated by merger of four 9th Plan centrally sponsored afforestation schemes of the Ministry of Environment & Forests, namely, Integrated Afforestation and Eco-Development Projects
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Analysing ethnobotanical and fishery-related importance of mangroves of the East-Godavari Delta (Andhra Pradesh, India)
Mangrove forests, though essentially common and wide-spread, are highly threatened. Local societies along with their knowledge about the mangrove also are endangered, while they are still underrepresented as scientific research topics. With the present study we document local utilization patterns, and perception of ecosystem change.
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Lawful saviour
Environmentalists and the Brazilian government are lobbying hard for a new draft law on the management of public forests. The draft would allow concession of public areas to private enterprises,
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India: unlocking opportunities for forest-dependent people - Volume I: main report
Forestry is the second largest land-use in India after agriculture, and an estimated 275 million people in rural areas depend on forests for at least part of their livelihoods.
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Why states are against CAMPA
Fiscal federalism cramped by compensatory afforestation arrangements
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Global forest resources assessment 2005: progress towards sustainable forest management
Forest resources assessment 2005 examines current status and recent trends for about 40 variables, covering the extent, condition, uses and values of forests and other wooded land, with the aim of assessing all benefits from forest resources.
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Global forest resources assessment 2005: progress towards sustainable forest management
FRA 2005 examines current status and recent trends for about 40 variables, covering the extent, condition, uses and values of forests and other wooded land, with the aim of assessing all benefits from forest resources. In the main section of this report, results are presented according to six themes representing important elements of sustainable forest management: extent of forest resources, biological diversity, forest health and vitality, productive functions of forest resources, protective functions of forest resources, and socio-economic functions.
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India: unlocking opportunities for forest-dependent people - Volume II: Appendixes
Forestry is the second largest land-use in India after agriculture, and an estimated 275 million people in rural areas depend on forests for at least part of their livelihoods. This study focusing mainly on community-based forestry outside protected areas, indicates that forests offer vast potential for poverty reduction and rural economic growth in India while also supporting critical national conservation goals. It debates the continued evolution of joint forest management in India by presenting research conducted within India and relevant examples from other regions.