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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Managing the woods
Sustainable forest management is a concept hostage to many global players
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No consensus
The UN Forum on Forest s fourth meet ended half a day ahead of schedule, raising doubts on the convention s ability to frame an agenda. Clifford Polycarp saw it all in Geneva
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Forest code
Bhutan unveils new plan
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Illusive relief
For Nepal s forest users
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The bare essentials
To make community forest management a success
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Proceedings of regional workshop on criteria and indicators system for sustainable forest management
Sustainable forest management has been recognized as an important aspect of sustainable development during Earth Summit in 1992 at Rio because a large proportion of human population is directly/indirectly dependent on forests and the forests also provide a number of goods and services that are essential for human society.
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Root to canopy: regenerating forests through community-state partnerships
Root to Canopy: regenerating forests though community-state partnerships provides comprehensive coverage of the changes made in the Indian forestry sector during the last decade with respect to Joint Forest Management. The book covers the evolution of JFM in India, the experience of each state, and emerging issues.
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Forest states want money in lieu of felling
On August 1, 2003, Madhya Pradesh made a plea in the Supreme Court seeking a fund generating mechanism for forest protection. Earlier, in June, Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh asked the Union government to provide them annual reimbursement amountin
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Passing the buck
Wresting absolute control of forests but refusing to shoulder the blame when things go wrong
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Ensuring `collective action' in `participatory' forest management
This paper is based on three case studies, each belonging to one of the three types of institutional structures: self-initiated, NGO-promoted, and government sponsored JFM. The basic objectives of three instutitional structures have been strengthening ecological security and meeting the subsistence biomass needs of the local people.