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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Yamuna Singh
YAMUNA SINGH, Jharkhand's minister of environment and forest since the state's creation, is from the Kharwar tribe. Down To Earth spoke to him about the controversial forestland issue and the Jungle Andolan of Singhbhum.
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Shibu Soren
SHIBU 'GURUJI' SOREN of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has been a prominent figure in the struggle for Jharkhand and is equally well known for the JMM pay off scandal. A parliamentarian from Dumka constituency, he spoke to Down To Earth in Ranchi
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Niral Enem Horo
A Jharkhand Party veteran, NIRAL ENEM HORO didn't quit when Jaipal Singh, Jharkhand's most eminent leader, left to join the Congress party. He has fought and won several elections, though he lost the last time he fought for the legislative assembly. He wa
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Mansukhbhai Vasava
MANSUKHBHAI VASAVA is the only independent Scheduled Tribe member of parliament in Lok Sabha. He represents the Bharuch parliamentary constituency, supporting the BJP
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Jayanta Rongpi
JAYANTA RONGPI is a doctor and a member of the Communist Party of India Marxist Leninist . He represents Karbi Anglong in Assam, a seat reserved for Scheduled tribe members
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Jual Oram
JUAL ORAM, Union minister of tribal affairs, is in the Lok Sabha from the Sundargarh constituency in Orissa
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Arvind Netam
ARVIND NETAM was, till the mid 1990s, one of the most promising tribal politicians of India. He was deputy minister of education in 1973. He rejoined the Congress in 1998 after leaving it in 1996.
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Crying foul
Orissa s JFM groups resent move to set up forest bodies
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Felling favoured
The us house of representatives has passed a controversial bill that will increase forest thinning on eight million hectares of federal lands. The step has been taken on the pretext of better
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More fuelwood = more forests?
In India, where 500 million people out of about 1,000 million depend on forests for their survival, any sweet talk about wood consumption is bound to elicit a strong reaction. A study suggesting India s forest cover has improved due to an increase in th