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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Strategy for operationalising criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management in India
Sustainable forest management was underscroed as an important aspect of sustainable development at UNCED, Rio in 1992. Following, various international, regional and national processes developed sets of criteria and indicators to monitor and assess the progress towards sustainability of forest resources.
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Ecological sustainability of forest management practices: The case of the regenerating sal forests of south-western West Bengal, India
<p>Under the Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme in south-western West Bengal, regenerating deciduous forests are being managed for the extraction of numerous plant products, both for commercial benefits and subsistence-level use, on a large scale.
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National Forest Policy (1988): New direction in forest management
<p>The National Forest Policy (NFP) of 1988 marked a watershed in the way forests were perceived by the State Forest Departments.
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Improving forest governance: Experience of Joint Forest Management in India
<p>There is an increasing interest in community-based forest management as a potential approch for improving forest governance. India is among the few countries in the world where such an approach - called Joint Forest Management (JFM)-has not only been successfully introduced but also achieved large-scale implementation, covering 18% of all state forests. </p>
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Madhya Pradesh sets JFM precedent
Two recent developments augur well for the forest dwellers of Madhya Pradesh. Firstly, under the Joint Forest Management plan, forest protection committees in villages will now receive all revenue collected from selling timber and bamboo. And secondly, th
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Forest grants
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has organised funding of euro 2.2 million (about US $2.37 million) over the next five years to manage tropical forests in Pakistan. The facility is
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Film review: A planet of hope
<b>Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs</b> / Director: Amarendra Kishore / 28 minutes / English/Hindi
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Sylvan overhaul
Constitution and agenda declared for forestry panel
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Risking change: experimenting with local forest management committees in Jamaica
As forestry in many countries becomes less about timber production and more about watershed protection, biodiversity conervation and tourism, the range of stakeholders grows larger and more diverse, while regulation and enforcement become more difficult.
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Devolution as a threat to democractic decision-making in forestry? findings from three states in India
This paper looks at two interfacing trends shaping devolution of forest management in India: appropriation of space for forest management by diverse self-initiated community formations at the grass roots level despite state seizure of forests; and state-driven devolution where government policies define the scope of local authority in forest management.