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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Community forest management is the future
It has been 10 years since the Joint Forest Management jfm was officially started in India. <font color=red>Ajit Banerjee</font>, who first experimented with the concept of jfm , today wants this programme to be replaced by community forest management.
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Stones unto stones
Will Uttarakhand, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand be anything more than a few new stones?
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Bone of contention
Neither Project Tiger nor the eco development project can end the conflicts between the forest officials and the villagers in Ranthambhore
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Patches of green
Even after 10 years, the joint forest management programme has made little headway
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Forest rights and wrongs
India's forests have been a site of conflict for centuries. But it is only over the last decade that their history has become the subject of serious enquiry. The first wave of work focussed on the
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Global review of forest fires
The forest fires of 1997 and 1998 created enormous ecological damage and human suffering and helped focus world attention on what is an increasing problem.
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Wise use of forests
Experts discuss sustainable ways to utilise forest products
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And forests shall follow
The minister thinks it is time to formulate an integrated forest policy
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Future of our forests
Experts discuss ways to improve forest policies in India
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Precious time is being wasted in formulating a forest convention
<font class='UCASE'><font color=red>Ola Ullsten</font></font> , former prime minister of Sweden and co chairperson of the World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development, spoke to <font class='UCASE'><font color=red>Amit Shanker</font></font> o