The key: empowerment
Arouse people s interest in governance
Arouse people s interest in governance
Wanted: a fresh approach to forest conservation
The invitation was innocuous. The Confederation of Indian Industry <font class='UCASE'>cii</font> the grouping of the large and most powerful industries was convening a meet on forests. The purpose, said the invitation which reached us by chance ,
<font class="UCASE">will </font> the new forest rights rules empower forest communities? There are mixed responses to the recently released draft of the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Rules, 2007. Announced on June 19, the rules are meant to operationalise the parent act. The Union ministry of tribal affairs has sought comments.<br>
THE NEW FORESTERS . Sushil Saigal, Hema Arora and SS Rizvi . March . 2002 The new role of private enterprise in the Indian forestry sector, that's essentially what this book talks about. In the
Community forest groups in Nepal are protesting the takeover of their land in Tulasipur area of Dang district by the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA): it is occupying the Gadibarah, Ganesh, Khujuwarani,
Kerala released its draft State Forest Policy on March 21, 2007. The policy has critical implications, given most of Kerala's forests are in the Western Ghats
The Supreme Court has directed the Union government to improve its rules and regulations covered under the Forest Conservation Act, within two months. The s upreme c ourt gave several
tribal villagers in West Bengal's West Midnapore district chopped down around 6,600 young eucalyptus trees on a six-hectare state forest department plantation recently. The residents claim the
The US congress has reportedly approved a $5 million waiver, thereby quantifying the debt for nature swap offer made to Sri Lanka more than two years ago. It is widely believed that this sum is peanuts, considering that Sri Lanka owes the us close to $1 b
the ministry of environment and forests is formulating guidelines to regulate mining in ecologically fragile forests. According to the proposed guidelines, forests areas will be mapped to find
Forest brigand Veerapan has made four fresh demands to release Kannada superstar Raj Kumar and three others held hostage by him. He has also declared himself a Tamil extremist. "My earlier struggle
"Will I get rights to my ancestral land inside the forests?' asks Sur Suti from Sonebhadra district in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The second convention of the National Forum of Forests People and Forest Workers (<font class="UCASE">nffpfw</font>), held from October 31 to November 3 in Ranchi, tried to answer this question while addressing the issue of granting forest-dwellers their rights over local resources. <br>
World Bank s take on Indian forestry sector motivated
How should a forest be defined in India? The Union ministry of environment and forests is currently preoccupied with this question. Placing this process in context, <font class='UCASE'>archi rastogi</font> finds the custodian of India s forests coul
Committee submits report on net present value
Everyone in Himachal Pradesh has an opinion on one issue
the cabinet gave its nod to the amendments in the Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill 2005 on December 7, 2006. It has decided to go along with the recommendations of the joint
The us federal district court of northern California upheld the
The Supreme Court has sug gested that the forested states, which lose revenue because of the ban on felling of trees should be compensated for keeping their forests intact. Protection of the