And forests shall follow

The minister thinks it is time to formulate an integrated forest policy

UNITED NATIONS

Unkindest cuts

An amendment to the Orissa forest act gives sweeping powers to forest officials

MONITORING FOREST

BRAZIL

Crying foul

Orissa's JFM groups resent move to set up forest bodies

Sulia takes charge

Participatory management brings forests back

Odisha to procure sal seeds from 9 districts; tribals say it’s too late

Several tribal people, mainly seed collectors, will be deprived of the procurement scheme, as the corporation will not collect from other districts

Forest losses occur primarily in lower-income tropical countries: Study

Tropical countries such as Indonesia, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo are losing forests quickly

Has COVID-19 affected forest management? UN says quite a lot

Around 1.6 billion people rely on forests for their subsistence needs and livelihoods; COVID-19 is driving vulnerable communities into forests, …

India’s first forest-certification scheme gets global recognition

A Geneva-based non-profit recently decided to endorse the Certification Standard for Sustainable Forest Management designed for Indian forests

Deforestation rate slowed down: FAO

The pace of loss of forests has slowed in recent years even though the world’s forest area decreased from 31% to 30% between 1990 and 2015

Despite having forest rights titles, two Kalahandi villages denied transit permit

The forest department has been misusing the transit permit, which is essential to sell kendu leaf, a lucrative Minor Forest Produce

If passed, new forest policy will benefit private sector and hurt local ecology: experts

The draft policy talks about developing “public private participation models” for undertaking “afforestation and reforestation …

Planting problems

Forest development corporations fell rich forests to raise plantations, undermining people's rights and biodiversity. It's time India introduced …

Flawed attempt

The recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee Report can further dilute the already weak Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015

There's more to trees than timber

New thinking on forestry management calls for reducing the emphasis on sustainable timber production and concentrating instead on the protection …

Shattering myths

The world's largest experiment in sustainable rainforest management is all set to shatter some age-old myths

Deep in the Woods

When it comes to management of forests in the US, the timber industry and environmentalists have traditionally been at loggerheads. Whoever wins, …

Forests for people

Newly democratic Bhutan pushes community forestry to tackle rural poverty  

Collective efforts can combat challenges faced by ultra-poor in Jharkhand

The intersection of caste, gender & occupational identities impacts their lives

Odisha forest department announces cash reward for rescuing gharials

Fishermen, whose nets are damaged by gharials, will also be compensated

Catch me if you can

People protect forest

Blueprints for change