New model agriculture law aims to increase farmers’ income
The draft law proposes to ensure profitable returns to farmers through features such as electronic registration, direct sale to buyers and …
Forest productivity - Lumber slumber
Forest Development Corporations are yet to keep pace with the rising demand for timber, though cultivable lands exist
When alienation ruins
Sandalwood smuggling, epitomised by Veerappan, has become a collective phenomenon involving entire villages, which even the ban on sandalwood …
Making furniture from eucalyptus wood
Though scientists have developed a way to saw eucalyptus wood without cracking or twisting it, furniture makers aren't convinced of its utility.
Tokyo’s gamble with its Olympic architecture needs to be appreciated
This first of a two-part series examines the use of timber in designing the games village and venues rather than concrete
Forest-risk goods
Export-oriented commercial agriculture is the single largest driver of tropical deforestation, argues a new book
Fall of the poplar
In the backyard of Asia's largest poplar market, farmers are being forced to quit growing the soft wood as its price crashes because of overproduction
EcoCheck: Australia's Southwest jarrah forests have lost their iconic giants
When Europeans first arrived in Australia's Southwest, they found vast tracts of huge jarrah trees. Now, after logging and dwindling rainfall, …
Indigenous tree species can meet growing demand for wood
The ever-expanding population requires an enormous amount of wood, which in turn, puts intense pressure on the existing forest wealth of India
Timber trouble
Malaysia is infuriated by Australia's moves to ban logging by foreign companies in South Pacific countries
Unkindest cuts
Large-scale smuggling of timber from Nepal to Tibet threatens the pristine forests in the northern Himalaya
Painful cuts
Timber companiesfrom Asia stand to lose millions of dollars if a proposed law is passed by two cities in the US
US wildfire act could aid timber industry
On December 3, US President George W Bush gave the green light to the Healthy Forest Restoration Act, declaring that it would "help to prevent …
Turn off taps on poachers: Financial crimes linked to illegal wildlife, timber trade in EU going unpunished, flags report
Criminal assets remaining in the hands of poachers, giving them the liberty to invest in more illicit operations
Green action: Four arrested in Bihar for cutting down dozens of trees near major hospital
Trees were being felled and sold to timber traders for many months near Muzaffarpur’s SKMCH hospital, according to reports
Walnut trees: Kashmir lockdown’s other victim
Walnut trees have been the strange casualty of Kashmir’s transition from a state to a Union Territory
India opposes CITES move to regulate trade in all species of Dalbergia
It calls for considering individual species based on its conservation status in the wild and market status of international trade while unveiling …
Corruption in timber trade fuels deforestation, biodiversity loss
Illegal timber trade also gives rise to conflicts between local communities and logging companies
Himachal Pradesh forest staff to be equipped with arms to curb smuggling
The personnel posted in the checkposts in these areas can carry pistols, guns, revolvers or rifles to check illegal felling and smuggling of trees
Woodstock worries
A recent ban on all forestactivities in the north-eastshould provide alternatives toworkers in this sector
COVID-19: Odisha allows collection of non-timber forest produce
Experts had been demanding NTFPs’ exemption from the lockdown as they are a vital part of India’s tribal economy
Subabul biscuits boost milk yield
Cattle fed with subabul biscuits can produce up to 20 per cent more milk. The fast-growing tree also produces useful timber.
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, …
Wood for scandal
While the Union government has finally permitted Tamil Nadu to export sandalwood, State monopoly of the trade is yet to be abolished
CAUTION:only loggers allowed
How do you destroy a forest? Cover it under Project Tiger and alienate the local people. An example from Bihar