Ramesh concerned over lack of forest guards
Jalpaiguri, (West Bengal ): Environment minister Jairam
Ramesh visited Banarhat in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal where
seven elephants were killed by a speeding goods train recently.
He termed the killing of
seven elephants as a ghastly incident and expressed concern over the lack of
recruitment of forest rangers.
"Well I have discussed
this with forest officials. One of the problems has been the lack of
recruitment at the local level at the forest guard level, forest ranger level.
I am pleased to say that I have just been informed that fresh recruitment is
going to be started this year in Bengal ,"
said Ramesh……………………
'Sundarbans tigers may be the smallest'
Sat, Oct 2nd, 2010 8:31 pm
BdST
Wild Life Trust of Bangladesh (WTB) in a press release on Saturday said the Royal Bengal Tigers of the mangrove forest Sundarbans, one of the nine sub-species of the world's tigers, weigh an average of 76.7 kg, nearly half the weight of other wild Bengal tigers which average at 138.2 kg.This is also less than the average weight of tigers from any of the other eight sub-species, making the Sundarbans tiger probably the smallest in the world.
"The reasons for small size of Sundarbans tigers are not known, but the authors of the study suggest this could be related to the small size of deer available to tigers in the Sundarbans, compared to the larger deer and other prey available to tigers in other parts of the world." WTB says. Previously it was believed that the Sumatran tiger was the smallest, with an average weight of 86.7 kg. ……
Making CDM Forestry Projects Attractive for
Communities
Around the time Kyoto
Protocol was being negotiated in 1997 there was a huge opposition, led by
Greenpeace, against using the forest based carbon sequestration route to lower
the carbon dioxide build up in the atmosphere for fears that raising forests for
capturing carbon in developing countries would be so cheap most Annex I
countries would not bother reducing greenhouse emissions from fossil fuel use.
It ultimately did make it to the Protocol but with such hobbled feet that it
has become nearly impossible to initiate a CDM forestry project. Today forestry
projects form a bare 0.53% of the total projects registered by the CDM
Executive Board with not a single temporary Certificates of Emission Reduction
(CER) from any of these projects issued so far. And, to compound the matter
still further, there is no demand for these temporary CERs in the forward
markets. Which is not surprising because, of the two potential purchasers,
Japan is more interested in the cheaper and permanent “hot air” credits from
the former Communist bloc, and the European Union, under the influence of
Greenpeace with its active, though minor, ............................................ http://igrec.in/making_cdm_forestry_projects_attractive_for_communties.html
1st regional NTCA office gets nod
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN, Oct 1,
2010, 07.07am IST
The proposal was cleared on Tuesday, and an official communication issued by Rajesh Gopal, NTCA member-secretary, to this effect was received by PCCF (wildlife) on Wednesday. NTCA is the statutory body under the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) monitoring all tiger reserves in
When will the railways stop killing its mascot?
PRERNA SINGH BINDRA
Award-winning Conservation Journalist
Award-winning Conservation Journalist
SEVEN ELEPHANTS were
brutally mowed down by a speeding train on 22 September when trying to save two
of their young trapped on the Siliguri-Alipurduar track in North
Bengal . Five died, mercifully, on the spot. For two others — one,
perhaps the matriarch, who charged at the train in pain and anger — it was a
slow, agonising end.Like in other such tragedies, including the one in June
this year that killed a female, this time too, the railways shrugged off the
blame by saying, “The accident occurred between two tea gardens, which is not a
protected zone. There are no forests in the vicinity.”
Forget that this stretch of
line cuts through the tropical forests of the eastern Himalayas ,
with tracts of protected areas fragmented by tea gardens. Or even about how the
driver failed to see, and react, to the herd ahead in a flat expanse of land on
a moonlit night. Let’s look at the larger picture instead.Consider the
magnitude of the problem: Railways are among the top slayers of the elephant,
with no less than 150 crushed by trains in India
The role of non-timber forest products in poverty
reduction in India
Authors: Golam
Rasul; Madhav Karki; Ram P. Sah
Abstract
The vast natural resources of
India's forests, including non-timber forest products (NTFPs), such as
medicinal and aromatic plants, leaves, fruits, seeds, resins, gums, bamboos,
and canes, offer employment that provides up to half the income of about 25 per
cent of the country's rural labour force. However, poor harvesting practices
and over-exploitation in the face of increasing market demand are threatening
the sustainability of these resources, and thus the livelihoods of
forest-dependent tribal communities. This article analyses the role of NTFPs in
livelihoods-improvement initiatives and considers recent initiatives intended
to enhance their conservation and sustainable management. It recommends
policies to optimise the potential of NTFPs, both to support rural livelihoods
and to contribute to India
Keywords: Policy;
Institutions; Environment; Labour and livelihoods; South
Asia
Date: 24-Sep-10 Country: SINGAPORE
Author: David Fogarty
Author: David Fogarty
A Tanzanian reforestation
project has become the first forestry investment to be issued carbon offsets
under an industry-backed standard that assures investors the emission
reductions are credible and long-term.The Voluntary Carbon Standard said on
Thursday the first batch of credits had been issued this week and placed in the
VCS registry.
London-based The
CarbonNeutral Company, which helps firms cut their carbon emissions, is
marketing the credits.The project in the southern highlands of Tanzania involves
converting degraded grassland into sustainably harvested eucalypt and pine
forests that soak up carbon dioxide from the air as they grow, earning CO2
offsets.The forests cover 7,250 hectares (18,125 acres) in Uchindile district
and 3,560 hectares at Mapanda district, the VCS and The CarbonNeutral Company
said in a statement……………………………
‘Sukhna’s catchment not within purview of Punjab Forest
Express News Service
Posted: Sep 28, 2010 at 0253
hrs IST
Chandigarh The Punjab government in response to an ongoing public interest litigation (PIL) demanding protection of Sukhna Lake from deterioration today submitted that “the Sukhna Lake and its catchment area including the area of Kansal does not fall under the purview of the Punjab Forest Department”.The reply has been filed by R C Nayyar, Principal Secretary, Forest and Wildlife Preservation, Punjab, Chandigarh. The state has further submitted that “the area mentioned in the petition is neither managed nor controlled by the Forest Department,Punjab . The Chief Conservator
Soils, Punjab, has reported that the details of the catchment of Sukhna Lake
mentioned in the petition does not pertain to the State of Punjab
Chandigarh The Punjab government in response to an ongoing public interest litigation (PIL) demanding protection of Sukhna Lake from deterioration today submitted that “the Sukhna Lake and its catchment area including the area of Kansal does not fall under the purview of the Punjab Forest Department”.The reply has been filed by R C Nayyar, Principal Secretary, Forest and Wildlife Preservation, Punjab, Chandigarh. The state has further submitted that “the area mentioned in the petition is neither managed nor controlled by the Forest Department,
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