The most comprehensive
assessment of the state of the world's forests published at the start of the
latest biennial meeting of the FAO' Committee on Forestry and World Forest
Week, in Rome
The Global Forest Resources
Assessment 2010 (FRA 2010) is the most comprehensive assessment of the world’s
forests ever. It covers 233 countries and areas for the period 1990 to 2010.
This publication, the main report of FRA 2010, contains country data,
contributed by national correspondents and reviewed and collated by FAO, for
more than 90 key variables related to the extent, condition, uses and values of
forests. Seven core chapters evaluate the status and trends for key aspects of
sustainable forest management: extent of forest resources; forest biological
diversity; forest health and vitality; productive functions of forest
resources; protective functions of forest resources; socio-economic functions
of forests; and the legal, policy and institutional framework guiding the
conservation, management and use of the world’s forests. Based on these
results, the report analyses progress being made towards sustainable forest
management over the past 20 years, with a series of “traffic lights” indicating
where there is cause for optimism and where there is cause for alarm. This
report is an essential reference for anyone interested in the status of the
world’s forests and will support policies, decisions and negotiations in all
matters where forests and forestry play a part.
Date: Oct 2010
Source: FAO
Attachments: FRA2010_Report.pdf
Move to collect toll slammed
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN, Oct 11,
2010, 06.49am IST
The concessionaire has already set up a toll plaza post near Shendurwafa (Sakoli).
The WTI has moved the Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court against the NHAI over the four-laning work that cuts tiger corridor between Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary and
Jharkhand's no to Railways project
The project was also being
eyed by CCL and other companies for coal transportation from North
Karnpura reserve
Published on 10/11/2010 -
10:48:22 AM
By Chandrabindu
Ranchi: The Indian
Railways bid to lay broad gauge (BG) rail link between Tori and Hazaribagh via
Shivpur suffered a serious setback after the state government turned down forest
clearance to the project.Apart from the general commuters, who want to cut down
the distance between Ranchi and Patna, the 96-kilemetre stretch of rail link
was being desperately awaited by various coal companies and industrial houses
which were eying it as seamless way of coal evacuation from the North Karnapura
coalfields.Over a dozen companies, including the Central Coalfields (CCL), a
subsidiary……………………..
Canary Hill tiger safari project gets state nod
TNN, Oct 10, 2010, 12.31am
IST
HAZARIBAG: People will soon
enjoy tiger
safari at Canary
Hill zone reserve forest on the outskirts of the Hazaribag town. The
decision which state forest department officials term "historic" was
taken by the State
Wildlife Advisory Board at its meeting headed by chief minister Arjun Munda on
October 7. With this project, Canary Hill will be one of the most
sought-after tourist spots in the state, said local MLA Sourav Narayan Singh,
who is also a member of the State Wildlife Advisory Board.
RCCF (Hazaribag) B R Ralhan and PCCF (wildlife) C R Sahay also participated at the meeting. The project was mooted about 10 years ago on receipt of a Rs 6-crore fund provided by the Indian Railways for beautification of Hazaribag. It was sent to the Central Zoo Authority of India for clearance …………………
RCCF (Hazaribag) B R Ralhan and PCCF (wildlife) C R Sahay also participated at the meeting. The project was mooted about 10 years ago on receipt of a Rs 6-crore fund provided by the Indian Railways for beautification of Hazaribag. It was sent to the Central Zoo Authority of India for clearance …………………
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Canary-Hill-tiger-safari-project-gets-state-nod/articleshow/6721259.cms
"Jhurjhura tigress" dies revealing government apathy
"Jhurjhura tigress" dies revealing government apathy
by Proloy Bagchi October
11, 2010
An NGO, “Udai”, led by Shehla
Masood, a wildlife activist has been seeking action against those who were
responsible for the death of a tigress in the famed Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
in the central Indian province of Madhya Pradesh (MP). She handed over a memorandum
to the chief minister on the International Tiger Day for action against those
responsible for the death of the tigress. The memorandum had more than 36000
signatures on it. The tigress died on 19th may, 2010 after having been hit
by a vehicle the night before when some so-far-unidentified important visitors
entered the Reserve for an allegedly unauthorised and illegal night-drive. It
died in the Jhurjhura area of the Reserve and, hence, has since come to be
known as the “Jhurjhura tigress”. The killing caused a furore in India
Posted in Uncategorized by WorldWright
on 2010/10/11
Ayesha Sitara
Project Tiger was launched
with much fanfare by the government of India
Initially nine tiger reserves
were set up that grew to 27 in less than 30 years. But something was amiss as
tiger populations showed a dramatic decline in the early 21st century. With
less than a 1000 tigers left in the wild in India India
When Project Tiger was launched,
2000 tigers were left in the wild, according to figures released by the
Ministry of Forests and Environment. By 2000, the Ministry showed a healthy
population of 4000 across India
PM convenes meet on NE dams
Hindustan Times
October 8, 2010
October 8, 2010
NEW DELHI, Oct. 8 --
Following the heat generated over the mega dam issue, Prime Minister Dr
Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting of all ministries concerned on October 13
to ascertain the status of the hydroelectric projects in the North-east.The
meeting that was earlier scheduled on October 30, was postponed because of the
Ayodhya judgement that was delivered on the same day. The inter-ministerial
meeting is likely to be attended by representatives of Ministries of Power,
Water Resources, Environment and Forest among others, official sources
confirmed.The proposed meeting has evoked much interest because of a letter
purportedly written by Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest,
Jairam Ramesh to the Prime Minister, virtually endorsing the stand taken by
those agitating against the 'mega dam' in Arunachal Pradesh.A national newspaper
on Friday reported the contents of the letter, which question ……………………………………..
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