India to have green domestic product by 2015: CII
The understanding of
sustainability has evolved from a philosophical expression into a business
proposition in today’s context. India
`Set of decisions` on forestry, tech expected at Cancun
Source: SciDev.Net
Countries expect a 'set of
decisions' on forestry, technology, adaptation and financing at the upcoming
international climate meeting in Cancun next week, which will 'lay the roadmap'
for a future legally binding agreement on climate change in 2011, India's
environment minister Jairam Ramesh predicts. Ramesh and other senior officials
at his ministry talked about a 'logjam' in the current stage of negotiations
between developing and developed countries. Developing countries expect that at
least the first tranche of US$10 billion out of the total US$30 billion
fast-track financing fund for adaptation, agreed upon at the previous climate
summit in Copenhagen in December 2009, would be available in Cancun.
So far, there is clarity only on US$7 billion. Of this US$4 billion would be for forestry projects, Ramesh said .......................................
So far, there is clarity only on US$7 billion. Of this US$4 billion would be for forestry projects, Ramesh said .......................................
Missing the women for the trees
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi
The primeval forests in
Middle Earth are inhabited by tree-like creatures, the great Ents in Tolkien’s
Lord of the Rings. Amid threats from the dark forces, Tree Beard, the eldest of
the Ents, convenes an Entmoot, the equivalent of a forest council, to discuss
their moves.
The moot is shown as a
democratic and inclusive method of decision-making, but with a significant
feature: it has no Entwomen in the council or in the entire forest. “Tolkien
with a deft flick of story-telling tells us that the Entwives who kept order
and peace and cultivated gardens have long disappeared. In other words, women
and their work have been made invisible. Moreover, there is no hint that
Entwives were ever invited to an Entmoot.'” ………………
GENDER AND GREEN GOVERNANCE
The Political Economy of Women’s Presence Within and Beyond Community Forestry
Bina Agarwal
Oxford University Press
488 pages; Rs 625
The Political Economy of Women’s Presence Within and Beyond Community Forestry
Bina Agarwal
Oxford University Press
488 pages; Rs 625
Outcry meets green approval of India
Monday, November 29, 2010
7:51 PM (Source: Arab News, Jeddah , Saudi Arabia )
By Shahid Raza Burney, Arab
News, Jeddah , Saudi Arabia
By Shahid Raza Burney, Arab
News,
Nov. 30--MUMBAI -- India's
nuclear power plant
project in
Jaitapur was given green clearance by the federal environment and forest
ministry on Sunday with 35 riders inviting wrath and large protests from local
fishermen, farmers and environmental experts who said fear that that the
nuclear power project would not only destroy the rich marine biodiversity of
the Konkan region but would also end the livelihood of the local population. The
Jaitapur nuclear power plant, India's largest, had been cleared by Environment
and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh and is the second major project after the
Navi Mumbai airport …………………
project in
Jaitapur was given green clearance by the federal environment and forest
ministry on Sunday with 35 riders inviting wrath and large protests from local
fishermen, farmers and environmental experts who said fear that that the
nuclear power project would not only destroy the rich marine biodiversity of
the Konkan region but would also end the livelihood of the local population. The
Jaitapur nuclear power plant, India's largest, had been cleared by Environment
and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh and is the second major project after the
Navi Mumbai airport …………………
30/11/2010
Airport project approved after ''quarantining''
sensitive areas
"We had to quarantine the ecological sensitive areas and find the middle path," Ramesh said at a question-answer session during the 5th Sustainability Summit. …………………..
Park rangers have been given
a license to kill. Are bullets the answer to poaching?
By Jason Overdorf -
GlobalPost
Published: November 30, 2010 06:03 ET inAsia
Published: November 30, 2010 06:03 ET in
Shashikant Trivedi / New Delhi
Paucity of funds and
non-availability of land are still major hurdles in the state government’s path
towards making Bori wild life sanctuary, India’s first reserve forest, free of
human interference although tribal families have unwillingly succumbed to the
state forest department’s demand to evict the area sprawling more than 500 sq
km. Satpura Tiger reserve located in south Hoshangabad district in Madhya
Pradesh includes the Bori wildlife sanctuary located in its south-west region.
……………..............
30 Nov 2010 10:28:13 AM IST
Breaking naxal-tribal nexus
By Arti Bali,
Constantly in the news due to their miserable
economic conditions, tribals in India India
Arvind Khare, Madhu Sarin, N C Saxena, Subhabrata Palit, Seema Bathla, Farhad Vania, M Satyanarayana
IIED
code:7535IIED Published:2000 - IIED, WWF – India Area:India
Series:Policy
That Works for Forests and People 03
ISBN/ISSN:ISBN
978-1-904035-36-7, ISSN 1028 8228
Details:160 pages
(Book/Report) Language:English
This report describes the evolution of powers over policy, the legacy of colonial forestry, the inertia of ‘fortress forestry’ institutions, the favoured forest industries and the protectionist agenda, which seeks to lock away forests from people’s use. These powers need to be tackled openly and concertedly for the ideal of joint forest management and the potential of farm forestry to be fully realised. The report shows how this can be done through policy processes, instruments, programmes and information which foster productive and equitable forest management.
