6 DEC, 2010, 06.41AM IST,
SUBHASH NARAYAN,ET BUREAU
For coal, we have to enter forests: Jaiswal
he coal sector has played a
key role in India
By WANGARI MAATHAI
Published: Monday, Dec. 6,
2010 - 5:17 am
At the climate summit in Cancun, women's rights must
be on the agenda. As global temperatures rise, so
do the challenges for the world's poorest citizens, who are primarily women in developing countries.
Because of their role as providers for their families, women are keenly aware
of the food shortages and forest degradation around them. They understand that
the impacts of climate
change threaten to further jeopardize their lives. Even as they are on
the frontlines of climate change, women are also helping to develop some of the
solutions that can save our world from the impacts of global warming. …………………………..
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/06/3236310/cancun-summit-must-address-the.html#ixzz17LZ0wPeS
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/06/3236310/cancun-summit-must-address-the.html#ixzz17LZ0wPeS
“No REDD – A Reader” new publication from Carbon Trade
Watch and Indigenous Environmental Network
By Chris Lang, 6th December
2010
“No REDD – A Reader is a must
read for all who seek to know the truth about this mercantilist tool. It is
also highly recommended for those who believe that policies to fight the
current climate chaos must see the people and Mother Earth and not merely see
trees as commodities for cash and carbon speculation,” – Nnimmo Bassey, Chair
of Friends of the Earth International and Executive Director of Environmental
Rights Action in Nigeria Moon Palace
9850 acres forest land diverted for 10 major
industries
BS Reporter / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar
The Union ministry of
environment & forests (MoEF) has approved the diversion of 3986.58 hectares
(9850.70 acres) of forest land for ten major industrial projects in the state. Out
of these 10 industrial projects, forest land has been acquired and handed over
to all industries except Posco India where the diverted forest land of 1253.22
hectares (3096.66 acres) has not been handed over to the steel maker due to the
stop work order of the MoEF. ………………………..
NRC DIRECTOR LOWMAN INVITED TO PROMOTE FOREST ECOLOGY
AND CONSERVATION IN INDIA
RALEIGH — Dr. Margaret
Lowman, Director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Nature
Research Center, has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Specialist award to travel
to India in January 2011. The Indian government requested Lowman’s expertise to
help design important forest conservation programs in India India
Chocolates' sal connection
Author(s): Richard Mahapatra
Issue: Dec 6, 2010
Richard Mahapatra reveals how
a chocolate supports people in forests
Training Course on “Forest Certification” for the Indian Forest
Service Officers inaugurated at Amity
University
Release Date: 2010-12-06
The one-week long Training
Course on “Forest Certification” for the Indian Forest Service Officers
organized by Amity School of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development at
Amity University, Noida, Sector – 125 was inaugurated today by Dr. J.C. Kala, Ex-Director
General (Forests) & Hony. Director General, AIGWES, Dr. Sunil Saran, Vice
Chairman, Amity Science Technology and Innovation Foundation and Maj. Gen. R.K.
Dhawan, Senior Vice President RBEF & Director International Affairs
Division, Amity University Dr. J.C. Kala, Director General, AIGWES gave a
general over view of the week long training programme. In his inaugural speech,
he said that the objective of the programme is to make the participants aware
of what the governments of the various countries are doing for the conservation
of the precious natural resources which are depleting with time. The aim is to
work on the cross-fertilization of ideas and its implementation in the training
programme. Dr. Kala informed the participants that the certified forest has
better market value domestically as well as globally. So “Certification” is the
buzzword and “Sustainable Development” is the keyword in the world of forestry
and natural resources. …………………………………………………….
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