Forest Resources

AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO BHUBANESWAR Tribal residents belonging to Juang and Bhuyan communities went on dharna in the Keonjhar district collectorate on Sunday protesting large-scale plantation of commercial trees like acacia, eucalyptus and teak in local forests after cutting down natural sal trees.

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AIZAWL, July 26: The relationship between plagues of rats and bamboo flowering was the focus of a workshop held in Mizoram. At the workshop, Dr F Lalnunmawia, an assistant professor at Mizoram University’s Department of Forestry, said that rodent outbreaks similar to the one that occurred in Bago and Daik U are recorded at roughly 48-year intervals in Mizoram: 1815, 1863, 1911 and 1958.

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In a bid to stop Forest Department from allowing open forest land being diverted to non-forest use -- Goa Foundation (GF), an NGO pursuing environmental issues, has moved High Court.

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Machenahalli, June 10, DHNS: ''No other village can boast of having so many neem trees as we have in our village. We protect neem trees because we respect and rever it,'' says a Machenahalli Gram Panchayat Secretary Ramesh.

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AGARTALA, June 6: Tripura Forest Minister Jitendra Choudhury has urged the groups lobbying for the cause of environment to plead for increasing the sphere of access and benefit sharing of forestry resources.

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DINDIGUL: Lakshmi Seva Sangam, an ayurveda medicine manufacturing unit of Gandhigram Trust, has plans to buy forest produce directly from tribal people living on Sirumalai hills with an aim of enhancing their economic activities and ensuring sustainable development at tribal villages. Middlemen

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Democratising joint forest management

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KOKRAJHAR, May 25: The Deputy Chief of BTC Kampa Borgoyary, who is looking after the Forest and Tourism department, said that collective efforts from all sections of the society, NGOs and other organizations was the need of the hour to conserve the forest resources in the region.

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ITANAGAR, May 16: The All Pakke-Kessang Pijeriang Dissing-Passo Seijosa Student’s Union (APPDSSU) today alleged that that illegal timber operations are going on discreetly by timber smugglers in Namorah and Seijosa area under Khellong Forest Division for the last two years.

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SILCHAR, May 4: The Forest Department of Cachar has decided to plant herbal plants on 400 hectares in the Dholai area of the district for which the first installment of Rs. 60 lakh has been sanctioned by the state government. This was revealed at the meeting of the District Development Committee held in the conference hall of the Deputy Commissioner of Cachar today.

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