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India state of forest report 2019: Volume I
It is heartening to note that as per the ISFR, 2019, the forest and tree cover of the country continues to show a rising trend despite immense pressure on our forests. The credit should go to various State/UT
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Bamboo: can it live up to the 'green gold' hype?
It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the rapid expansion in bamboo plantations is in danger of making it the latest in a long line of tarnished 'wonder crops'
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Technology for rehabilitation of Yamuna ravines – cost-effective practices to conserve natural resources through bamboo plantation
<p>The present study evaluated bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus) based resource conservation in the Yamuna ravines at Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Research Centre,
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Bamboo tissue culture helping Tripura cultivators to boost production
Agartala: Scientists at the Van Gaveshana Sadan in Agartala, Tripura, are helping bamboo cultivators to meet the shortage of planting material available for bamboo cultivation through tissue culture propagation.
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A local initiative to conserve natural resources
Afforestationwork has helped revive the forests at Punshilok, Manipur We follow a serpentine mud and rock-strewn path, tunnelled by lush trees that create a brilliant monochrome in green. It is interspersed
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Ministry of environment and forests wants states to free bamboo grown on private land
NAGPUR: Considering the role of bamboo in livelihood security and its ecological importance, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has urged all states and union territories not to require transit
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Assam to produce bamboo boards
Assam’s bamboo sector is all set to notch another achievement, with a local manufacturing unit gearing up to produce high-density scrimber boards. Rhino Bamboo Industry, an ISO 9001:2008 certified company,
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Forest dept will not let villagers harvest bamboo
<p>MUMBAI: Union minister Jairam Ramesh's order notwithstanding, the state forest department is unwilling to transfer the rights over harvesting bamboos to forest dwellers. The department currently holds the right to harvest bamboo in the state.
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State bamboozles farmers on central scheme
- National Bamboo Mission takes a back seat, thanks to transit permit on harvest Ranchi, May 3: Teeming bamboo groves could well swing towards state farmers, but it is the forest department that holds sway over the cash crop. Since the launch of the National Bamboo Mission in Jharkhand in 2007, the department has managed to cover only 12 hectares outside forest area under bamboo cultivation
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Bamboo Day to be observed in Nagaland
DIMAPUR, Sept 16 – World Bamboo Day will be observed by Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA) here on September 18. This year’s theme is “Green Future 2012” and the objective is to promote bamboo as
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Community right given to harvest bamboo in Orissa
In a major step to empower forest dwellers, Jamguda in the tribal dominated Kalahandi district on Sunday became the first village in Orissa and second in the country to exercise its community right to
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Bamboo resources of Jharkhand
Studies have been conducted to assess bamboo resources at both forest and non-forest areas in the state of Jharkhand. Information on land use, bamboo overlapping areas in forests, demographic features
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Man-elephant conflict on rise in Udalguri
TANGLA, May 29: The Udalguri district, administered by the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), has witnessed a steady rise in human-elephant conflict over the past decade. The illegal human encroachment
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Bamboo diversity, utilisation and conservation with special reference to West Bengal
Bamboo is a cultural feature of south-east Asia. No country in this region is without indigenous bamboo flora. This natural resource plays a major role in the livelihood of rural people and in rural industry.
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Bamboo artisans struggle for survival
PATNAGARH: For generations they have been weaving magic, from bamboo. But, traditional bamboo workers are now close to breaking and the onslaught of substitute materials and government policies since past some decades have driven bamboo weavers to poverty and starvation.
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National Bamboo mission: A holistic scheme for development of bamboo sector in Tripura
Tripura state has several bamboo species of which muli bamboo (Melocanna baccifera) constitutes more than 80% of all its species. Bamboo plays an important role in its rural economy by providing sustenance employment and household income.
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Bamboo flowering triggers fear in town
Bamboos have bloomed in the surroundings of Balehonnur giving a new look to the town. In the meantime, people are also apprehensive that the bamboos are going to die since they have got flowers.
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding encroachment and cutting of mangrove trees, Malta, West Bengal, 02/04/2019
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sonatan Biswas Vs District Forest Officer, Allpore & Others dated 02/04/2019 regarding encroachment, cutting of mangroves trees and construction
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Bamboo processing unit to come up in Gadchiroli
The Maharashtra government has given its approval for a first-of-its-kind bamboo processing unit to be set up in Naxal-hit Gadchiroli district at an estimated cost of Rs 19.40 crore. The state Cabinet last week gave two major approvals that could pave way for liberating bamboo from the strict control of forest department.