Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
Mumbai Plant trees and get rich. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in a bid to promote greenery in the city, will offer cash rewards to Mumbaikars who plant more trees. This despite the BMC projecting financial crisis for itself in coming years. With its Rs 10-lakh rewards per ward scheme, …
P. Oppili Saplings to be planted in tribal areas It is expected to be funded by external agency Agency happy over implementation of earlier project CHENNAI: The Forest Department has formulated a new project for better management of natural resources in the State. The
The latest survey of India's forest cover by the Forest Survey of India indicates that it has grown marginally . That does not translate into good news, however, once the data is unpacked. What seems to be happening is that some quantum of dense forests and moderately dense forests has …
Viveat Susan Pinto / Mumbai December 10, 2009, 0:49 IST As governments debate ways to reduce carbon emission levels at the climate change summit in Copenhagen, some fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies are doing their bit to rein in carbon footprints. FMCG players can reduce carbon emission at two …
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday launched a pilot project for coastal eco-restoration and sustainable development that proposes developing a 'green belt' along the sea erosion-prone coastline in the State. The project will be first implemented in 24 coastal Gram Panchayats in Karwar, Honnavar, Kundapura and Mangalore forest divisions. …
Opportunities to mitigate climate change by reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), especially in developing countries, have risen to the top of the international climate policy agenda, attracting increasing attention and investment from environmental organizations, development assistance agencies and the business community. Deforestation is one of the largest …
Forests offer a one-time opportunity to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Approximately 20% of the emissions reductions needed by 2020 to prevent global temperatures rising above 2oC can be achieved by reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation, conserving forest carbon stocks and enhancing forest carbon stocks through afforestation and …
The clean development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol is designed not only to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) but also to contribute locally to sustainable development. As a market-based mechanism, CDM has the potential to channel private investments into development activities with economic, social, and environmental benefits. Unfortunately, investments …
Even the most enthusiastic climate advocate would have been disappointed with the outcome of the climate change conference held in Copenhagen. To have expected something like a new, detailed, legal treaty would have been naive; the Conference was always about long-term signals and overall market sentiment and not about short-term …
The paper discusses potential biodiversity implications of different REDD design options that have been put forward in the international climate change negotiations and examines how the creation of additional biodiversity-specific incentives could be used to complement a REDD mechanism, so as to target biodiversity benefits directly.
The purpose of this guidebook is to serve as guidance for those interested in developing a land-use change and forestry projects and bioenergy projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. It also provides material on the voluntary markets.
The Revised Operational Guidelines (2009) of the National Afforestation Programme (NAP) are being issued to further decentralise the project cycle management of the Scheme with a view to expedite fund transfer to the village-level implementing organisation, that is the Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) and Eco-development Committees (EDCs), to embed …
Gandhinagar: The Government of India has awarded range forest office, Khambhat, for the outstanding work of mangrove plantation on 4,010 hectares (ha) area over the last five years. The award, called Indira Pridarshini Van Mitra, was handed over to range officials of Khambhat by Union forest minister Jairam Ramesh at …
Carbon market compensation for reduced deforestation under REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) can help cut global emissions but countries like India are not likely to benefit much from it. Instead, such countries should focus tapping the carbon market through afforestation for which there is a vast scope, …
