Roundtable: Is Bamboo a Minor Forest Produce?

The MFP roundtable participants discuss what constitutes a minor forest produce and whether bamboo fits its definition.   Read Sunita Narain's column, "Is bamboo a tree or grass?"

Archives: DTE stories on minor produce

  Date: November 15, 1998 State: Kerala How To Sell A Wonder Herb

Interview with Forest Activist Madhu Sarin on Vedanta

  Forest Rights Activist Madhu Sarin says MoEF decision against Vedanta is groundbreaking, but it should be applied nationwide.  

People from Himachal doubt cement

Top of the world

welcome to the eighth continent -- the thin-but-extremely-rich layer of life known better to the rest of the world as the rainforest canopy. Most of the world's species can be found here, in this tropical treetop environment. This is because the majority of species are insects, and the majority of these insects are found in the rainforest.

Planting trouble

No, no and no again. At a meeting organised by Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (cse) on July 7, environmentalists firmly rejected the proposal of the ministry of environment and forests (mef) to virtually lease out degraded forest lands to industry for captive plantations.

THE MONEY MAKERS

• Investors have been flocking to timber-based businesses in Malaysia, where timber related stocks are being traded at high prices. This is a result of a combination of strong timber prices and a comparative scarcity of timber-related listings on the Kuala Lumpur stock market. •