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Forest Policy
Peace isn't elusive
Issue Date: May 31, 2003
Tourism...handicrafts...agriculture...forests... lakes - Jammu & Kashmir's (j&k) basis of survival for ages. They still constitute 98 per cent of the state's economy and sustain 90 per cent of its population. Kashmir's economy is nothing but a sensitive and organised use of its ecology.
Poor little rich states
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2001
ON THE face of it, democracy in India has won a small battle. People's aspirations have been met by the creation of the three new states - Chattisgarh, Uttaranchal and Jharkhand. The people agitated for decades against apathy and skewed development of the mother states - Madhya Pradesh (MP), Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar, respectively. But statehood means only half the battle won.
Forests for people
Issue Date: Dec 15, 2011
There was some disappointment when Bhutan did not win the prestigious Future Policy Award for the world’s most innovative and influential forest policies this year. The nomination had a lot going for it—a Constitutional commitment to maintain at least 60 per cent of its land under forest cover for all time; the fact that it has set aside the largest proportion of its forestland under protected area of any country in Asia; and its community forest management (CFM) scheme that hands over large chunks of forests to rural communities to eradicate poverty.
Fall of the paragon
@Richard20711534 Issue Date: Nov 15, 2011
Meet tree No 23. It is the oldest planted teak on earth, rightfully alive in the world’s first teak plantation in Kerala. Standing tall amid the neatly arranged canopy of papery leaves, it is also the oldest living witness to the state’s fall from being the Mecca of teak to a net importer of the timber.
Tricks of diminishing returns
Issue Date: Sep 15, 2011
The concept of JFM is alluring enough to keep people engaged in conservation for years. But when it comes to sharing the fruits it is a practical joke. For every hundred rupees earned from timber sale a JFM committee usually gets only Rs 17.5 in cash, thanks to the forest department’s talent for developing a benefit-sharing formula guaranteed to deliver skewed results.
Among the non-believers
Issue Date: Sep 15, 2011
Recently, on discovering that I work in the forest department, a lady co-passenger in a flight asked, “Are you people really doing anything for the forests?” The unconcealed taunt set me and my friends discussing with the sceptic the scenario of green governance in India. How are we managing our forests? Is it time to hand over the forest resources to panchayats with the hope that they can manage better? Is the forest department guilty of propagating a management model that excludes people? Should we continue with the Indian Forest Service at all?
Letters
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2011
A place called forestland
From forestry to productive forestry
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2011
My position on the need to re-position forests in development (see ‘Rethink growth with forest capital’, Down To Earth, May 16-31) has brought me a huge response.
Class room
Issue Date: May 16, 2011
How Bamboo Got Free
