Journal article
The idea of creating a park as big as Switzerland in the heart of the Himalayas spanning the border between Nepal and Tibet became reality in 1992. Here Jane Pratt explains how a conservation dream is being turned into reality. Lamu Sherpa arrived in the tiny village of Seduwa, east of Mount Everest tired but happy after walking two days from the District Centre of Khandbari itself three days...
During the second half of the 20th century, Vietnam's forest cover diminished from 43% in 1943 to 29% in 1997. The government's aim is to increase the forest cover by five million hectares to 14 million hectares until the year 2010. Forest policy in Vietnam is legally established through government decisions and decrees for forestland allocation or programmes such as the Five Million Hectares...
Darjeeling Himalaya suffers from a vicious cycle of development process. Along with a burgeoning population, there has been a constant increase on the area under subsistence crops followed by an increased dependency on livestock farming. Such sequences intensify the demand on the fragile mountain land. Excessive encroachment of forest lands to meet the mushrooming demands for fodder, fuel wood...
Skillfully carved and beautified hundreds of thousand years ago, the Great Himalayas was erected in a geological era by the in thrust of Indian plate into the great Asian landmass and decorated for ever by the unique ecology of the world. This valuable piece sustained myriad of lives providing shelter to live, flowing crystal clear water to drink and does work as greatest water towers of the...
The modern history of forests in Indonesia merges with that of a continuous process of land and resource appropriation by the State at the expenses of indigenous forest people, through a fair amount of ideological imperialism, a convenient use of legal and technical instruments, as well as a touch of power abuse. From the very beginning of the Indonesian archipelago's history, forest has...
Historically, India's rural economy was intimately related to forest resources and they have been part and parcel of our economy, culture and tradition. The use of forest resource was controlled by the community as a whole in ancient and medieval period and had evolved a pattern for the same. The communities both agrarian and tribal groups evolved certain cultural and religious practices...
How enacting innovative and equitable laws and policies concerning community-based forest management can help local forest-dependent communities ensure that their interests are fairly considered in forest planning and management decisions.
Interest in and experience with sustainable community-based forest management (CBFM) has increased markedly during the past...
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