The Chipko movement of the Uttarakhand region in the northwest part of India began as a communal reaction of local villagers to protect their forests from commercial deforestation practices. The term "Chipko" which literally means "to embrace"‚ was designated to these villagers who reacted by actually hugging the trees. It became so popular that the movement spread throughout all of India and different parts of Asia. Local women of the region are central to the movement’s success and continue to
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NATIONAL MISSION FOR A GREEN INDIA Under the National Action Plan on Climate Change PRESENTATION TO THE PRIME MINISTER’S COUNCIL ON CLIMATE CHANGE February 22nd ‚ 2011 Forest Cover Map of India Very Dense Forest Dense Forest Open Forest Scrub Non Forest Water Bodies District Boundaries 2 Process: A Transparent and Inclusive Approach • Draft document put on website for comments on 23rd May 2010 • The draft made available in 11 languages • 7 Regional Consultations over a month
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| |Wednesday | | | | | | |- Encoded the Issuances Approved Forestry License permit (1th Quarter) | | | |06/27/12 |
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Research Institute of Malaya‚ 14‚ 383. Gomez‚ J. B.‚ 1983. Physiology of latex (rubber) production‚ Rubber Research and Development Board of Malaysia‚ Monograph No 8. Proceedings of the 15th International Forestry and Environment Symposium‚ 26-27 November 2010. Published by Department of Forestry and Environmental Science‚ University of Sri Jayewardenepura‚ Sri Lanka. 68 Kewi‚ Chong‚ Sivakumaran‚ S.‚ 1994. Performance of low frequency tapping systems. Workshop of the exploitation technologies to address
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Intro The emerald ash borer is an invasive wood boring insect that originated in Asia. The borer is believed to have crossed the Canadian and American border in the early 2000s by way of Windsor and Detroit (1). They have now infested much of Southern Ontario‚ as well as‚ in small parts of western Quebec (2). Emerald ash borers destroy ash trees by eating all the ash species in Ontario which include green‚ red‚ white‚ black‚ and ash trees. When beetles eat ash trees‚ they leave 4-5 millimeter holes
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1. Background. Decentralization is a tool to achieve one purpose of the state‚ especially in order to provide better public services and creating public decision-making process more democratic. Decentralization can be realized with the devolution of authority to the levels of government under it. Indonesia’s fiscal decentralization policy initiated in early 2001 has provided a variety of both national and regional implications. At the regional level‚ this policy is an effort to empower local
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The key factors on the development of outdoor adventure. 1932 - The mass trespass On Sunday 24th April 1932 around five hundred ramblers trespassed in on Kinder Scout‚ this led to legislation in 1949 to establish the National Parks and to walkers ’ rights over open country and common land in 2000. The reason there was a mass trespass was because gamekeepers that owned the land that the ramblers wanted to walk on said they couldn’t‚ and because of the lack of progress that had been made by the official
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Management of Wild Ungulate Populations (in England in the 21st century) Introduction 1. This paper provides the background to a presentation given to the Independent Forestry Panel reviewing future management of Forests and Woodlands in England. The paper primarily focuses on the management of wild ungulate populations (deer and wild boar) in England‚ although for some issues‚ we feel that a GB or even UK wide approach may be more appropriate if politically viable. Background 2. All species
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION This chapter presents the introductory part of the study. It contains the background information of the study‚ statement of the problem‚ significance of the study the scope and limitation of the study‚ operational definition of terms‚ and conceptual frame work of the study. Plastic waste is one of the major components in solid waste‚ and considered as one of environmental problems in the Philippines particularly in the urban areas. Plastic shopping or carrier bags are
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trees and other activities. As populations grew there became a need to manage forests for the benefit of humans as well as the animals‚ plants and insects that live in them. Conservation forestry is the part of forestry that focuses on protecting and conserving forests. There are different aspects to conservation forestry including conservation activity in the forest as well as research of species and eco-systems that exist within the forest. Forests serve many purposes on earth and each one of these
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