History of a legend: managing the Makiling Forest Reserve HISTORY OF A LEGEND: MANAGING THE MAKILING FOREST RESERVE Juan M. Pulhin and Maricel A. Tapia Name of forest: Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve Location: Los Baños‚ Laguna Province Area (hectares): 4 224 Managing entity: University of the Philippines‚ Los Baños Mgt. objectives: Training laboratory‚ conservation of biodiversity‚ watershed protection‚ recreation‚ research Country: Philippines A ccording
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the tens of millions of people who depend on degraded forests. It can meet the twin objectives of assigning forest land to tribal and other forest- dwelling communities to enable livelihoods‚ and relieving extractive pressures on core dense forests to aid conservation of wildlife and biodiversity. The overarching benefit to the environment will be in the form of carbon sequestration to combat climate change. The Ministry of Environment and Forests‚ which has grasped the imperative to balance these
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Ministry of Environment and Forests GOVERNMENT OF INDIA NATIONAL MISSION FOR A GREEN INDIA National Consultations Comments sent by : Name : Organization : Address : Email: Consultation Organised by Centre for Environment Education Ministry of Environment and Forests GOVERNMENT OF INDIA NATIONAL MISSION FOR A GREEN INDIA National Consultations Consultation Organised by Centre for Environment Education How to use this book 1. This is a draft mission document of the “National
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India 2Pomology 1. Introduction The year 2011 is ‘The International Year of Forests’. This designation has generated momentum bringing greater attention to the forests worldwide. Forests cover almost a third of the earth’s land surface providing many environmental benefits including a major role in the hydrologic cycle‚ soil conservation‚ prevention of climate change and preservation of biodiversity (Sheram‚ 1993). Forest resources can provide long-term national economic benefits. For example‚ at
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Deforestation Forests are vital for life‚ home to millions of species‚ they protect soil from erosion‚ produce oxygen‚ store carbon dioxide‚ and help control climate. Forests are also vital for us to live as they provide us with food‚ shelter and medicines as well as many other useful things. They also purify the air we breathe and water that we need to survive. Deforestation by humans is causing all of these necessary functions to be lessened‚ and hence damaging the atmosphere even further. Forests play
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Introduction Forests are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem on Earth‚ and are distributed across the globe. Forests account for 75% of the gross primary productivity of the Earth’s biosphere‚ and contain 80% of the Earth’s plant biomass. (Yude‚ 2013). Human society and forests influence each other in both positive and negative ways. (Vogt‚ 2007). Forests provide ecosystem services to humans‚ but also impose economic‚ environmental‚ health and aesthetic costs. Human interactions with the forest‚ including
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beautiful land of India is characterized by rainfall regimes and diverse temperature and climate. India’s climate helps in the growth of forests in the country. However‚ in the past thousand years‚ various types of human activities have altered the climatic formations in the country to ala large extent. The natural vegetation in India primarily comprise of forests. Vegetation growing in correspondence with different environmental conditions is the natural vegetation of a particular place. Several major
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Michelle Graf 7/1/2012 It is obvious the importance of the forest vegetation to everyone in the society. However‚ people in the past ages did a kind of thing that they thought was very meaningful—cutting down the trees. When they recall this history‚ most of them cannot be restrained from their remorse and guilty to it. Trees or forest are things that not only protect the environment but also help people to live better. Destroy of forest and deforestation brings a great many of harm to the environments
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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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“The United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (Agencies) have issued a draft supplemental environmental impact statement (the 2006 EIS)‚ potentially allowing over 140 timber projects that have been enjoined since January‚ 2006 to proceed” (Till). The forest sequestration controversy‚ also known as old-growth vs. young-growth forests‚ is a controversial topic in not only the United States but in places all over the world. Some believe that old growth trees should be cut down
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