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An Express Investigation – Part Five | In diamond-rich Buxwaha, fight to save 2.15 lakh trees has many shades
March 06, 2023 2:06 pm
Protests & legal battles have stalled mining project; villagers want jobs, health facilities, education
Unused funds, unsuitable land: The problems with Compensatory Afforestation in India
March 06, 2023 7:09 am
The showpiece effort for extending India’s forest cover has been its compensatory afforestation programme, which seeks to ensure that forest lands getting ‘diverted’ for industrial or infrastructure development is mandatorily accompanied by afforestation effort on at least an equal area of land.
An Express Investigation – Part Four | Compensatory afforestation neither compensates nor forests: 60% funds unused
March 05, 2023 2:48 pm
Wrong to assume this will replace forests, say officials, but quality of land given adds to the challenge.
An Express Investigation - Part Three: Red flags, India’s green certification under cloud
March 05, 2023 12:40 pm
Easy certification of forest produce makes it suspect, a potential tool to bypass Western regulations
Our forests are under threat — here's how they are certified
March 04, 2023 10:35 am
The certification industry offers a multi-layer audit system that seeks to authenticate the origin, legality, and sustainability of forest-based products such as timber, furniture, handicraft, paper and pulp, rubber, etc. There are two major standards, FSC and PEFC. Both operate in India, but the Government is also working on its own national standards.
Myanmar teak trade: Highly prized, highly dodgy
March 04, 2023 10:36 am
The Indian Express spoke to traders located in Myanmar and India who say the conflict on the ground and frequent change of regulations by Myanmarese authorities pose twin challenges. But what’s so special about Myanmar teak? We explain.
Conflict Wood: Under sanctions, prized Myanmar teak finds its way to US, EU markets via India
March 04, 2023 10:37 am
Firms say following legal process but trade records, N-E seizures show otherwise
The case for open, verifiable forest cover data
March 04, 2023 10:37 am
Jay Mazoomdaar explains how India mapped its forest cover over four decades and why making the data freely available will improve the quality of this vital policy input.
In chase for growth and carbon targets, questions swirl over forests on paper
March 04, 2023 10:37 am
Multiple studies have shown that plantations are less efficient than natural forests in storing carbon and supporting biodiversity.
Lutyens’ bungalows, RBI, encroachments are ‘forests’ in govt’s forest cover map
March 04, 2023 10:38 am
Govt definition counts VIP homes, tea gardens, rail yards, plantations
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