Forest

The UN is presently in the midst of its Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), a global commitment that UN secretary-general Antonio Gueterres had said is ‘running out of time’. By Salam Rajesh An ambitious…

For most Indigenous peoples and local communities in Manipur, as in almost all States in the Northeast, forest lands outside of the PA network are traditionally viewed as under community ownership and governed under their respective…

Over 500 saplings will be planted in the surrounding periphery of Vangayan in 2 km stretch with Pheobe tree, Cherry plant, talhou, cinnamon, pine and flowering shrub Baouganvilia, impatient, rose etc at three point Vangayan slope, Kashung…

Urging the forest minister to instruct responsible officials to clarify, the BJP MLA asked the government to stop further surveys before the issues are satisfactorily cleared. TFM Report Even as Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh…

The story with Angaan Ching is of local community coming out in a concerted effort to bring back the once-fully scrapped hillock to its near natural status. With Angaan Ching, the Alliance for Development Alternatives Manipur (ADAM) has…

A holistic development of the state is the responsibility of both the Government and the people. A goodwill relationship, overture has to be rebuilt among the two main stakeholders of a democratic state. Citizens are ought to be given a…

Joint Forest Management Committee, Top Awang Leikai claimed that some people are trying to destroy the biggest forest reserve in the Imphal East purposely. It urged the state government to deploy police personnel in the surrounding areas of…

The issue on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) over the use of resources from forest and wetland ecosystems has long been a contended issue, with States primarily dominating over the decision-making processes and ignoring the rights of the…

The Manipur Government is set to introduce a system that potentially can replace original forests with the highly commercial oil palm plantations – which the Dayak Iban fought vigorously as it was destroying their land and forests. State…

Indigenous peoples across the globe have always been custodians of forests and other natural landscapes in the real sense of the word. This comes as a reason of their close knit association with their surroundings upon which they depend…