13 July 2012, Thehindubusinessline news - Authorities of temples located in forests will have to fork out at least 10 per cent of their income for development of local communities, according to ecotourism guidelines unveiled by the Environment Ministry. The guidelines submitted to the Supreme Court in an ongoing case also asks...

10 July 2012, Thehindubusinessline news - Minister for Forests, Sports and Cinema K. B. Ganesh Kumar told the Assembly on Tuesday that the government proposed to take up programmes to regenerate forest cover. Replying to the debate on the demand for grants for forest, the Minister said that the Department was undertaking...

3 July 2012, Theredddesk news - On June 27, 2012, Prime Minister approved the National Action Programme on “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, Sustainable Management of Forests, Conservation of Forests and Enhancement of Forest Carbon Stocks” in the period 2011-2020 under the Decision 799/QD-TTg...

30 July 2012, Reuters news - Forests in East Africa have shrunk over the past years, especially around the fringes of parks, complicating efforts to protect wildlife and fight climate change, a study showed on Monday. The report indicated that forest cover decreased by about 9.3 percent overall from 2001-09 in about 12 nations...

27 June 2012, CBC news – The World Resources Institute (WRI) today announced the launch of the Forest Legality Risk Information Tool, an open-access global information website designed to assist purchasers of forest products in securing fiber from legal sources. The risk tool, a project of theForest Legality Alliance, was...

18 June 2012, FAO news - The worlds forests have a major role to play in the transition to a new, greener economy, a theme being discussed at the Rio+20 Conference. But to spark that shift, governments must enact programs and policies aimed at both unlocking the potential of forests and ensuring that they are sustainably...