The weak definition of what constitutes forest under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) puts the effectiveness of a proposed mechanism for reducing emissions from ...

The FAO lumps non-oil palm tree plantations into its definition of forest cover when conducting its Global Forest Resource Assessments. The assessments analyze land cover change in countries around ...

In the second in our series examining REDD we report how ambiguous forest definitions are putting the future success of forest protection schemes in doubt and allowing logging companies to destroy ...

A buzz has erupted across the country once again over the definition of what constitutes a forest, in light of the recent interim order by a Supreme Court bench presided over by Chief Justice of India ...

The environment and forest ministry is set to increase the ambit of its control over the country's land. NEW DELHI: The environment and forest ministry is set to increase the ambit of its control over ...

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization's definition of 'forest' includes commercial plantations of fast growing trees - often replacing biodiverse native forests relied on by local communities. FAO ...

Haryana has taken the extraordinary step of defining what constitutes a “dictionary meaning” of forest, 18 months after the Supreme Court ordered states to identify forests using that very phrase’s ...

The Supreme Court on Monday told states and Union Territories to follow the definition of “forest” that has been mentioned in a 1996 judgement, reported Live Law. The bench headed by Chief Justice DY ...

On Nov. 30, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Rhode Island Forest Conservation Commission hosted a virtual meeting to collect public comments on a draft definition of the ...

Gurgaon: Months after the Supreme Court ordered all states and Union territories to define "forest" and map all such areas, not a single survey has been carried out as part of the exercise in Haryana ...

Congress has hailed Supreme Court of India's interim order asking the states and Union Territories to act as per the definition of "forest" laid down by the top court in a 1996 judgment. Congress ...