CAMPA funds

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How New Forest Diversion Rules Deal a Body Blow to the Forest Rights Act

C.R. Bijoy 11/07/2022

The new 2022 Forest Conservation Rules seek to override...

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Why Afforestation Isn’t Likely to Make Up for Our Loss of Carbon-Rich Forests

Supriya Vohra 27/08/2021

Compensatory afforestation is carried out in India under CAMPA,...

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Many Tree-Planting Campaigns Are Based on Flawed Science

Shreya Dasgupta 01/06/2021

Much of the recent emphasis on planting trees comes...

Tendu leaves from the East Indian ebony tree are a commonly collected non-timber forest product in India. The leaves are wrapped around tobacco to make local Indian cigarettes. Credit: Subhodkiran via Wikimedia Commons.

India’s COVID Recovery Plan for Indigenous Groups Is Further Marginalising Them

Sushmita 04/05/2021

The assumption underlying compensatory afforestation is that the loss...

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Chhattisgarh’s Low-Profile Scheme to Conserve Water Shows Encouraging Results

Neeraj Mishra 28/10/2020

The scheme to conserve water and make long-term environmental...

forest cover, mining rights, mining license, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority, CAMPA funds, Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Act 2016, NITI Aayog, Parivesh, single window clearance, canopy density, New India 2022, Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

Centre’s, and NITI Aayog’s, Vision for 2022 Is Founded on Quiet Contradictions

Rishika Pardikar 25/01/2019

A strategic document says India ought to increase forest...

Telangana Rashtra Samiti, Telangana, Forest Rights Act, community forest rights, individual forest rights, tribals, tribal welfare, afforestation, Telangana ku haritha haram, Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority, CAMPA funds,

With Forest Rights Promises Broken, Who Will Telangana’s Tribals Support?

Uttam Sahoo 06/12/2018

Telangana has also performed poorly on improving the welfare...