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News archive for Afforestation: the establishment of trees on an area that has lacked forestcover for a very long time or has never been forested.

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Afforestation

Good tidings for tide country  -  28 Aug 2007
The Statesman,The plan, being developed by the regional centre of the National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board (NAEB) at Jadavpur University, will be aimed at

A thread to protect the environment  -  28 Aug 2007
The Statesman,Mr Sankar Swain, said that more than 60 ashram members participated in today’s programme and tied rakhis to all trees after afforestation.

Ga-West communities to undertake tree planting  -  28 Aug 2007
Joy Online,Nii Okoansro said the suggestion by Nii Ayibontey II, Gbese Mantse that the chiefs should release lands to the youth for afforestation projects was a

CEE launches afforestation project in Karaikal  -  Aug 16, 2007
Hindu,The CEE educated the fishing community about the economic benefits and ecological gain through the afforestation programme. The coastal plantation programme

Urban afforestation in six corporations  -  Aug 15, 2007
Hindu,CHENNAI: The Forest department is set to launch an urban afforestation programme in the six corporations in the State. One lakh saplings will be planted in

PM makes afforestation plan, Govt forgets it  -  Aug 22, 2007
CNN-IBN,New Delhi: August 15 has come and gone but the Government seems to have forgotten that it was supposed to launch a major afforestation programme that day.

Afforestation can compensate spiralling emission better than ...  -  Aug 17, 2007
DailyIndia.com,London, Aug 17: Burning oil and planting forests to compensate for the emission of green house gasses is more environmentally friendly than burning biofuel,

Kang flays Punjab Govt for dilly dalying in denotifying PLPA Lands  -  Aug 25, 2007
PunjabNewsline.com,However, no compensatory afforestation was done as envisaged under Forest Conservation Rules 2003 framed under Forest Conservation Act 1980.

Bold forestry-products thrust rooted in rural development ...  -  Aug 23, 2007
Engineering News (press release),Biomass, export-quality furniture, 100 000 ha of afforestation, thousands of downstream jobs – the list of possibilities and the potential for the forestry

Fire threatens plan to extend carbon scheme  -  Aug 22, 2007
MSNBC...head of emissions products at Cheyne Capital Management in London, said if extended, the scheme should only apply to reforestation or afforestation.

Massive afforestation planned in Khagrachhari  -  Aug 4, 2007
The Daily Star,The initiative was taken following success of the Participatory Afforestation Programme in the district in last five years.

Lm45,000 collected to restore vandalised afforestation project  -  Jul 30, 2007
Malta Independent Online,...by MATTHEW XUEREB The public’s condemnation and outcry following the vandalism attack on 3000 trees at the Foresta 2000 afforestation project in Mellieha

Possible Mechanisms Leading to a Delay in Carbon Stock Recovery ...  -  Aug 27, 2007
Soil Science Society of America Journal (subscription)...(2002) observed, however, that during the first 10 yr following afforestation, C stocks were sometimes reduced from initial levels, and about 40 yr were

Indonesia calls for afforestation on 2mn hectares  -  Jul 30, 2007
Zee News,Medan, July 30: Eyeing the industrial forest estates in Indonesia, the government is encouraging reforestation of two million hectares of forest area each

Forestry aspiration, big city bus plan, SA solar breakthrough  -  Aug 23, 2007
Engineering News (press release),Our cover story this week interrogates one of the rural-development options being pursued, focusing on moves to increase afforestation in the Eastern Cape

FUNDS FOR FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION  -  Aug 22, 2007
Press Information Bureau (press release),An amount of about Rs. 5400 crore has been received by the Ad-hoc body of CAMPA from various States / Union Territories towards Compensatory Afforestation,

Kenya: A Break With the Past Required  -  Aug 27, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...those bans imposed on charcoal production, timber logging, bamboo cutting, afforestation using the shamba system, and use of unendangered indigenous trees.

Green army plans yet to take root  -  Aug 19, 2007
Calcutta Telegraph,But 10000 hectares of it have been encroached upon by 10000-odd dwellers, leaving little room for the Centre’s afforestation plans to take root.

Pan Paper to spend $1.19m on tree planting  -  Jul 30, 2007
East African,According to executive director Niranjan Saha, the project will also help the government in the afforestation and re-afforestation programme as well as

Party leader: Quang Binh needs flood, economic plan  -  Aug 21, 2007
Mathaba.Net,...is long overdue for a plan that incorporates the resettlement of people from high-risk areas to safe places, afforestation and flood prevention methods.

PM to states: Recruit frontline forest staff to protect tigers  -  Aug 3, 2007
Times of India,...which would be eligible for receipts, assistance from governments, funds from compensatory afforestation management and planning authorities.

Reforestation needed for materials  -  Aug 14, 2007
Viet Nam News,First, we must concentrate on afforestation so that we can supply enough raw materials for wood processors by 2020 and improve the technology for producing

Lok Vaniki still to gain momentum  -  Aug 3, 2007
Central Chronicle,The proposal also evoked satisfactory response form the National Clean Development Authority as it was mainly limited to the afforestation aspects of CDM,

Corinthia’s ‘events’ team embarks on green project  -  Aug 3, 2007
Malta Independent Online,Launching the scheme at the Salina afforestation site, where an initial donation of 50 trees were planted on behalf of Corinthia’s Malta hotels,

UNEP chief appreciates China's efforts in addressing climate ...  -  Aug 2, 2007
People's Daily Online,China has also stepped up its afforestation efforts, which is also helping to reduce carbon emissions. It is estimated that between 1980 and 2005,

State leadership draws flak  -  Aug 26, 2007
Newindpress,The committee also wanted the temple administration to take up social works like opening up of charity hospitals and afforestation, the sources said.

Pollution and Bad Press  -  Aug 9, 2007
Plenty Magazine,..."Urban and rural afforestation [sic] and environmental protection will be widely enhanced in an all-round manner. Environmental awareness will be promoted

Enterprisers, officials discuss desertification in north China  -  Aug 26, 2007
People's Daily Online,...authorities said its land vulnerable to desertification is dwindling by about 1200 square kilometers per year thanks to years of afforestation efforts.

The great desert dream  -  Aug 24, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,...who has suggested that increased rainfall over northern Australia could be a temporary phenomenon associated with Asia de-afforestation.

PMC, govt join hands in Rs 5 crore project to protect forest land  -  Aug 25, 2007
Pune Newsline,Apart from demarcation and protection of the forest, steps will be taken for afforestation and soil conservation. A total of 2897.35 hectares of forest land

Legislative elections 2007: political parties profess economic ...  -  Aug 25, 2007
Maghreb Arabe Presse,A series of measures are to be taken in the agricultural sector, such as building dams, and encouraging afforestation and a wise use of water resources.

Watershed Management at Brahmarakootlu  -  Aug 24, 2007
konkaniworld,Soak pits, contour bunds, check dams, using bio-cover on earth and spreading organic matter on soil, afforestation, avoiding over grazing by the cattle etc.

Foreign investors not keen on Vietnam’s agriculture  -  Aug 19, 2007
Vietnam Economic Times,Foreign investors will be encouraged to invest in ago-forestry processing, afforestation-wood processing, animal husbandry and animal feed production.

Ministry could inject new life into dormant poverty fighter  -  Aug 19, 2007
Daily Nation (subscription),The Permanent Presidential Commission on Soil Conservation and Afforestation died when it was amalgamated with two other environment related bodies to form

Queries raised on Ombudsman as similar teams gather dust  -  Aug 19, 2007
Daily Nation (subscription),During the Moi reign, several presidential commissions such as the Permanent Presidential Commission of Soil Conservation and Afforestation associated with

Power failure to become a nightmare of the past  -  Aug 19, 2007
Daily Nation (subscription),He said since KPLC started its afforestation project in Eldoret in 1999, it had planted 300 hectares with Eucalyptus.

Uganda: Orlando's It Doesn't Matter Album to Hit Stores Soon  -  Aug 17, 2007
AllAfrica.com,In Siimba, he advocates for afforestation, saying that there is great need for everyone who cuts down a tree to plant two. The song is also against people

Rising global greenhouse gas emissions will cost more than $200bn ...  -  Aug 23, 2007
FinFacts Ireland,...and the estimated investment and financial flows needed for afforestation and reforestation is $0.1– 0.5 billion; For technology R&D and deployment,

South Africa: Forestry Expansion 'Unsustainable'  -  Aug 15, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The department estimates more than R1,5bn will need to be invested for the afforestation, with "substantial" further investments needed to establish

Manasbal lake gets new life  -  Aug 22, 2007
GreaterKashmir.com (press release),They had recommended certain measures like demarcation of the lake, construction of STPs, regulation of lime extraction and afforestation of mountains to

Abe calls for strategic ties between Japan, India  -  Aug 22, 2007
Indian Muslims,Abe also made references to his country's Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) in afforestation programmes and sought India's cooperation in his "Cool

Green belt to beat back waves in coastal areas  -  Aug 10, 2007
Hindu,Coastal protection and afforestation committees will be constituted in the targeted areas. Headed by the ward member, the committee will include one person

The moor the merrier as grouse estates benefit from rising prices  -  Aug 9, 2007
Scotsman,..."Between the 1940s and 1980s, we lost almost a quarter of Scotland's heather moorland due to a combination of things: afforestation, over-grazing,

India should rope in the neighbours  -  Aug 9, 2007
Economic Times,For example, Nepal can initiate afforestation in its upper catchment area to impede excess water flow into eastern UP and north Bihar; while India helps it

A Country With No Big Trees  -  Aug 21, 2007
Worldwatch Institute,The Chinese people have been felling and planting trees for decades—and the country’s afforestation rate is in fact increasing—but the ecological benefits

Nigeria: Prosecute Forest Destroyers - Emir  -  Aug 7, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Responding, Maina promised to halt tree felling and improve afforestation projects in the area and appealed to the Emir to encourage tree planting with a

Recycling project a step closer  -  Aug 5, 2007
Gulf Daily News,The project would cover an area of 500000sqm to allow for expansion and an area for afforestation. The plant will be able to sort 36 types of waste,

APEC to shoot for 25% boost in energy efficiency  -  Aug 18, 2007
The Japan Times,Network for Sustainable Forest Rehabilitation and Management, a China-led initiative to promote afforestation and forest protection in the region.

Making Malta greener  -  Aug 18, 2007
Malta Independent Online,CHI will also be organising tree planting ceremonies at one of the afforestation zones – the Ta’ Qali national park, Mellieha, Salina or Xrobb l-Ghagin.

Nigeria: Labour Party Has Hidden Agenda for Ondo People, Says Femi ...  -  Aug 1, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Cocoa Processing Company (Completed ), Owena Motel limited ( Franchised ), Ondo State Afforestation Project (Franchised), Okitipupa Oil Palm Company Plc

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