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Forest produce
About: Forest produce is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 137 publications have been published within this topic receiving 891 citations.
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11 Dec 2013
TL;DR: In 2006, the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dweller's (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act (also known as the Forest Rights Act) was proposed as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO) estimates that almost 400 million people in India depend on forests for sustenance and complementary income; these populations are among the most vulnerable and are generally considered extremely poor communities. Indian laws have considered forest dwellers as ‘encroachers’ and have criminalised their livelihood activities - collecting forest produce, farming, grazing of animals, and using water bodies - and has further restricted the dwellers’ rights.
In 2006, the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dweller’s (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act (also known as the Forest Rights Act) recognised customary rights over ancestral land and has received mixed reviews and seen various levels of success. This paper reviews the successes of the Act, and considers areas where it has been less effective. Specifically, while the Act grants individuals, families or communities the right over their own land, in its first six years, while the government received 3.5 million claims, only 39.7 per cent had resulted in land titles being granted.
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TL;DR: In this article, the current private forest estate in Ireland is described and assessed, and the challenges facing farm forest owners are defined Potential strategies are identified by which the private growing sector can meet these challenges Services and organisational structures required for the future are identified Important conclusions can be drawn from this analysis and from the experiences of the Irish Timber Growers Association.
Abstract: The current private forest estate in Ireland is described and assessed, and the challenges facing farm forest owners are defined Potential strategies are identified by which the private growing sector can meet these challenges Services and organisational structures required for the future are identified Important conclusions can be drawn from this analysis and from the experiences of the Irish Timber Growers Association Farm forestry owners must be well informed and well organised in the future in order to successfully meet the challenges outlined It is vital that they have access to ongoing support services and that timber growers have a strong representative voice in the development of future forestry strategy, regulations and legislation Experience in Scandinavia suggests that an effective way to achieve these objectives is to develop strong timber-growing organisations These not only provide information and back-up services to their members but are also involved in the marketing, harvesting, haulage and even the processing of members' forest produce
31 Jan 2021
TL;DR: In this article, the authors expose the causes of the invasion of forest reserves by foreign migrants, the offences committed by foreign migrant activities in the forest reserves, violation of specific legislation such as the Immigration Act 1959/63 and the Forest Enactment 1968.
Abstract: According to Sabah Forestry Enactment 1968, Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah is given the power to reserves forests for various purposes including commercial, protection, domestic and others Sabah Forestry Department is entrusted with proper and efficient planning, and implementation of State forest resources management (SFM) to comply with the sustainable forest principles It achieves to manage forest resources towards sustainable and profitable forest governance However, Sabah forest reserves were threatened by illegal trespassing by foreign migrants to possess forest produce unlawfully and to occupy State land illegally This article aims to expose the causes of the invasion of forest reserves by foreign migrants, the offences committed by foreign migrant activities in the forest reserves, violation of specific legislation such as the Immigration Act 1959/63 and the Forest Enactment 1968 The qualitative legal research methodology was used to understand the issues at hand, the existing applicable laws and the legal implications for such illegal activities in these forest reserves Secondary data found in the legislation, journals, annual report, and law publication were collected, reviewed, analysed, and discussed to understand its legal implications better Thus, efforts to expose these illegal activities by foreign migrants is essential to ensure Sabah Forest Reserves can continuously be maintained and not destroyed at the hand of illegal foreign trespassers Employers should also be made responsible for their involvement in trafficked or smuggled illegal migrants as workers and simultaneously, conduct illegal activities to deceit the State Forestry efforts and developmental planning in Sabah
01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present recent findings from ecological and socioeconomic studies in a protected area in India to argue that forest product harvest might be supported even within protected areas subjected to a system of local and scientifi c knowledge and management.
Abstract: There exists a long history of state interest in non-timber forest products (NTFPs) harvest, as a result of which forest-dwelling communities have been “arborealized,” i.e., made dependent on forest produce while being denied land rights (Li 2010 ). Recent conservation policies have added to this historic marginalization by further restricting a relatively low level of subsistence forest use. Such forest policies are mandated in spite of ecological studies that demonstrate that NTFPs can be sustainably harvested. The loss of forest access has resulted in adverse effects on livelihoods of local people. We present recent fi ndings from ecological and socioeconomic studies in a protected area in India to argue that forest product harvest might be supported even within protected areas subjected to a system of local and scientifi c knowledge and management. Using the case of Phyllanthus fruit collection and Apis dorsata honey harvest, we demonstrate how ecological, social-cultural, and economic aspects might be incorporated into equitable management regimes.
TL;DR: In this paper, the dependence of the forest fringe communities on the already Threatened and Near-threatened Medicinal Tree resources (TNMTs) in the forests of the state for their health and livelihood requirements was evaluated.
Abstract: People have a free access to the Non timber forest produce (NTFP) in the State of Madhya Pradesh, India barring only a few NTFP which are monopolized by the state for collection and trade. Because of such free access tenure, people and the policy makers have little appreciation for the provisional ecosystem services emanating from the state’s forests. Hence, a research study was conducted in Madhya Pradesh state of India during 2014-2015.This paper evaluates the dependence of the forest fringe communities on the already Threatened and Near-threatened Medicinal Tree resources (TNMTs) in the forests of the state for their health and livelihood requirements.This study was conducted in all the six eco-regions of the state after selecting the most forested divisions and purposely selected forest compartments and socio-economic surveys were conducted in the villages adjoining these forest compartments. The TNMTs of these compartments were fully enumerated in the selected compartments and their physical conditions were recorded. Focus group discussions and household surveys were conducted to study the dependence of forest fringe communities on TNMTs in the adjoining forests. The results show that contribution of direct forest income to the total annual household income was found to vary from 29.35% to 69.48% in forest divisions located in all the six eco-regions of the state. In all the six eco-regions, the percentage of households found to be dependent on forests for some or the other benefits ranged from 96% to 100%. Almost all the TNMTs encountered during this survey were found facing threat of local extinction due to poor regeneration and many other factors at most of the forest sites. The authors have suggested some corrective measures for sustainable management of forest resources for the benefit of forest fringe community in the article.