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 health of the world's forests — and their capacity to lock away carbon — could be jeopardized by logging if the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) definition of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

A SC interim order provides an opportunity to revisit the definition to balance India’s economic interests and infrastructure needs with sustainable goals A buzz has erupted across the country once ...

Haryana defines "forest" narrowly, risking legal protection for Aravalli forests, contradicting a Supreme Court order for broader forest identification criteria. Haryana has taken the extraordinary ...

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 ...