Times of India News Service / Aditi Kapoor October 18, 1999 PAURI: The state government and the World Bank would do well to learn the rules of forest conservation from the army of Mahila Mangal Dals (MMDs) – the informal village women’s groups – active…
By R.P. NAILWAL, The Times of India, September 8, 1998 DEHRA DUN: Village-level plans are to be implemented for the first time in the 12 hill districts of western Uttar Pradesh under the joint forest management (JFM) project launched by the Uttar Pradesh government with…
Date: 26-06-1998 :: Pg: 03 :: Col: a By Our Staff Reporter NEW DELHI, June 25. It was a women-dominated show at the National Gandhi Memorial Museum today to mark the 23rd anniversary of the declaration of Emergency where activists of the central Himalayan region…
December 8, 1997 (UNI) DEHRA DUN: The fascinating story of forest regeneration begun by Mr Visheswar Dutt Saklani 50 years ago in Tehri district of Garhwal has been given the pride of place in a recent book on the Himalayan forests. Written by Switzerland-based forester…
By R.P. Nailwal, Times of India, September 2, 1997 DEHRA DUN: Among the unsung heroes in the ecologically fragile Garhwal sub-Himalayan region is Jagat Singh, who has been working silently for over two decades to preserve the environment. The efforts of this man, who is…
By Sheena Chadha National Coordinator, Eco-Volunteer Program (UNDP/UNV) Gandhi Peace Foundation, D.D.U. Marg, New Delhi, India From: Participatory processes for integrated watershed management PWMTA-FARM Field Document No. 7 Edited by: Prem N. Sharma June 1997 Perched at a height of 6,000 ft. above mean sea…