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Forestry in India is more than just about wood and fuel. India has a thriving non-wood forest products industry, which produces latex, gums, resins, essential oils, flavours, fragrances and aroma chemicals, incense sticks, handicrafts, thatching materials and medicinal plants. About 60% of non-wood forest products production is consumed locally.
Forest Survey of India (FSI), founded in June 1981 and headquartered at Dehradun in Uttarakhand, is the Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change organisation which conducts forest surveys, studies and researches to periodically monitor the changing situations of land and forest resources and present the data for national planning, conservation and sustainable ...
Worldwide employment In agriculture, forestry and fishing in 2021. India has one of the highest number of people employed in these sectors. As per the 2014 FAO world agriculture statistics India is the world's largest producer of many fresh fruits like banana, mango, guava, papaya, lemon and vegetables like chickpea, okra and milk, major spices like chili pepper, ginger, fibrous crops such as ...
Global Competitiveness Index: 68 / 141: 2019 Index of Economic Freedom: 128 / 178: 2016 Economic Freedom of the World: 95 / 157: 2015 – score 6.63 Financial Development Index: 51 / 183: 2016 Global Innovation Index: 48 / 131 2020 report IT industry competitiveness index: 18 / 66: 2016 ICT Development Index: 134 / 176: 2017 [23] Global ...
Deforestation in India is the widespread destruction of major forests in India. It is mainly caused by environmental degradation by farmers, ranches, loggers and plantation corporations. In 2009, India ranked 10th worldwide in the amount of forest loss, [36] where world annual deforestation is estimated as 13.7 million hectares (34 × 10 ^ 6 ...
Deforestation in India is the widespread destruction of major forests in India. It is mainly caused by environmental degradation by farmers, ranches, loggers and plantation corporations. In 2009, India ranked 10th worldwide in the amount of forest loss , [ 1 ] where world annual deforestation is estimated as 13.7 million hectares (34 × 10 ^ 6 ...
The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) [1] [2] [3] is an autonomous organisation [4] [5] or governmental agency under the MoEFCC, Government of India. Headquartered in Dehradun , its functions are to conduct forestry research; transfer the technologies developed to the states of India and other user agencies; and to ...
Almost 20 per cent of global carbon emissions are caused by deforestation, [3] and so curbing forest loss is a way to reduce global warming. Also the promotion of biofuels by governments concerned about global warming is driving forest clearance in some areas. To respond to these and other challenges, CIFOR devised a new strategy for a new era. [4]