Lost in the Jungle
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Samata
As far as the implementation of Forest Rights Act is concerned the state misses the opportunity to converge several factors with regard to adivasi people and the forests and proceeds as if it were yet another welfare scheme.
In several instances the Forest Rights Act is surrounded by ambiguity. For example, in Hukumpeta and Paderu mandals of Vishkapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh the people are still not very clear about the Act. In fact, in many villages the Forest Rights Committee has put forth a demand for a resurvey and in a few places resurveys are taking place.
A Brief Note on Masting and its implication with reference to some Strobilanthes spp.
Madhu Ramnath
For reasons that are as yet quite unclear, some plants of the same specie flower simultaneously and gregariously once in several years, a characteristic known as masting. Unlike plants that flower and fruit annually or biennially, masting is a pattern of reproduction in which an entire population of a species reproduce together. This entails a synchronicity in flowering and fruiting of a species – sometimes even in different continents – setting off a chain of events that may cause changes in the various animal populations in a forest.
Reaching beyond
The work of NTFP-EP India is not limited within the nation. The partners in the network reach out wherever necessary to meet... Read More