Chennai, March 5 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has announced a major initiative to promote the cultivation of high-value timber trees on agricultural lands to help farmers diversify their income while expanding the state’s green cover.The move also seeks to simplify existing regulations governing the harvesting and transport of trees and encourage farmers to integrate tree cultivation with conventional farming practices.Officials said the initiative is likely to create new income opportunit…
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New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has disbursed Rs 45.05 lakh as benefit-sharing amount with more than 90 Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) across 10 States and two Union Territories, an official said on Monday.The benefit-sharing amount was generated from the commercial use of various biological resources, including certain insects, microorganisms found in soil and water and cultivated Red Sanders in these states.The disbursal to benefit claimers through …
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has continued its series of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) disbursements with the release of Rs 45 lakh (around $50,000) to Red Sanders cultivators in Andhra Pradesh through the State Biodiversity Board, an official said on Friday.With this disbursement, India’s cumulative ABS releases have now exceeded Rs 143.5 crore (approximately $16 million), the official from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said.The i…