Forest management
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| May 22 2024 | Music composer Ilaiyaraaja issued a formal legal notice to the producers of Manjummel Boys (Soubin Shahir, Babu Shahir, and Shawn Antony of Parava Films) for unauthorized use of his song 'Kanmani Anbodu Kadhalan' from the film Gunaa, reserving the right to take legal action. |
| May 17 2024 | Kerala High Court stayed the criminal proceedings against the film's producers Soubin Shahir, Babu Shahir, and Shawn Antony for one month, in response to a petition seeking to quash the criminal case filed by Marad police regarding alleged cheating and forgery. |
| May 5 2024 | The film began streaming on Disney+ Hotstar in multiple languages, including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi. |
| April 6 2024 | The Telugu-language dubbed version of Manjummel Boys was released in theatres. |
| March 2024 | Manjummel Boys crosses ₹200 crore (US$25 million) at the worldwide box office, becoming the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time. |
| February 2024 | Film released in theaters, becoming a significant box office success across Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and other territories. |
| February 22 2024 | Manjummel Boys was released worldwide in theaters, receiving critical acclaim and breaking multiple box office records for Malayalam cinema. |
| July 2023 | Film production wrapped up by mid-July 2023, after shooting across Kodaikanal, Kochi, and Perumbavoor, with some scenes filmed at Guna Cave. |
| July 2023 | Film's principal photography wrapped up by mid-July 2023. |
| July 17 2023 | Principal photography for Manjummel Boys concluded after 101 working days of filming across multiple schedules, with additional scenes shot in Kochi and Perumbavoor. |
| May 2023 | The European Council adopted the anti-deforestation bill with some changes, setting the stage for its implementation. |
| January 2023 | Manjummel Boys film was officially announced, marking the beginning of the project's development. |
| January 2023 | Principal photography for the film commenced in January 2023. |
| January 26 2023 | Principal photography began in Kodaikanal for the Manjummel Boys film, with Soubin Shahir and Sreenath Bhasi cast in lead roles. |
| 2022 | The European Parliament approved a bill aimed at stopping imports linked to deforestation, targeting products from regions like Brazil that have been converting forest land for agricultural production. |
| 2022 | Beginning of a new cadre allocation period where Forest Service officers are allotted to State cadres at the start of their service, maintaining an 'insider-outsider ratio' of 1:2. |
| 2021 | The LEAF coalition was created, with the aim of providing 1 billion dollars to countries committed to protecting their tropical and subtropical forests. |
| 2021 | Global roundwood production increased to 4 billion m³. Wood fuel became the main product, accounting for 49 percent of total production (2 billion m³). |
| 2021 | PEFC issued a position statement defending their use of private standards in response to the Destruction: Certified report from Greenpeace. |
| August 2021 | UNESCO removed the Salonga National Park from its list of threatened sites, marking a significant conservation achievement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo by forbidding oil drilling and reducing poaching in Africa's largest protected rainforest. |
| 2020 |
Agroforestry
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released 'The State of the World's Forests' report, emphasizing the urgent need to scale up agroforestry and sustainable production practices to address agricultural and environmental challenges.
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| 2020 | Indonesia achieved its lowest deforestation rate since 1990, with a 75% reduction compared to 2019, due to government policies stopping new forest-cutting licenses and palm oil plantation permits, coupled with favorable wet weather conditions that reduced wildfires. |
| 2020 | The Save the Redwoods League successfully completed a crowdfunding campaign to purchase the 583-acre Alder Creek property, which includes 483 large Sequoia trees and the 5th largest tree in the world, with plans to conduct forest thinning operations. |
| 2020 | Global forest area under management plans reached 2.05 billion hectares, having increased by 233 million hectares since 2000, indicating a significant expansion of systematic forest management worldwide. |
| 2019 |
Agroforestry
The Global EverGreening Alliance launched a climate change mitigation project in agriculture, aiming to restore land and sequester carbon from the atmosphere, with a target of capturing 20 billion tons of carbon annually by 2050.
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| 2019 | Russian government decided to take measures for more effective forest management after severe wildfires and public pressure, which was considered a significant victory for the Environmental movement. |
| August 2019 | An Indonesian court intervened to stop the construction of a dam that could potentially cause significant damage to local forests and villagers. |
| August 2019 | Ministry of Environment released the Draft National Resource Efficiency Policy, providing guidelines for environmentally sustainable economic growth, focusing on resource reduction, circular approach, waste minimization, and creating employment opportunities in environmental protection. |
| 2018 | ISO published ISO 38200 for chain of custody of wood and wood-based products, after rejecting a proposal for a forestry management system requirements standard. |
| December 2018 |
Agroforestry
By the end of 2018, over 60 farms in Ecuador had implemented Inga plots through Rainforest Saver's project
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| August 2017 | Union Government announced a new cadre allocation policy for the All India Services, introducing a more flexible system where candidates can rank zones and cadre preferences. |
| 2016 |
Agroforestry
Rainforest Saver launched a project in Ecuador's Amazon region, in the original area of Inga edulis origin
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| 2012 |
Agroforestry
World Vision Australia was awarded the Arbor Day Award for Education Innovation.
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| 2012 | The Montréal Process, Forest Europe, the International Tropical Timber Organization, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations endorsed a joint statement of collaboration to improve global forest-related data collection and reporting, acknowledging the seven thematic areas of sustainable forest management. |
| April 2012 |
Agroforestry
World Vision Australia, in partnership with the World Agroforestry Center and World Vision East Africa, held an international 'Beating Famine' conference in Nairobi, bringing together over 200 participants including world leaders, agricultural ministers, ambassadors, and international organization representatives to discuss improving food security through FMNR and Evergreen Agriculture.
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| 2011 |
Agroforestry
FMNR won the World Vision International Global Resilience Award for the most innovative initiative in resilient development practice, natural environment, and climate issues.
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| 2011 |
Agroforestry
The 2011–2012 East African food crisis highlighted the critical need for addressing root causes of hunger through sustainable land management techniques like FMNR.
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| 2010 |
Agroforestry
Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) won the Interaction 4 Best Practice and Innovation Initiative award, recognizing its high technical standards and effectiveness in addressing food security and livelihood needs of small producers in natural resource management and agroforestry.
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| November 2010 | REDD mechanism was formally adopted at the Climate Change Conference in Cancun by UNFCCC COP 16, encouraging developing countries to implement activities to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation. |
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