Niyamgiri was illegal, says Rahul Gandhi
BS Reporters /
Kolkata September 17, 2010, 0:21 IST
All India Congress Committee
(AICC) general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday indicated that Vedanta
Aluminium’s proposed mining operation in neighboring Orissa was illegal.
“Niyamgiri was illegal. The
company acquired land illegally; it did not get signatures from the village
panchayats before starting operations,” said Gandhi, who incidentally had
visited Lanjigarh, a town adjoining the Niyamgiri hill, days after the ministry
of environment and forests (MoEF) had shot down Vedanta’s mining proposal on
August 24.he MoEF had denied permission to Vedanta for undertaking mining in
the area on the basis that the company was in “serious violations” of the
Forest Rights Act (FRA), the Environment Protection Act (EPA) and the Forest
Conservation Act (FCA).“The issue is not about the fight of tribals with a big
corporate, but about respect for law,” the Youth Congress president added…..
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The economics of saving tigers
In a September paper,
researchers have shown that India
ranks ahead of the rest of Asia in tiger
conservation. But that’s where the good news ends
The tiger is a beleaguered
animal. Its majesty was taken away long ago. Today its habitat has shrunk
dramatically from what it was in 1900. Illegal hunting has done the rest. The
search for black and orange stripes is often futile even in protected forests.
There may, however, be good
news. In a paper published in the September issue of the online journal PLoS
Biology, a group of 21 researchers have plodded through data across Asia to estimate the costs of saving the tiger. Their
appraisal is a bit too optimistic. But first the good news, if it can be called
that…………………
The Saturday Interview — Tiger Talk
GOWRI RAMNARAYAN
A vehement Valmik Thapar says
there is no hope for our animals unless the forest service is completely
revamped and more young people understand Nature
Belonging to a family of
politically active, sophisticated intellectuals, adolescent Valmik Thapar
escaped the din of the city, and went to Ranthambhore to make a documentary on
the deep jungle. The retreat turned into a lifetime mission when he saw his
first tiger standing on a ruined monument.Today, he is India's best known
‘Tiger man', having spoken, written and screamed vociferously about India's
national animal threatened with extinction.
Thapar speaks less loudly
now, and with smouldering fire. His cynicism, a by-product of having battled
against obdurate Governments and blind policies through the decades, has not
snuffed out his passion for the mesmerising creature that walks through rapidly
shrinking haunts.
Excerpts from
an interview with the natural historian, wildlife documentary filmmaker,
conservationist and author……………..
Firms deny CSE allegations on antibiotics in honey
Vibha Sharma
Tribune News Service
Vibha Sharma
Tribune News Service
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has made some serious allegations against leading honey manufacturers in the country.
The NGO, which in the past
took up powerful cola companies with its analysis of pesticide residue in soft
drinks, has claimed to have found antibiotic contamination in indigenous as
well as imported “natural and pure” honey. The CSE assertion that honey unfit
to be sold in countries of origin is being sold in India
Restoring Forests: The Green Manifesto
Civilisations have always
come up around water bodies, and even the greatest rulers, who made the mistake
of building castles in arid areas, have had to bite the dust. For all their
brilliant thinking, both the maverick king Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Mughal
Emperor Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar had to abandon their beautiful palaces and
return to Delhi from Daulatabad and Fatehpur Sikhri, respectively, because both
the cities lacked water………………………….
SC to hear Orissa's petition on Polavaram project in
October 4
Friday, September 17, 2010
Report by Orissa Diary
correspondent; Bhubaneswar
A bench comprising of
Justices Mukundakam Sharma and A R Dave on Friday fixed October 4 for
hearing on the petition filed by the Orissa Government.
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Fri, Sep 17 02:08 PM
Panaji, Sep 17 (IANS) Dealing
with tiger poaching and illegal mining isn't really a walk in the park. Perhaps
that is why forest guards in Goa's seven wildlife sanctuaries will now whiz
through the woods on motorcycles to detect and check forest crime.State Forest
Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues, who handed over 30 motorcycles to forest guards
in Panaji, told reporters Friday that the 100 cc bikes would ensure mobility
and quick reaction as far as forest-related crimes like poaching are
concerned……………
J&K Gujjars seek Rights on Forest Lands in state
by Vijay Kumar September
12, 2010
Jammu/Srinagar, September 12
(Scoop News) -Demanding similar rights on Forest lands constitutionally
were made available to other Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities in India the
Gujjars of the Jammu and Kashmir today sought extension of same
“Forest Rights Act 2006” to state immediately.Raising the issue in a meeting of
Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation-a premier organization of Gujjars, the
members of tribal community said that in J&K more than 95% of
“nomadic Gujjars” Forest are landless, shelter less and deserves dwelling
rights on …….
Institutional change in India 
Author Vira,
Bhaskar
Subjects Forest
policy - India - History - 20th century.; Forests
and forestry - Social aspects - India - History - 20th century.; Forest
management - India - History - 20th century.
Work ID 22906555
POLICY PERSPECTIVE: Cryptic destruction of India
Jean-Philippe
Puyravaud1, Priya Davidar1,William F. Laurance2
Article first published
online: 14 SEP 2010
DOI:
10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00141.x
©2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc
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