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World's most isolated tribe in Andamans threatened by poachers

2010-09-20 15:40:00

Poachers targeting rich fishing grounds in India's Andaman Islands are endangering the world's most isolated tribe, a Survival International report has claimed.More than a hundred iIllegal fishermen from Burma have been arrested in recent weeks. Fourteen were fishing off North Sentinel Island, home to the Sentinelese tribe, who attack anyone approaching their island. Members of the tribe killed two fishermen in 2006.

Burmese and local Indian poachers also threaten the survival of the Jarawa tribe, who have only had contact with outsiders since 1998. An Indian poacher and a Jarawa man died in a conflict in the Jarawa's reserve in 2008.The Indian Coast Guard has announced a series of arrests of more than a hundred Burmese poachers since late August………

http://sify.com/news/world-s-most-isolated-tribe-in-andamans-threatened-by-poachers-news-international-kjupEfbiigi.html

Cancun climate change talks headed nowhere: Ramesh

PTI

India said that the international community should not expect much from the upcoming Climate Change summit in Cancun and underlined that the West should do more to achieve sustainable development.“I think frankly Cancun (Mexico) is headed nowhere because the financial commitments made by the developed countries at Copenhagen have not been fulfilled and are unlikely to be fulfilled in any substantial measure,” Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh told PTI.The Climate Change conference in Copenhagen last year yielded the contentious and non-binding Copenhagen Accord.

The Accord was produced by 29 countries, but was principally drafted by the U.S., China, India, Brazil and South Africa at the eleventh hour of the Conference……

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article707827.ece

Congo Among Nations Advancing On Forest Carbon

Date: 20-Sep-10 Country: NORWAY
Author: Alister Doyle

Nations including Democratic Republic of Congo are making surprise progress toward taking part in a $200 million project for slowing deforestation from late 2010, World Bank experts said.They also said Latin America, with forested nations around the Amazon, had strong incentives to take part since most of the continent's greenhouse gas emissions came from deforestation and shifts in land use, rather than use of fossil fuels."We intend to start operations later this year," Benoit Bosquet, lead carbon finance specialist at the World Bank, told Reuters of the Carbon Fund, part of a facility that involves 37 forested developing nations and 14 donors.The fund, a public-private project for which the World Bank is trustee, so far has pledges totaling $50 million and aims for a total $200 million………………………………….

http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59577

India to Launch $11 Billion Fund to Boost Power Generation

by Mridul Chadha on September 19, 2010

The Indian government is planning to launch a $11 billion fund to help finance the massive power generation planned during 2012-2017.

India plans to expand its power generation capacity by 100,00 MW during 2012-2017. The power ministry estimates that such a massive capacity addition would require close to $110 billion. The government had launched a similar $1.5 billion fund to add 78,500 MW during 2007-12. Concentrated and consistent investment in the power sector is extremely crucial for India's sustained economic growth.One of the main goals of the Indian government is to connect the thousands of powerless villages with the national grid. Several millions people ………………

http://ecopolitology.org/2010/09/19/india-to-launch-11-billion-fund-to-boost-power-generation/

Prashant Bhushan fires second salvo at SC
September 20, 2010 06:06 PM Moneylife Digital Team

Senior Supreme Court lawyer provides details of cases and instances of “corruption” in the higher judiciary.

After former law minister Shanti Bhushan has sought to implead himself in the contempt petition filed against his son, Prashant Bhushan for his comments in a magazine interview, the latter has filed a second affidavit in the contempt petition before the Supreme Court of India. This time, he says, "since the order of this court dated 14th July 2010 creates an impression that the court perhaps would only be satisfied if I were to produce evidence in support of the perception that I have voiced, I am constrained to place on record some of the evidence that was in my possession regarding the corruption of several of the former Chief Justices which I have mentioned."
It may be recalled that the contempt petition was filed by Harish Salve, acting as amicus curiae to the Supreme Court, in connection with Prashant Bhushan's claim that "out of the last 16 to 17 Chief Justices, half had been corrupt." Since then, Mr Shanti Bhushan has said that eight of the 16 Supreme Court judges were definitely corrupt and six were definitely honest, while there can be no clear opinion about the remaining two……………….

http://www.moneylife.in/article/78/9281.html

Learn the art of forest management

State to be the first in eastern India to have post-graduate courses in forestry

BIBHUTI BARIK

Bhubaneswar, Sept. 19: The College of Forestry under Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) has recently introduced post-graduate level programmes in forestry and environment.Apart from the usual four-year graduate programme in forestry, the college has announced PG programmes in agro-forestry, forest products, environment management, plant genetic improvement and forest business management for the current academic year 2010-11.

Each course has six seats with four reserved for candidates from Orissa……………

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100920/jsp/orissa/story_12956503.jsp