IN NEWS (February 4, 2011)

Jairam’s panel seeks forest reforms, his babus for status quo

Nitin Sethi, TNN, Feb 4, 2011, 12.00am IST
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Jairams-panel-seeks-forest-reforms-his-babus-for-status-quo/articleshow/7421259.cms

Environmentalists back Ramesh's mining policy

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, February 04, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Environmentalists-back-Ramesh-s-mining-policy/Article1-658629.aspx

Tortoise sanctuary may be cleared of sand dunes

Rajeev Dikshit, TNN, Feb 3, 2011, 10.15pm IST
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Tortoise-sanctuary-may-be-cleared-of-sand-dunes/articleshow/7420436.cms

Support 'No Go' forest zones for coal mining: Activists to PM

Supriya Sharma, TNN, Feb 4, 2011, 01.04pm IST
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Support-No-Go-forest-zones-for-coal-mining-Activists-to-PM/articleshow/7424365.cms

PM approves formation of 12-member GoM on coal

Friday, February 4, 2011, 17:00 [IST]

http://news.oneindia.in/2011/02/04/pmapproves-formation-of-12-member-gom-oncoal-aid0126.html

Orissa to comply centre on POSCO project in a week: Chief secretary

Published: Friday, Feb 4, 2011, 20:50 IST
Place: Bhubaneswar | Agency: PTI

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_orissa-to-comply-centre-on-posco-project-in-a-week-chief-secretary_1503193

APPEAL FROM POSCO PRATIRODH SANGRAM SAMITI (PPSS), JAGATSINGHPUR, ODISHA, INDIA

http://stoposco.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/appeal-from-posco-pratirodh-sangram-samiti-ppss-jagatsinghpur-odisha-india/

MoEF committee finds IFS official harassed, CBI probe recommended

PTI, Feb 4, 2011, 08.22pm IST
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/MoEF-committee-finds-IFS-official-harassed-CBI-probe-recommended/articleshow/7426763.cms

Breaking the spell

Rrishi Raote / New Delhi February 05, 2011, 0:32 IST

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/breakingspell/424083/

Friday 4 February 2011

The Potential of the Forest Rights Act

http://sanhati.com/excerpted/3197/

By Sirisha Naidu, Sanhati

http://development-dialogues.blogspot.com/2011/02/potential-of-forest-rights-act.html

India adding 300,000 hectares of forest every year: FAO report 

03 February 2011

http://www.domain-b.com/environment/20110203_myanmar.html

Ethiopian President Concerned by Lease of Forest to Indian Firm

February 04, 2011, 5:41 AM EST

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-02-04/ethiopian-president-concerned-by-lease-of-forest-to-indian-firm.html