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Saturday, April 30, 2011

IN NEWS (April 30, 2011)


India's Rural Development Linked to Bamboo Trade
Anjana Pasricha | New Delhi  April 29, 2011

Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Releases Orissa Shoreline Change Atlas
Report by Suchismita Sahoo; Kendrapara

SC cracks down on illegal mining
BE Reporters / Bangalore/new Delhi April 30, 2011, 0:18 IST

2.79 crore saplings planted in Bundelkhand, Vindhyachal
TNN | Apr 30, 2011, 12.22am IST

kanha: tiger census
Hear The Dying Roar?
MP officials seem deaf to falling tiger figures

Development of a Forest Fire Forecasting System for Western Ghats,
 India using Web-Based Geographical Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing
Project Leader: Dr. Babu Ambat
Recipient Insitution: Centre for Environment and Development


Stockholm Convention approves recommendation for ban on endosulfan
Roy Mathew
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1968299.ece

Efforts on to save jumbo
Constant watch to save injured elephant from carnivores
A STAFF REPORTER

Many babus still to submit property returns
TNN | Apr 30, 2011, 01.07am IST

Thursday, April 28, 2011

IN NEWS (April 28, 2011)

Two-day workshop to increase forest cover in India begins
Apr 28,  12:57 PM

Maharashtra tribals get right to harvest bamboo
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, April 28, 2011

Protecting India’s Protected Areas
Vol XLVI No.17 April 23, 2011

Gharial nests getting damaged in Etawah
Faiz Rahman Siddiqui, TNN | Apr 27, 2011, 08.10pm IST

Govt working for consensus on coal reforms
PTI

Indian Government Says Nuclear Power Plant at Jaitapur will be Safe
2011-04-27 12:17

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

IN NEWS (April 27, 2011)

Rise in wildlife tourism in India comes with challenges
Jeremy Hance  mongabay.com  April 27, 2011

10 natural wonders to see before they disappear
From the Great Barrier Reef to the forests of Madagascar

Development not at the cost of environment: new CII chief
Submitted by admin4 on 26 April 2011

Black necked crane of Ladakh to be in “Species Recovery Programme”
by Vijay Kumar Malla    April 26, 2011

India: Banana variety's origin traced to Western Ghats

Thrust areas of research in forestry
There are plenty of opportunities for research by those who have acquired postgraduate degrees in subjects other than forestry.

Wild leopard injures eight people in India
 
Big proposals, but Arcelor & Posco spends in Orissa negligible
PTI | 03:04 PM,Apr 27,2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

IN NEWS (April 26, 2011)

Maharashtra forest officials 'defy' Ramesh on bamboo
Nitin Sethi, TNN | Apr 26, 2011, 01.35am IST

Korea’s POSCO Gets Green Light to Operate in Orissa, India
Anshu Shrivastava  Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Maharashtra CM seeks clarity on Jaitapur project
Rahul Wadke

Elephants: the gardeners of Asia's and Africa's forests
Jeremy Hance  mongabay.com   April 25, 2011

India's count of wild tigers shows increase in numbers
Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Fire breaks out in forest area near LoC
Published: Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011, 16:34 IST
Place: Srinagar | Agency: PTI

Pemberton's forest pathway
The West Australian April 26, 2011
 
Winston woman drops corporate job for yoga retreat
HEATHER MORSE
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20110425/NEWS/110429863/1063/NEWS&ParentProfile=1055
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Monday, April 25, 2011

Sunday, April 24, 2011

IN NEWS (April 24, 2011)


Mendha Lekha to be first village to harvest bamboo
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, April 23, 2011

The Great Forest Heist
The story of the disappearance of vast forests in central India comprises greed, destruction of tribal cultures, and the same old story of corrupt forest mafia
Aritra Bhattacharya Meghnagar, Jhabua (MP)

Finally Budha Nullah to be clean with launch of bio-remediation project
Punjab Newsline Network
Saturday, 23 April 2011

Forest Products in India

Near ready power projects may get full coal supplies for 1 year

What is a solar forest?
Apr 24, 2011, 07.32am IST

Saturday, April 23, 2011

IN NEWS (April 23, 2011)


Boost for bamboo, bust for tiger
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Apr 23, 2011, 05.31am IST

Power target of 1 lakh mw ‘impossible’, Jairam tells PM-chaired Plan panel

Meghalaya rues loss of forest on Earth Day
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Arundhati Roy's family loses appeal to save wildlife holiday home
The family of Arundhati Roy, the Booker prize-winning author and tribal rights campaigner, has been accused of hypocrisy over appeals to save their idyllic holiday home which lies in protected jungle reserved for tribal communities.

New York Earth Day celebrates with "virtual" forests

Timber Smuggling Ring Busted in Sagaing
By ZARNI MANN Friday, April 22, 2011

Forest fights, Indian style
Category »  Editorial Posted On Friday, April 22, 2011

6 arrested for hunting in Mandvi forest
TNN, Apr 18, 2011, 10.44pm IST

CPM plans agitation against land acquisition act
IANS  Posted on Apr 22, 2011 at 05:14pm IST

Coal India sees output upside capped
Published: Saturday, Apr 23, 2011, 1:48 IST
By Sumit Moitra | Place: Kolkata | Agency: DNA

I'm a truth seeker, not a power seeker, Arya Sabha founder says
Not involved in politics now, the founder of Arya Sabha says he could stand for elections

Welcome to the Forest of India
Indian Restaurant & Takeaway in Abbots Langley, Watford

Friday, April 22, 2011

IN NEWS (April 22, 2011)


Green Tribunal: SC lifts stay, body to function from May
Agencies
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 at 1450 hrs IST

Rare Clouded Leopard Cubs Released In India

Govt promises action against officers who connived with companies State assures SC mining suspended in Bellary
New Delhi, April 21, DHNS:

Iron ore smugglers active in Bellary despite mining ban
Published: Friday, Apr 22, 2011, 10:01 IST
By HM Chaithanya Swamy | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

Supreme Court gives govt, Sterlite a month on Niyamgiri
Published: Friday, Apr 22, 2011, 0:17 IST
Place: New Delhi | Agency: DNA

TERI in consonance with Govt. of Delhi-NCT and NDPL celebrates Earth Day 2011: 'Forests for our future'
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Zoo admits to releasing 3 more crocs into dams
Nikhil Deshmukh, TNN | Apr 22, 2011, 12.09am IST


Ministry of Environment and Forest (Govt. of India) - Naresh Kadyan
Open letter to the President of India for quick disposal of all animal related pending matters


IFS - Students In India

Thursday, April 21, 2011

IN NEWS (April 21, 2011)

India Releases Guidelines for Dealing Man-Leopard Conflict

Bamboo flowers across Karnataka after 40 years

Officials from Centre, JICA assess GAP projects
TNN | Apr 20, 2011, 11.15pm IST

Shy snow leopard on camera
TAPAS CHAKRABORTY

NDFB top gun in NIA custody
NISHIT DHOLABHAI

Sustaining the Human Family
by David Slive

Satellite launch a success for India
April 20 2011 at 09:28pm
 
Arguments for constrained capitalism in Asia
Writer and thinktank founder Chandran Nair says billions of Chinese and Indians may aspire to an American standard of living, but it will be a catastrophe if these aspirations are met………………

FOREST RIGHTS IN INDIA

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

IN NEWS (April 20, 2011)

Dehradun, April 17
The much-awaited National Forestry Conference 2011 will not take place in Dehradun, the forestry capital of India. The venue of conference has been shifted to New Delhi and it will now be held from November 22 to November 25…………….

Shyam Saran: The Bangkok sequel to Cancun
Are multilateral climate change negotiations losing sight of what lies at stake?Shyam Saran /  April 20, 2011, 0:35 IST

Posco not just Orissa
South Korean steel maker Posco expanding its reach in India

Seek fresh NOC, HC tells power company
Garhwal Post (India)
April 20, 2011

Snow leopard caught on camera in Uttarakhand
April 20, 2011   7:57:30 PM
PNS | DEHRADUN

Concrete jungle Chennai drives away vultures
D Madhavan, TNN | Apr 20, 2011, 03.23am IST

BNP night safari issue goes to SC
Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, DHNS:

Forest Officials Rescue Three Leopard Cubs in Western India

India launches three satellites into space
Apr 20, 2011, 11:14 GMT

Nepal's fragmented politics and India
Prashant Jha

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

IN NEWS (April 19, 2011)

Experts welcome the move on tribals share in bamboo trade
PTI

April 19, 2011, 8:30 AM IST
India Journal: We Are to Blame for Corruption

Leopards attacking humans to be killed, says govt
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

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18 Apr, 2011, 08.42PM IST, Nageshwar Patnaik,ET Bureau
Orissa Govt accuses anti-Posco protestors of forgery of Palli Sabha resolutions

Ramesh's letter on POSCO sent to forest dept: Naveen

Q&A: Sriprakash Jaiswal, Union coal minister'Environment minister is doing his job, we are doing ours'
Sudheer Pal Singh & Jyoti Mukul / New Delhi April 19, 2011, 0:36 IST

Orissa delays prosecution of officers: Activists

State to press Centre for Endosulfan ban
Special Correspondent

Monday, April 18, 2011

IN NEWS (April 18, 2011)

CSE welcomes freeing up bamboo from Forest Dept
Submitted by Deepti Rajan on Mon, 04/18/2011 - 14:34

Jairam raps Orissa govt for ignoring palli sabha resolutions
BS Reporter / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar April 15, 2011, 0:52 IST

“The wealth of our nation”  The government finally gets serious about allocation of natural resources
Vinayak Chatterjee / New Delhi April 18, 2011, 0:46 IST

Jairam Ramesh's letter on POSCO sent to forest department: Naveen Patnaik
Published: Friday, Apr 15, 2011, 21:48 IST
Place: Bhubaneswar | Agency: PTI

Expert committee visits controversial Nirma cement plant site
Bhavnagar, 18 April, 2011

Leaders of tropical forest nations to meet
TNN & Agencies, Apr 13, 2011, 11.07pm IST

Rajasthan plans tiger corridor, connecting reserves


Jamnagar institute may be India’s first for study of deep-sea life

Braving adversity to serve brings reward
Published Date: April 18, 2011

The vanishing scavengers
TNN | Apr 18, 2011, 02.12am IST

Tiger town turns to poaching tourists
By Raja Murthy

India should favour global ban on endosulfan: Minister

Giant Python Become Tourist Attraction In India
9:14 PM, Apr 17, 2011

Sunday, April 17, 2011

IN NEWS (April 17, 2011)


Who speaks for the Adivasi's right to the forests?
From ANI

Forest produce may get MSP cover
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi , April 16, 2011

Jairam ends N-plant doubt
OUR CORRESPONDENT


Depleting forest cover major issue in Himachal assembly
IANS, Apr 13, 2011, 05.22pm IST

Tussle over Karanpura power project continues
Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi April 17, 2011, 0:53 IST

Sanjay Gandhi National Park to get camera traps
By: Ranjeet Jadhav

Date:  2011-04-17

Place: Mumba


Search on for injured jumbo
PULLOCK DUTTA

Goa may add to India's tiger numbers
IANS | Apr 17, 2011, 10.18am IST

Builder lobby hails lifting of sand mining ban in Maharashtra
Press Trust of India / Mumbai April 17, 2011, 12:13 IST

'Rs 10L reward for anyone who proves Sayals' guilt'
TNN | Apr 17, 2011, 03.45am IST

Chemonics - India
Chemonics seeks a forestry specialist for an anticipated USAID-funded project focused on sustainable forests and climate change mitigation in India. We are...

Saturday, April 16, 2011

IN NEWS (April 16, 2011)

Bamboo needs to be freed fully from control
TNN | Apr 16, 2011, 12.56am IST

'Illegal mining robbed Karnataka of 15,000cr'
Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN | Apr 16, 2011, 01.47am IST

Orissa to report to SC on violations of FRA & Environment Act
BS Reporter / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar April 16, 2011, 0:29 IST

CEC Report indicates illegal mining in Khasi hills
15.04.2011 | 21:02  New Delhi  Soibam Rocky Singh

Karnataka seeks to increase green cover
BS Reporter / Chennai/ Dharwad April 16, 2011, 0:37 IST

Jaitapur nuclear project to continue: Ramesh
BS Reporter / Mumbai April 16, 2011, 0:09 IST

India now has 1,706 tigers
Author(s): Moyna
Issue: Apr 30, 2011

Forest officials rescue three leopard cubs in western India
 
POSCO's India project faces further possible delay
Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:38pm GMT

Mundra SEZ: Adani asks for additional forest land

16 Apr, 2011, 01.18AM IST, Sarita C Singh,ET Bureau
Near-ready power projects may get full coal supplies for 1 year

Forestry specialist India - April 14, 2011

Friday, April 15, 2011

IN NEWS (April 15, 2011)

India
SC-appointed committee finds illegal mining in Karnataka
PTI

State going bald at cost of Rs 250 cr, reveals study
Jayashree Nandi, TNN | Apr 15, 2011, 06.14am IST

Orissa says no tribal or forest dwellers in POSCO's proposed plant site
Published: Wednesday, Apr 13, 2011, 17:53 IST
Place: Bhubaneswar | Agency: PTI

New India setback for S. Korea's POSCO plant
(AFP) – 7 hours ago

APRIL 15, 2011, 2:28 A.M. ET
India Puts on Hold Forest Clearance to Posco

Ramesh puts on hold forest clearance to Posco
PTI | Apr 14, 2011, 08.47pm IST

ISRO for Goa's Help to Map its Sand Dunes
 
Tiger tales at Corbett Dianne Sharma-Winter

People who bought Golden Forest plots in for litigation
R Sedhuraman
Legal Correspondent

Everybody loves to fight poverty
An insider view on Mahatma Gandhi NREGS
Puja Mehra         Edition: May 1, 2011