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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

IN NEWS (May 31, 2011)

31 May, 2011, 02.27AM IST, Jayadevan PK & Sangeetha Kandavel,ET Bureau
Latest technologies to support wildlife conservation

IEEE Experts: Global Sustainability Requires Technology Advances for Tomorrow, Behavior Changes Today

Shri Jairam Ramesh to Release UNEP Report on “Green Economy and the Forest” on World Environment Day

Forest preservation remains on paper
D Madhavan, TNN | May 31, 2011, 03.32am IST

120 power transmission projects in India face roadblocks – CEA

1 May, 2011, 02.23PM IST,PTI
Uma Bharti rejects Centre's request of breaking fast

31 May 2011 Last updated at 10:27 GMT
India male tiger plays doting dad to orphaned cubs
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi

More leopards, sloth bears in Gujarat
Published: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 11:12 IST
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Ahmedabad | Agency: DNA

Jairam wants common master plan for zoo, Purana Qila
TNN | May 31, 2011

Viral infection blamed for giraffe’s death last week
Press Trust of India, PTI
New Delhi, May 31, 2011

City to see green cover drive
TNN | May 31, 2011

Standing up to the state
Land acquisition to promote private enterprise is now an all-India phenomenon and resistance to it is gathering momentum

Holy flame turns out to be hoax in southern India temple
(philstar.com) Updated May 31, 2011

Monday, May 30, 2011

IN NEWS (May 30, 2011)

Cheetah reintroduction programme genetically flawed
May 30, 2011   7:11:10 PM
Moushumi Basu | New Delhi

Sustainable Forestry in India: A Means of Eradicating Poverty

Experts warn of setbacks to agro-forestry sector
Sunny Sebastian

Odisha Environment Minister Debi Prasad Mishra meets Jairam Ramesh; Centre assures to release Rs. 200 crore to state

PM to referee coal mining row on June 7
Subhash Narayan, Kirtika Suneja
Posted: Monday, May 30, 2011

SAIL game plan to become a global player

PWD says this is a bund. You decide
State body flouts environment norms to construct what looks like a coastal road in Worli, chooses to call it a bund

Uttarakhand government promoting eco tourism
From ANI

Uttarakhand government begins promoting eco-tourism
By TBM Staff | Mumbai

Learning amid nature
E. M. MANOJ

Travellers, five more weekend getaways coming your way in Karnataka
Published: Monday, May 30, 2011, 8:41 IST
By Soumita Majumdar | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

Jairam Ramesh's Comment on IIM, IIT Faculty: Political Parties Play Safe
Monday, May 30, 2011

Breach in collective responsibility hurts govt and Ministers must speak as one: Constitution
TNN | May 30, 2011

Research with low funds? ICT shows how
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT


CEE Goa
Requires
Project Officers & Project Associates (CEE Goa)

India 2010 - Ranthambhore, Sheoganj & Gir Forest National Parks
By David Prior Wellesbourne

Sunday, May 29, 2011

IN NEWS (May 29, 2011)

Innovation doesn’t grow on trees
Published: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 2:38 IST
By R Krishna | Place: Mumbai | Agency: Reuters

Licenced to keep India back

World Wildlife Fund bats for responsible wood trade
Rachna Singh, TNN | May 29, 2011

India's Crocodile Rehab Center Draws Hundreds of Tourists
2011-05-28

Protecting the forest owlet

Earthwatch Forest Research in India

Jairam announces shifting guidelines from tiger areas
Jal Khambatta

Environment and Forest Minister launched an Elephant Conservation Programme, Hathi Mere Sathi
World Environment Day 2011 - Forests: Nature at your Service

Pune to celebrate world environment day
Dipannita Das, TNN | May 28, 2011, 05.21pm IST

Centre may pull down Union Carbide factory in Bhopal

There’s a good reason why IIT is not MIT
Srivatsa Krishna | May 29, 2011, 05.29am IST

ICT ranked 4th in research standards
Press Trust of India / Mumbai May 29, 2011

Saturday, May 28, 2011

IN NEWS (May 28, 2011)

tigernet, a directory of tigers and other wildlife mortality.
The Official Database of the National Tiger Conservation Authority
(A Statutory Body under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India)

New guidelines to resettle tribals near tiger parks
TNN | May 28, 2011

Are plantations always a panacea?
Are we really planting the seeds of hope for a better future
ECOLOGY BY ANZAR A KHUROO

No benefit for India in Posco deal: Study

Green camp for students

'Global forest network should be conserved'

Ganesh Kumar unhappy with Gajah report

Now, Jairam Ramesh lauds IITs

Govt suspends Dhinkia sarpanch for convening 'illegal' sabhas
May 28, 2011

Orissa govt wants spl training for Similipal tiger guards
TNN | May 27, 2011

Jairam may give zoo to Delhi govt
Neha Lalchandani, TNN | May 28, 2011

Shared concerns for elephants bring together African and Asian countries at the E-8 Meet
 
Leopard enters Hema Malini's house
Simit Bhagat, TNN

Friday, May 27, 2011

IN NEWS (May 27, 2011)

21st century will be a biological age of constraints and opportunities
Rajiv Tikoo

Jairam Ramesh lauds application of Information Technology by Forest Department
Category »  Bhopal Posted On Thursday, May 26, 2011

NTCA office starts operation sans a head
TNN | May 27, 2011, 02.14am IST

Summon Jairam over missing file from environment ministry: Adarsh Society
Published: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 18:46 IST
Place: Mumbai | Agency: PTI

Don't demolish Bhopal's Carbide plant: Victims
May 27, 2011 11:42 IST

India: Sheltering forests for people

Chamling wants 100% Environment Conscious Citizen by 2020

Sarpanch suspended for misleading Centre

Contribute your mite to conserve elephants

Seeking alliance with people, Government launches Campaign for elephants

Forest Officials Rescue Two Abandoned Leopard Cubs in Western India
2011-05-26 11:05

Bird-hit incidents at Ahmedabad airport dip
Published: Friday, May 27, 2011, 15:36 IST
By Satish Jha | Place: Ahmedabad | Agency: DNA

After Jairam Ramesh snub, IITs get Microsoft thumbs up!
Published: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 21:06 IST
Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI

Ramesh’s IIT remarks not based on facts: Sibal

The 10,000 hour rule

The big question now is where to find food to feed the globe?

Brazil debates weakening forest protection law
May 24, 2011, 06.37pm IST


Thursday, May 26, 2011

IN NEWS (May 26, 2011)

Ramesh clears 51 proposals in 3 hours
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, May 25, 2011

Tiger census from November: Ramesh
 Story Dated: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 19:20 hrs IST 

Tribal scholars return to save forests
Published: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 9:57 IST
By M Raghuram | Place: Joida | Agency: DNA

WikiLeaks: India’s tribes ‘exploited and abused’  26 May

Odisha Environment Minister Debi Prasad Mishra meets Jairam Ramesh; Centre assures to release Rs. 200 crore to state
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Forest communities in Nepal grappling with climate change
Meena Menon

Plea for heritage status to fossil site

Sri Lanka attends Elephant Eight (E8) Ministerial Meet

Tracking tigers
Adventure in India doesn't have to mean roughing it the whole time

News, 5/20/2011
Indo-Finnish Forestry Event in Delhi on 16 May was a success

Toxic wastes in Bhopal can be burnt by DRDO: Jairam Ramesh
Submitted by admin3 on 26 May 2011

Bhopal waste to be dumped near Nagpur?
India Blooms News Service
New Delhi, May 25

Centre mulls demolishing Union Carbide factory
Press Trust Of India
Posted on May 25, 2011

Jairam Ramesh’s ‘cutting edge’ remarks are too cutting for people
May 24, 2011

Supermodel vs. Actor: The Fight to Save the World
World Environment Day Gets Social Media, TV Push
http://adage.com/article/goodworks/supermodel-actor-fight-save-world/227745/

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

IN NEWS (May 25, 2011)


BNHS prepares for World Environment Day

India: HFRI to study carbon absorption
May 24, 2011

After IIT & IIM, Jairam Ramesh goes jumbo to save elephants
Published: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 0:36 IST
By DNA Correspondent | Place: New Delhi | Agency: DNA

Jairam Ramesh launches haathi mere saathi campaign
PTI

'Elephant problem is attrition, not extinction'
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, May 24, 2011

Hunt begins for the big cat
First comprehensive tiger survey in Karbi Anglong district ROOPAK GOSWAMI

NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN HANGUL POPULATION: SURVEY
MUDDASIR ALI

Tadoba may be closed for tourists this monsoon
Mazhar Ali, TNN | May 25, 2011

GOVT MULLS ZOO IN SRINAGAR
MIAN ALTAF CHAIRS HIGH LEVEL MEET
GK NEWS NETWORK

INDIA: Husband and wife abused and assaulted by officers from the state forest department
May 25, 2011

Baby monkey causes havoc at international terminal of Ahmedabad airport
Published: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 17:36 IST
By Satish Jha | Place: Ahmedabad | Agency: DNA

Should the government revisit the energy mix policy?
Rakesh Khar | Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Jaiswal to move Cabinet to shift NTPC's plant
Sanjay Dutta, TNN | May 25, 2011, 06.43am IST

Bhopal victims condemns PRC recommendations
India Blooms News Service

Land banks buffer Indonesian palm oil from forest ban

Mandatory CSR in India: Not the Way Forward

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

IN NEWS (May 24, 2011)

INDIA HOSTS WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY - 2011
Forests: Nature at your service

Govt to set up National Elephant Conservation Authority: Ramesh

34,000 tortoises released into Ganga
May 24, 2011, 01.04pm IST

MoEF, RIL tie up to launch first research institute in PPP mode
fe Bureau

Centres suggestion to save environment

Indian environment minister pitches for overseas mineral buys

W Ghats on Unesco shortlist
Dipannita Das TNN

Go/No Go revisited, for forests

Kudremukh is now tiger reserve

Vidarbha to be tiger tourism hub
Published: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 0:59 IST
By Surendra Gangan | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

Green meet to save Saranda
Panel report to go to Centre OUR CORRESPONDENT

Lavasa showed higher FSI : Jairam Ramesh's MoEF Committee
Submitted by Deepti Rajan on Tue, 05/24/2011

Revamp of Zoological Survey of India being opposed from within: Jairam
Special Correspondent

Jairam Ramesh under fire for remarks on IIT and IIM faculty
NDTV Correspondent, Updated: May 24, 2011 17:05 IST

Monday, May 23, 2011

IN NEWS (May 23, 2011)

Grasslands key to biodiversity conservation
TNN | May 23, 2011, 06.48am IST

World Bank Supports Rural Livelihoods and Forest Conservation in India
Press Release No:2011/491/SAR

Environment & Forests Ministry to Organize Stakeholders’ Consultations and to Launch UN Decade on Biodiversity for Asia and Pacific

Sunita Narain:
Let's rethink growth with forest capitalCan you love tigers but hate forests?
This question troubled me as I visited central India last fortnight.
Sunita Narain / New Delhi May 23, 2011, 0:00 IST

Jairam's letter to Manmohan spurs Jaiswal into action
Sujay Mehdudia

Himachal signs agreement with WB on carbon credits

Zoo lessons for minister
A STAFF REPORTER

Haryana govt steps up efforts to promote eco-tourism
Published: Monday, May 23, 2011, 14:45 IST
Place: Chandigarh | Agency: PTI

Disappointed with Justice Shah’s remarks: Ramesh
PTI

Forest departments urged to keep pace with changes
Staff Reporter

CPIM holds protest at upcoming controversial forest colony project

ADB may aid State tourism projects
Staff Reporter

23 May, 2011, 03.38PM IST,PTI
Ramesh slams faculty of IITs, IIMs

Tara, the elephant who taught me how to live
Ben Bryant
23 May 2011

Safety must be hallmark of nuclear power plan
by Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury
Mail Today
May 23, 2011

Systems to minotor noise in the city

India: Thousands Court Arrest to Demand Democracy in the Forests
Saturday 21 May 2011

Project Tracking China and India's Rapid Expansion
A research project tracking China and India’s rapid urban expansion has received $1.3 million from NASA

Sunday, May 22, 2011

IN NEWS (May 22, 2011)

India the Last Savior of Endangered Species

Plan panel studying forest produce MSP
Nitin Sethi TNN

Scientist sacked for supporting tribal rights
Nitin Sethi, TNN | May 22, 2011, 03.29am IST

Save the Forest!

Environment and Forests Ministry to organize stakeholders’ consultations
From ANI

New wildlife policy won’t harm tourism
Staff Reporter

Assam tiger reaches Bhopal
A STAFF REPORTER

A whistle-stop tour of the Sunderbans
A whistle-stop tour of the Sunderbans reveals its captivating beauty and wildlife — besides the joy of feeling at one with nature
By Samihah Zaman, Staff Reporter

Doug Dugal column: Paper industry still has viable role in world

The Online Location for Jairam Ramesh

Saturday, May 21, 2011

IN NEWS (May 21, 2011)

Environment & Forests Ministry to Organize Stakeholders’ Consultations and to Launch UN Decade on Biodiversity for Asia and Pacific

Centre clears use of forest land for road
3084 trees to be felled
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
http://telegraphindia.com/1110521/jsp/northeast/story_14007853.jsp

State forest policy on June 5
Bangalore, May 20, DHNS
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/163012/state-forest-policy-june-5.html

Experts to decide fate of mines in Western Ghats
HERALD REPORTER
http://www.oheraldo.in/news/Local%20News/Experts-to-decide-fate-of-mines-in-Western-Ghats/48404.html

Posco land acquisition: HC notice to Centre, Orissa Govt
PTI
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article2035444.ece

Vizhinjam: Ramesh promises ToR clearance soon
http://expressbuzz.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/vizhinjam-ramesh-promises-tor-clearance-soon/276375.html

Locals stick to anti-N plant stand before ‘People’s Tribunal’
PTI
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article2035430.ece

Tragedy of the Commons
WORLD BIODIVERSITY DAY TOMORROW
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2011/May/21/tragedy-of-the-commons-12.asp

Capacity Building in Forestry Sector of India
http://www.washingtonbanglaradio.com/content/52617811-capacity-building-forestry-sector-india

A road runs through it
Hindustan Times   May 20, 2011
http://www.hindustantimes.com/A-road-runs-through-it/Article1-699979.aspx

http://www.inewsone.com/2011/05/21/activists-protest-against-forest-land-grab/51946

Orissa HC issues notices after fresh plea against Posco
news 21 May 2011
http://www.domain-b.com/companies/companies_p/posco/20110521_orissa_hc_issues.html

Tribals bash up foresters over tendu picking
May 20, 2011, 01.53am IST
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-20/nagpur/29563891_1_tribals-forest-guards-tendu

India: Forest officials, tribal groups clash over gathering in Karanjkheda tiger preserve
Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/20/2011 - 11:48
http://www.georgewright.org/node/4075

Tax concession likely for existing buildings too
Clara Lewis, TNN | May 21, 2011, 06.38am IST
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Tax-concession-likely-for-existing-buildings-too/articleshow/8479864.cms

ADN Bajpai appointed HPU VC
TNN | May 21, 2011, 08.02am IST
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ADN-Bajpai-appointed-HPU-VC/articleshow/8481053.cms

Environment and Forests Ministry to organize stakeholders' consultations
The Union Environment and Forests Ministry is organizing stakeholders' consultations and launching the UN decade on diodiversity for Asia and Pacific on Monday in New Delhi.
May 20, 2011 - New Delhi

Friday, May 20, 2011

IN NEWS (May 20, 2011)

How the road kills the bird
MK Pandit says India’s biodiversity is taking a hit in the name of development

The Wrath of Shiva
India's war on its own people
by Justin Raimondo, May 20, 2011

Likely hybrid of forest and spotted owlets found
Neha Madaan, TNN | May 19, 2011, 09.38pm IST

WWF-India & ITC join hands to engage children in promoting the use of recycled and forest certified products

Forest Rest Houses in Uttarkhand in India
Posted Date: 16 May 2011

Stocks of Forest area in India - 1961-2008
The table and graph data comes from the FAOSTAT database produced by …..


Disagreement over forestry mission widen rift between Ramesh and top official
May 14, 2011

NBWL looking the other way?
Something is very wrong when the National Board for Wildlife clears 70 agenda items in two-and-a-half hours

20 May, 2011, 07.21AM IST, Sarita C Singh,ET Bureau
Hike capacity to make XI Plan numbers decent, power ministry told

Mount Forest kids raised over $25,000 to adopt Kenyan village
by Mike Robinson