IN NEWS (June 30, 2011)

Mineral mining surge threatens India's forests

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/mineral-mining-surge-threatens-indias-forests

Jairam opens gates of 6 more Orissa coal blocks

TNN | Jun 30, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Jairam-opens-gates-of-6-more-Orissa-coal-blocks/articleshow/9044714.cms

MoEF nod for 3 thermal plants

Rajaram Satapathy, TNN | Jun 29, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/MoEF-nod-for-3-thermal-plants/articleshow/9042724.cms

India Clears Five Coal Projects

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304584004576415540307362056.html

From waste to worse, possibly

ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST INCINERATORS IS TO COME UP IN SOUTH DELHI TO GENERATE ENERGY FROM WASTE. BUT WILL IT POLLUTE PROFUSELY INSTEAD?

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ws29062011FromWaste.asp

Elephant corridor still a far-fetched dream

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/elephant-corridor-still-a-farfetched-dream/163878-60-115.html

MoEF in favour of declaring Mhadei as a tiger reserve

PTI | 09:06 PM,Jun 29,2011

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/moef-in-favour-of-declaring-mhadei-as-a-tiger-reserve/742636.html

Ramesh asks Orissa to step up security at Simlipal Reserve

New Delhi, June 29 (PTI)

http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5252518

Jairam seeks more efforts for tigers in Orissa reserve

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=248339

What is a forest? Environment ministry doesn't know!

Published: Wednesday, Jun 29, 2011, 17:35 IST
Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_what-is-a-forest-environment-ministry-doesn-t-know_1560440

BSF denies allegations

OUR CORRESPONDENT

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110630/jsp/northeast/story_14178026.jsp

GANDHI VERSUS MARX

Prahlad Shekhawat

Director, Alternative Development Center, Jaipur,India

http://www.groundreport.com/Business/GANDHI-VERSUS-MAO/2939873

Kiwi exporters savour Indian deal's potential

By Owen Hembry and Christopher Adams

5:30 AM Thursday Jun 30, 2011

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10735338

UK Forestry returns up for fifth consecutive year says AAA

http://www.mycompanypr.com/uk-forestry-returns-up-for-fifth-consecutive-year-says-aaa/pr/10959/

IN NEWS (June 29, 2011)

29/06/2011

What is forest? Environment ministry says no definition yet

New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) What constitutes a forest?

http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5249255

Goa may soon get its first tiger reserve

Priscilla Jebaraj

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2142214.ece

Panaji: Goa Activists Happy with Jairam's Tiger Reserve Initiative

  Panaji, June 29 (IANS)

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=106713&n_tit=Panaji%3A+Goa+Activists+Happy+with+Jairam%27s+Tiger+Reserve+Initiative

Jairam Ramesh's letter factually incorrect: expert

Staff Correspondent

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2143425.ece

State Forest Department to radio collar wild elephants

P. Oppili

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2142811.ece

Yellow-footed green pigeon retains the state bird tag

Snehal Rebello, Hindustan Times
Mumbai, June 29, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Yellow-footed-green-pigeon-retains-the-state-bird-tag/Article1-715024.aspx

Smuggling of musk deer organs being done on Indo-Nepal border

TNN | Jun 28, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Smuggling-of-musk-deer-organs-being-done-on-Indo-Nepal-border/articleshow/9029980.cms

Udupi: India's National Bird - Third Casualty on the Road in a Year!

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=247996

PM to review coal, power sectors performances on July 6

Press Trust of India / New Delhi June 28, 2011

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/pm-to-review-coal-power-sectors-performancesjuly-6/139655/on

Shashi Ruia meets Jairam Ramesh over MP coal block

Press Trust Of India
New Delhi, June 28, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Shashi-Ruia-meets-Jairam-Ramesh-over-MP-coal-block/Article1-714885.aspx

Env min clears 6 coalblocks for 3 major power plants in Orissa

Press Trust Of India
New Delhi, June 29, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Env-min-clears-6-coalblocks-for-3-major-power-plants-in-Orissa/Article1-715210.aspx

Signs of revival for Vedanta's mining project?

Nitin Sethi, TNN | Jun 29, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Signs-of-revival-for-Vedantas-mining-project/articleshow/9033588.cms

IN NEWS (June 28, 2011)

Report suggests ways to halt declining forest cover

Jeevan Chinnappa

http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/28/stories/2011062853570800.htm

U'khand CM warns of separatist movement if projects stalled

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ukhand-cm-warns-of-separatist-movement-if-projects-stalled/809854/

Maoists express solidarity with Posco movement

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/maoists-express-solidarity-with-posco-movement/809839/

After no-go U-turn, 5 more coal blocks up for review

Nitin Sethi, TNN | Jun 28, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/After-no-go-U-turn-5-more-coal-blocks-up-for-review/articleshow/9019552.cms

If hog doesn't get you, deer must

Sachin Dravekar, TNN | Jun 28, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/If-hog-doesnt-get-you-deer-must/articleshow/9019580.cms

No review of chargesheet quashing: Centre to Haryana

Sukhbir Siwach, TNN | Jun 28, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/No-review-of-chargesheet-quashing-Centre-to-Haryana/articleshow/9021225.cms

No World Heritage tag for Western Ghats yet

Special Correspondent

http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/28/stories/2011062864572000.htm

Sankey Road widening in Bangalore: Expect more chaos

Published: Tuesday, Jun 28, 2011, 10:50 IST
By BK Lakshmikantha & Aparajita Ray

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_sankey-road-widening-in-bangalore-expect-more-chaos_1559933

Bangladesh seizes dried turtles

(AFP)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gVFRgkpQro4VjqBBWvAifNpugk-g?docId=CNG.bed48949978a3cf59e6ed8638cc60a46.9a1

India expects ramp up in coal output from captive blocks

http://www.steelguru.com/raw_material_news/India_expects_ramp_up_in_coal_output_from_captive_blocks/211928.html

Diamond mine reopens in Panna after a year

Abantika Ghosh, TNN | Jun 28, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Diamond-mine-reopens-in-Panna-after-a-year/articleshow/9020278.cms

Agricultural renaissance in UP

MS Swaminathan, Rajya Sabha MP, Hindustan Times
June 28, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Agricultural-renaissance-in-UP/Article1-714717.aspx

IN NEWS (June 27, 2011)

Green Tribunal, eh?

Kanchi Kohli

http://www.morungexpress.com/write_wing/67409.html

Green nod to hydro project clears way for World Bank funding

Jacob P. Koshy & Utpal Bhaskar

http://www.livemint.com/2011/06/26222906/Green-nod-to-hydro-project-cle.html?atype=tp

Jairam's note: PM seeks clarification

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, June 25, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Jairam-s-note-PM-seeks-clarification/Article1-713709.aspx

Note of caution on forest owlet as state bird

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Jun 27, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Note-of-caution-on-forest-owlet-as-state-bird/articleshow/9006214.cms

Sariska to get 3 more tigresses

Rajender Sharma, TNN | Jun 27, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Sariska-to-get-3-more-tigresses/articleshow/9006923.cms

Speeding train injures three elephants in Jalpaiguri

From ANI

http://www.dailyindia.com/show/447600.php

Fresh tension brewing at POSCO site

India Blooms News Service

http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsPage/newsDetails270611f.php

Greens suffer the blues in Lohardaga's Red zone

Uttam Mukherjee, TNN | Jun 26, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Greens-suffer-the-blues-in-Lohardagas-Red-zone/articleshow/9004633.cms

Carbon trading begins in Himachal Pradesh

Published: Monday, Jun 27, 2011, 13:14 IST
Place: Shimla | Agency: ANI

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_carbon-trading-begins-in-himachal-pradesh_1559581

IN NEWS (June 26, 2011)

World largest clean development mechanism (CDM) Forestry Project takes off in Himachal

http://nvonews.com/2011/06/26/world-largest-clean-development-mechanism-forestry-himachal/

Paris meeting postpones decision on Unesco status No heritage tag for W Ghats

Bangalore/Hubli, June 25, DHNS

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/171683/no-heritage-tag-w-ghats.html

Sariska tiger gets a new fan

Sunny Sebastian

http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/26/stories/2011062663720800.htm

Enhancing women participation for forest

restoration in hilly regions of India

http://www.cfc2010.org/papers/session11/Singh2-s11.pdf

The element of doubt about Jairam Ramesh

The environment minister says he may be moved in the next reshuffle. So how has he done as the green man? Here are the pros and cons

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ws25062011the.asp

Contradictory reports on Ganga project emerge

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, June 25, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Contradictory-reports-on-Ganga-project-emerge/Article1-713806.aspx

In search of lost species

P. Venugopal

http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/26/stories/2011062653961800.htm

MoEF gives green nod to three coal blocks in Chhattisgarh

BS Reporter / New Delhi June 26, 2011

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/moef-gives-green-nod-to-three-coal-blocks-in-chhattisgarh/440458/

Orissa surpasses India growth rate, initiated policies for sustainable development says

Debi Prasad Mishra

http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowBussinessNews.asp?id=27492

Magsaysay Award winner in anti-Posco agitation

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/magsaysay-award-winner-in-antiposco-agitation/162830-60-117.html

Agri-Forestry Incentive Scheme to be launched in Dharwad

TNN Jun 21, 2011

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-21/hubli/29682698_1_saplings-forest-minister-green-belt

Will the turtle lose the race?

By: Yolande D'mello  Date:  2011-06-26  Place: Mumba

http://www.mid-day.com/specials/2011/jun/260611-will-the-turtle-lose-the-race.htm

Saviour of Sinharaja

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110626/Plus/plus_01.html

Delhi zoo may shift its three elephants

Nivedita Khandekar, Hindustan Times   New Delhi, June 26, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Delhi-zoo-may-shift-its-three-elephants/Article1-713843.aspx

Breaking news as it happens

Ashish Roy /, TNN | Jun 26, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Breaking-news-as-it-happens/articleshow/8999480.cms

Sino-Forest's largest shareholder jumps ship

http://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/Sino-Forest-largest-reuters-1970845462.html?x=0

IN NEWS (June 25, 2011)

IIM-A asks AYUSH to follow Chinese medicine example

Dayananda Yumlembam, TNN | Jun 25, 2011,

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/IIM-A-asks-AYUSH-to-follow-Chinese-medicine-example/articleshow/8983443.cms

Maps, survey sheets in Adarsh case go missing

Published on Sat, Jun 25, 2011

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/maps-survey-sheetsadarsh-case-go-missing_560195.html

Govt to set up eco-sensitive zones around 27 protected wildlife areas

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/RAJ-JPR-govt-to-set-up-eco-sensitive-zones-around-27-protected-wildlife-areas-2218132.html

Wildlife photographer campaigns to fight poaching

Pioneering photographer feels greater public awareness will curb poaching

By Nilima Pathak, Correspondent  June 25, 2011

http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/wildlife-photographer-campaigns-to-fight-poaching-1.827071

Andhra Pradesh mulls new guidelines for eco-tourism projects

Saturday, June 25, 2011

http://www.hospitalitybizindia.com/detailNews.aspx?aid=11088&sid=1

Eco-tourism plan for Joypur

RIPUNJOY DAS

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110625/jsp/northeast/story_14155650.jsp

Bangalore: Centre's Stand on UNESCO Heritage Tag for Western Ghats Assailed

  From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network – Bangalore

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=106433&n_tit=Bangalore%3A+Centre%27s+Stand+on+UNESCO+Heritage+Tag+for+Western+Ghats+Assailed

25 Jun, 2011, 04.00PM IST,IANS

Deadlock over Posco land acquisition continues

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/deadlock-over-posco-land-acquisition-continues/articleshow/8990017.cms

Govt puts new riders on sea link extension

Chittaranjan Tembhekar, TNN | Jun 25, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Govt-puts-new-riders-on-sea-link-extension/articleshow/8985196.cms

Coal blocks: Ramesh says border line cases must be cleared

Published on Fri, Jun 24, 2011

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/coal-blocks-ramesh-says-border-line-cases-must-be-cleared_560155.html

Looking to India

June 24, 2011

By: Financial Post

http://www.workingforest.com/looking-india/

It's a jungle out there: Art event brings the wild to capital

Published Date: 25 June 2011

By Alice Wyllie

http://news.scotsman.com/arts/Its-a-jungle-out-there.6790211.jp

Indian Forest Services Exam (IFS)

http://indiaexams.net/upsc/ifs/ifs.php

IN NEWS (June 24, 2011)

Repeat of Posco in Uttarakhand

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, June 24, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Repeat-of-Posco-in-Uttarakhand/Article1-713192.aspx

Sanchez: Much more than forests

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/opinion/2011/06/24/sanchez-much-more-forests-162915

Three Chhattisgarh coal blocks can be opened: Ramesh

TNN | Jun 24, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Three-Chhattisgarh-coal-blocks-can-be-opened-Ramesh/articleshow/8970490.cms

Environment ministry appointed team 'differs' on Alaknanda project

Nitin Sethi, TNN Jun 21, 2011

http://www.anhourago.in/show.aspx?l=8707551&d=502

Green Government

India passes law vs e-waste

By Johanna Morden | 24 June 2011

http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2011/jun/24/india-passes-law-vs-e-waste/

India's Tendu Gatherers Sing of Hunger and Work

By Sarada Lahangir  WeNews correspondent  Friday, June 24, 2011

http://www.womensenews.org/story/labor/110623/indias-tendu-gatherers-sing-hunger-and-work

J&K govt allocates 22 hectare land to set up Central University of Kashmir

PTI | Jun 24, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/JK-govt-allocates-22-hectare-land-to-set-up-Central-University-of-Kashmir/articleshow/8973954.cms

Tapestry of Life

http://www.livescience.com/14750-tapestry-life.html

IN NEWS (June 23, 2011)

Experts Dispute Forest Survey of India’s Forest Cover Data

http://himachal.us/2011/06/22/experts-dispute-forest-survey-of-indias-forest-cover-data/28721/news/kysingh

Fools For Forests - Greenpeace India Volunteers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXZQJoALlC8

Green India Mission: Forest dept yet to receive green signal

Binay Singh, TNN | Jun 22, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Green-India-Mission-Forest-dept-yet-to-receive-green-signal/articleshow/8953750.cms

Biopowering India

http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/5620/biopowering-india/

Western Ghat panel report to be delayed further

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/western-ghat-panel-report-to-be-delayed-further/162040-60-116.html

India Warns NTPC of Canceling More Blocks

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304569504576402924004811118.html

3 coal blocks in Chhattisgarh can be opened: Jairam Ramesh

Published on Thu, Jun 23, 2011

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/currentaffairs/3coalblocksinchhattisgarhcanbeopenedjairamramesh_559736.html

POSCO war zone - POSCO fate left to Orissa government

http://www.steelguru.com/indian_news/POSCO_war_zone_-_POSCO_fate_left_to_Orissa_government/211029.html

Japan aiding 11 forest project in India

IANS | Jun 22, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Japan-aiding-11-forest-project-in-India/articleshow/8952938.cms

AMU Prof. Wasim receives E.K. Janaki Ammal National Award

June 23, 2011

http://nvonews.com/2011/06/23/amu-prof-wasim-receives-e-k-janaki-ammal-national-award/

Forest Cooperatives in India are a Model for Community Forestry

by Ashwini Chhatre, Pushpendra Rana and Satya Prasanna

http://www.silviculturemagazine.com/articles/summer-2011/forest-cooperatives-india-are-model-community-forestry

IN NEWS (June 22, 2011)

Manas a World Heritage Site, again

Naresh Mitra, TNN | Jun 22, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Manas-a-World-Heritage-Site-again/articleshow/8945558.cms

India, China to conduct study on climate change

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi , June 21, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-China-to-conduct-study-on-climate-change/Article1-712145.aspx

GoM sets up panel to examine green clearance norms

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/GoM-sets-up-panel-to-examine-green-clearance-norms/806983/

 

Say yes to World Heritage tag: Jairam to state

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/say-yes-to-world-heritage-tag-jairam-to-state/161686-60-115.html

Karnataka opposes World Heritage tag for Western Ghats

Special Correspondent

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article2124022.ece

Jairam Ramesh supports Orissa, Chhatisgarh's concern over Polavaram project

http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=27400

“Land acquisition shouldn't be through coercion”

Special Correspondent

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2124089.ece

Uttarakhand CM to meet Ramesh on sand mining

Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehradun June 22, 2011

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/uttarakhand-cm-to-meet-rameshsand-mining/439971/

Manas danger tag off

OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110622/jsp/northeast/story_14144421.jsp

All is well with rescued pangolin

http://www.3news.co.nz/All-is-well-with-rescued-pangolin/tabid/1160/articleID/216083/Default.aspx

Self-help groups to get loans at lower rates: Jairam Ramesh

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=246472

Greenwood Management Releases Annual Report for Brazilian Eucalyptus and Acacia for 2010

http://www.pr.com/press-release/333638

IN NEWS (June 21, 2011)

Kawal is tiger reserve no. 42

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, June 21, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Kawal-is-tiger-reserve-no-42/Article1-711790.aspx

Depleting forest cover could have grave impact

Jayashree Nandi, TNN | Jun 21, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Depleting-forest-cover-could-have-grave-impact/articleshow/8930517.cms

Punjab to give big push to agro forestry profiting farmers

http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-11598.html

ISRO prepares first national inventory of wetlands

PTI

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/article2119792.ece

Ramesh differs with party on Ken-Betwa

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, June 21, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ramesh-differs-with-party-on-Ken-Betwa/Article1-711791.aspx

Bamboo makes Jharkhand tribals stay busy at home

http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/226334

21 Jun, 2011, 03.01AM IST,ET Bureau

Heritage tag to Western Ghat sites to benefit local populace: Ramesh

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/heritage-tag-to-western-ghat-sites-to-benefit-local-populace-ramesh/articleshow/8931883.cms

Civil rights groups will stand by agitation against Posco

http://www.pragativadi.com/210611/local1.htm

Anti-Posco stir intensifies as Ramesh puts ball in Orissa CM's court

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/orissa-anti-posco-stir-intensifies/1/142261.html

Will talk to Ramesh over mining statement: Nishank

PTI | 03:06 PM,Jun 21,2011

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/will-talk-to-ramesh-over-mining-statement-nishank/732397.html

MoEF team differs on Alaknanda project

Nitin Sethi TNN

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=CAP/2011/06/21&PageLabel=11&EntityId=Ar01108&ViewMode=HTML

Jairam Ramesh to Releases UNEP Report on Green Economy and the Forest

http://www.onenewspage.in/news/Asia-Pacific/20110620/23336909/Jairam-Ramesh-to-Releases-UNEP-Report-on-Green.htm

Kanpur leather sector gets world’s first green technology

June 21, 2011 (India)

http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/daily-textile-industries-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=100199

Evergreen Jairam

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Evergreen-Jairam/806524/

Mullappally backs Jairam Ramesh on Athirappilly

http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-7128.html

Power min opposes MoEF move on prior forestry clearance

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/power-min-opposes-moef-move-on-prior-forestry-clearance/805361/

SHGs to get bank credit at 7%

G. Naga Sridhar

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/government-and-policy/article2122980.ece

Bearded Yogi Takes on India’s Elite, Nobody Wins:

Pankaj Mishra

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-20/mishra-dangerous-appeal-of-a-bearded-yogi.html

Clegg: UK green bank 'to begin investing in April 2012'

By Mark Kinver Science and environment reporter, BBC News

http://www.evri.com/media/article?title=Green+bank+to+open+in+April+2012&page=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13502121&referring_uri=/technology/green-tech&referring_title=Evri

IN NEWS (June 20, 2011)

100 Green Warrior Women!

http://www.onislam.net/english/health-and-science/nature/452674-100-green-warrior-women.html

Rights and ownership: “It’s our forest”

Written by Sudhirendar Sharma

http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/global/trees-and-farming/our-forest

Power to the Himalayas

Hydro-power holds the key to a sustainable energy solution

Vinayak Chatterjee / New Delhi June 20, 2011

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/vinayak-chatterjee-power-tohimalayas/439673/

Environment Ministry sticks to stand on power projects

Sujay Mehdudia

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article2118133.ece

Mechanism of proposed Western Ghats serial sites to be enhanced

K. S. Sudhi

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/article2118082.ece

India requires a Ministry for Climate Change: Prasada Rao

http://www.commodityonline.com/news/India-requires-a-Ministry-for-Climate-Change-Prasada-Rao-40096-3-1.html

Now, BJP boost to anti-Posco brigade

TNN | Jun 20, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Now-BJP-boost-to-anti-Posco-brigade/articleshow/8918079.cms

India: Orissa sends final Climate Change Action Plan to MoEF

June 17, 2011

http://www.forestcarbonasia.org/in-the-media/india-orissa-sends-final-climate-change-action-plan-to-moef/

POSCO: One More Case of Forest Land Grab

Posted by Lalit Maurya on June 17, 2011

http://www.paryavaran.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2341979%3ABlogPost%3A40944&commentId=2341979%3AComment%3A41127&xg_source=activity

 

Tannery industry contributing to Ganga pollution: Jairam

http://www.indiablooms.com/VideoDetails/videoDetails200611p.php

Interview: Arundhati Roy, Author

Published Date: 20 June 2011

By Claire Black

http://www.scotsman.com/features/Interview-Arundhati-Roy-Author.6787666.jp

How do we save Africa's forests?
By Karimeh Moukaddem, mongabay.com
June 19, 2011

http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0619-mercer_africa_moukaddem.html

IN NEWS (June 19, 2011)

Fool for Forests- Om Puri

Video | June 14, 2011

http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/Multimedia/Fool-for-Forests--Om-Puri/

Centre suspects pressure from vested interests

Ramesh raps State for opposing Unesco tag

Ajith Athrady, New Delhi, June 18, DHNS

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/169945/ramesh-raps-state-opposing-unesco.html

Jairam Ramesh launches new green technology for leather industry

Published: Sunday, Jun 19, 201

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_jairam-ramesh-launches-new-green-technology-for-leather-industry_1556740

Jairam Ramesh takes up Ganga crusader's cause

Nitin Sethi, TNN Jun 18, 2011

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-18/developmental-issues/29673680_1_illegal-mining-jairam-ramesh-river-belt

Himachal to earn carbon credits with more forests

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=245922

Gehlot in Delhi, seeks sops for power projects in state

TNN | Jun 19, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Gehlot-in-Delhi-seeks-sops-for-power-projects-in-state/articleshow/8909501.cms

Corporate armies are the new East India Co
June 19, 2011

http://www.dailypioneer.com/346887/Corporate-armies-are-the-new-East-India-Co.html

State to consult experts for protecting Keibul Lamjao
Source: The Sangai Express

http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=6..190611.jun11

19 June 2011 Last updated at 08:24 GMT

Putting a value on the Welsh countryside

By India Pollock

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-13822699

IN NEWS (June 18, 2011)

18 Jun, 2011, 01.10AM IST, Sarita C Singh,ET Bureau

Prior forest clearance to delay projects further, complains power ministry

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/prior-forest-clearance-to-delay-projects-further-complains-power-ministry/articleshow/8895088.cms

Managing growth with forests
A recent report "Forests in a Green Economy" by the UN Environment Programme examines the critical role of forests and provides policy recommendations for sustainable development and poverty eradication. Excerpts:

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110618/edit.htm#6

No heritage tag for 10 sites, Karnataka writes to Centre

Published: Saturday, Jun 18, 2011, 10:05 IST
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_no-heritage-tag-for-10-sites-karnataka-writes-to-centre_1556293

Lush Cosmetics Launches National Campaign with Greenpeace to demand protection for forests

Cosmetic company along with Greenpeace demonstrates campaign to highlight the issue of deforestation for coal mining

http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/retail/2011061689551.htm

Hounded down

Piyali Mandal / New Delhi June 18, 2011, 0:34 IST

For every tiger killed, six leopards are poached as their skins are in big demand in China.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/hounded-down/439501/

Growing up in Pandupur to be launched in Bangalore

Published: Saturday, Jun 18, 2011, 11:02 IST
Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_growing-up-in-pandupur-to-be-launched-in-bangalore_1556308

Betrayal via bamboo

Author(s): Aparna Pallavi   Issue: Jun 30, 2011

http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/betrayal-bamboo

Acquisition made easy

Author: Richard Mahapatra   Posted on: 16 Jun, 2011

http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/acquisition-made-easy

Expert from India Trains CEDAC Staff on Agro‐Forestry and Natural Resource Management Techniques

http://www.cedac.org.kh/ev_pdf215.pdf

Social forestry dept to guide panchayats in planting trees

Laxmi Birajdar, TNN Jun 12, 2011

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-12/pune/29649530_1_tree-plantation-plantation-drives-social-forestry

In danger Elephant corridors at BRT in jeopardy

Chamarajnagar, June 17, DHNS

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/169660/elephant-corridors-brt-jeopardy.html

National Wetland Inventory and Assessment (NWIA)

http://moef.nic.in/modules/others/?f=wetlands-atlases

Jairam Ramesh talks Tough on POSCO

Written by Odisha News Today Team   Monday, 13 June 2011

http://www.odishanewstoday.com/business/695-jairam-ramesh-talks-tough-on-posco.html

Jairam Ramesh tells Uttarakhand CM Nishank to stop illegal mining in Ganga

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/jairam-ramesh-tells-uttarakhand-cm-nishank-to-stop-illegal-mining-in-ganga/articleshow/8896566.cms

Illegal mining: Jairam Ramesh warns Uttarakhand

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjdj2u_illegal-mining-jairam-ramesh-warns-uttarakhand-govt_news

Coal linkage criterion may hit power capacity addition target

Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi June 18, 2011

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/coal-linkage-criterion-may-hit-power-capacity-addition-target/439568/

BCCL set to award global tenders for underground mining

Indrani Dutta

http://www.thehindu.com/business/companies/article2113348.ece

Climate Change: Community forestry feted for carbon reduction role

http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2011/06/15/nation/climate-change-community-forestry-feted-for-carbon-reduction-role/222903.html

Media Matters - Now, an endangered press

SEVANTI NINAN

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/Sevanti_Ninan/article2109230.ece