IN NEWS (August 3, 2011)

 If canopy-cover is more than 10%, it is a forest: insists Government

Submitted by Deepti Rajan on Tue, 08/02/2011

http://rtn.asia/891_if-canopy-cover-more-10-it-forest-insists-government

The mystery of missing forest

Rahul Gadpale, Mumbai Mirror | Aug 2, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/travel/The-mystery-of-missing-forest/articleshow/9453106.cms

3 Aug, 2011, 02.35AM IST, ET Bureau

Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan rejects demand to dilute forest clearance process

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/environment-minister-jayanthi-natarajan-rejects-demand-to-dilute-forest-clearance-process/articleshow/9461868.cms

Special status to villagers under buffer zone of tiger reserve

Pradip Kumar Maitra, Hindustan Times  Nagpur, August 02, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Special-status-to-villagers-under-buffer-zone-of-tiger-reserve/Article1-728558.aspx

'No go' system necessary to save forests: Environment ministry

Press Trust of India, August 2, 2011, (New Delhi)

http://profit.ndtv.com/news/show/no-go-system-necessary-to-save-forests-environment-ministry-166666

1 Aug, 2011, 01.06AM IST, Urmi A Goswami,ET Bureau

Forest Rights Act is an attempt to undo a historical wrong: Kishore Chandra Deo

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/forest-rights-act-is-an-attempt-to-undo-a-historical-wrong-kishore-chandra-deo/articleshow/9436211.cms

PC backs Jayanthi, says no to coal mining report

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, August 02, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/After-Jairam-bashing-Chidambaram-supports-Jayanthi-in-coal-GoM/Article1-728645.aspx

Posco-Orissa MoU expires

Nayanima Basu & Dilip Satapathy / New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar August 3, 2011

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/posco-orissa-mou-expires/444713/

3 Aug, 2011, 04.06PM IST, Nageshwar Patnaik,ET Bureau

Posco hits another green hurdle, National Green Tribunal slaps notices

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods-/-svs/metals-mining/posco-hits-another-green-hurdle-national-green-tribunal-slaps-notices/articleshow/9468462.cms

Is this the end of the Mullaiperiyar dam?

Published: Wednesday, Aug 3, 2011, 9:00 IST
By Kumar Chellappan | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_is-this-the-end-of-the-mullaiperiyar-dam_1572036

Reserved Forest

Rejoinder to Zeliangrongs’ false claim on Intanki Reserved Forest

Western Sumi Hoho

http://www.morungexpress.com/letters_to_the_editor_public_discourse/68871.html

UK–India collaboration project update

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/INFD-8K8DV5

Absence of single window system promoting unregulated mining

Murari Shetye, TNN | Aug 3, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Absence-of-single-window-system-promoting-unregulated-mining/articleshow/9463007.cms

Bull-fights in Goa to become history with MoEF notification

PTI | 11:08 AM,Aug 03,2011

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/bullfights-in-goa-to-become-history-with-moef-notification/774444.html

Looking at gene pool for King Cobras

Jayashree Nandi, TNN | Aug 3, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Looking-at-gene-pool-for-King-Cobras/articleshow/9463036.cms

Hyderabad

Snakes are not natural performers

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/snakes-are-not-natural-performers/172537-60-121.html

Tiger tourism surges in MP, drops in state

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Aug 3, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Tiger-tourism-surges-in-MP-drops-in-state/articleshow/9461306.cms

Eating Frog Legs Drives Amphibians To Extinction

Posted on: Wednesday, 3 August 2011

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/2089621/eating_frog_legs_drives_amphibians_to_extinction/

3 August 2011 Last updated at 09:08 GMT

The frontier of Bangladesh's tiger-human conflict

By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News, Bangladesh Sundarbans

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13893094

Animal deaths shock Sipahijala zoo authorities

TNN | Aug 2, 2011,

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Animal-deaths-shock-Sipahijala-zoo-authorities/articleshow/9448377.cms

Stop power plants, Centre urged

August 3, 2011   By DC Correspondent

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/regions/nellore/stop-power-plants-centre-urged-921

Export and Import of Coal

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=73769

Priyanka’s Tiger Mom days

RASHEED KIDWAI

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110803/jsp/nation/story_14327533.jsp

Visit and Explore Ranthambore National Park in India

Posted by Wildlife Tours on Aug 3, 2011

http://community.jboss.org/blogs/wildlifeinindia/2011/08/03/visit-and-explore-ranthambore-national-park-in-india

GET DEEP INTO NATURE WITH CORBETT WILDLIFE TOURS

http://www.travpr.com/pr-7713-get-deep-into-nature.html

Research and Markets: Packaged Drinking Water Market in India

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110802006550/en/Research-Markets-Packaged-Drinking-Water-Market-India