IN NEWS (February 16, 2012)

Audit of compensatory afforestation fund likely

Environmentalists press for clearer picture of fund disbursals as forest cover shrinks

Piyali Mandal / New Delhi Feb 16, 2012

http://business-standard.com/india/news/auditcompensatory-afforestation-fund-likely/464848/

Foresters facing climate change challenges

Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:45   PNS | Dehradun

http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/dehradun/42662-foresters-facing-climate-change-challenges.html

Green Tribunal refuses nod for industries around Kaziranga

Feb 16, 2012

http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/green-tribunal-refuses-nod-for-industries-around-kaziranga-215730.html

Green Tribunal stops GMR’s hydel project in Uttarakhand

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times   New Delhi, February 15, 2012

http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Uttarakhand/Green-Tribunal-stops-GMR-s-hydel-project-in-Uttarakhand/Article1-811910.aspx

Natarajan clears hydel project on Lohit, overrules panel

PTI | 07:02 PM,Feb 15,2012

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/natarajan-clears-hydel-project-on-lohit-overrules-panel/963953.html

People living in wildlife areas causing tiger death, MP govt tells SC

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times   New Delhi, February 15, 2012

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/MadhyaPradesh/People-living-in-wildlife-areas-causing-tiger-death-MP-govt-tells-SC/Article1-811882.aspx

Forest dept turns to acacia, shisham to shore up Mattewara reserve

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Forest-dept-turns-to-acacia--shisham-to-shore-up-Mattewara-reserve/912619/

Study shows Odisha forest cover shrinking

Rajaram Satapathy, TNN | Feb 16, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Study-shows-Odisha-forest-cover-shrinking/articleshow/11904659.cms

Make encroachments on floodplains punishable: NGO

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article2899280.ece

Saranda camps: permission sought where none required

A.S.R.P. MUKESH & AMIT GUPTA

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120216/jsp/frontpage/story_15140400.jsp

Animals get more space as village moves from reserve

350 people from 82 families relocated from Sariska National Park

http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/animals-get-more-space-as-village-moves-from-reserve-1.981533

Sample essay on The Forest Wealth of India

Debjani

http://www.preservearticles.com/2012021423309/sample-essay-on-the-forest-wealth-of-india.html

BRICS countries oppose EU carbon tax

By Liao Zhengjun (People's Daily)

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90883/7731221.html

India chips at e-waste mountain

Pia Heikkila    Feb 16, 2012

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/technology/india-chips-at-e-waste-mountain

Copier dealers voice concern over second-hand machine import clause

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/marketing/article2896712.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home

India, Nepal to fast-track Pancheshwar Development Authority

TNN | Feb 16, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-Nepal-to-fast-track-Pancheshwar-Development-Authority/articleshow/11905123.cms

Nitin Desai: The end of crony capitalism?There are alternatives to auctions that also reduce discretion

 Nitin Desai / Feb 16, 2012

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/nitin-desai-the-endcrony-capitalism/464777/

Selling India to Indians

RAMESH NARAYAN

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/brandline/article2893381.ece?ref=wl_companies

Demwe project will help India establish first-user rights

TNN | Feb 15, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Demwe-project-will-help-India-establish-first-user-rights/articleshow/11903662.cms