IN NEWS (February 29, 2012)

India targets forests for destruction, industrial development
Jeremy Hance  mongabay.com   February 28, 2012

http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0228-hance_india_forest_industrialprojects.html

Maharashtra wind project a threat to ecology: panel

Amruta Byatnal

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2943343.ece

Greens and the foreign hand

N. R. KRISHNAN

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/article2942930.ece?homepage=true

Tiger data base ready, to prevent poaching

http://hillpost.in/2012/02/29/tiger-data-base-ready-to-prevent-poaching/

India: where leopards fear to tread.

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Leya Musa

http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2012/india-where-leopards-fear-to-tread/

Poacher trio named, hunt on

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120229/jsp/frontpage/story_15192783.jsp

Eye on the tiger: Searching for stripy cats (early mornings necessary) in central India

By Jenny Coad

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2107784/Tiger-safaris-India-In-search-great-cat-Pench-Kanha.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Crocodile at Khadakwasla finally netted

Pranav Kulkarni  Posted: Feb 29, 2012

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/crocodile-at-khadakwasla-finally-netted/918025/

Mela shikar makes a comeback after two decades

TNN | Feb 29, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Mela-shikar-makes-a-comeback-after-two-decades/articleshow/12076855.cms

CIL needs to produce 220 million tonne more to meet PMO directive

http://www.steelguru.com/indian_news/CIL_needs_to_produce_220_million_tonne_more_to_meet_PMO_directive/252509.html

29 Feb, 2012, 01.16PM IST, IANS

Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district villagers continue protest against thermal power plant project

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/andhra-pradeshs-srikakulam-district-villagers-continue-protest-against-thermal-power-plant-project/articleshow/12081631.cms

Forest officials brainstorm to take wildlife crime by the horns

http://www.wpsi-india.org/news/25022012.php

Clean Energy Options and Nuclear Safety

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=80587

Babus, better perform
February 29, 2012 04:07 PM

http://moneylife.in/article/babus-better-perform/23971.html

Monks communicate via silence

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-x-monks-at-college-20120229,0,5421136.story

INDIA: A corpse of rights without justice at its soul

Contributors: Sachin Kumar Jain

http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-ART-015-2012

Independent Review of Planted Forest Investment Opportunities

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/independent-review-of-planted-forest-investment-opportunities-2012-02-28