IN NEWS (April 17, 2012)

India mooting environment rating for its states

Mayabhushan Nagvenkar | 16 April 2012

http://bikyamasr.com/66226/india-mooting-environment-rating-for-its-states/

Scrap 34 dams on Ganga: Green panel

Nitin Sethi, TNN | Apr 17, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Scrap-34-dams-on-Ganga-Green-panel/articleshow/12696702.cms

Failure to tackle green issues could hurt growth: Ecologists

http://twocircles.net/2012apr17/failure_tackle_green_issues_could_hurt_growth_ecologists.html

Lions, cheetahs to share forest land in MP? SC will decide

Nitin Sethi, TNN | Apr 17, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lions-cheetahs-to-share-forest-land-in-MP-SC-will-decide/articleshow/12697257.cms

Camera traps discover tigers, elephants in "empty" forest park
Jeremy Hance   mongabay.com    April 16, 2012

http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0415-hance_namdapha_cameratraps.html

WWF-India’s new Handbook to enhance effectiveness of patrolling by forest staff

http://www.wwfindia.org/?7180/WWF-Indias-new-Handbook-to-enhance-effectiveness-of-patrolling-by-forest-staff

Global community needs to invest in MRV capacity in forest-rich developing countries to make REDD+ work

http://blog.cifor.org/8518/global-community-needs-to-invest-in-mrv-capacity-in-forest-rich-developing-countries-to-make-redd-work/#.T41_GdkZcnI

Posco in limbo

V. VENKATESAN     in New Delhi

The National Green Tribunal's decision to suspend the environmental clearance given to Posco vindicates the project's critics

http://www.frontline.in/stories/20120504290803500.htm

Battle of Bastar

PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI    in Bastar

Chhattisgarh: The Centre approves the diversion of forest land for the Tatas' proposed steel plant in Bastar.

http://www.frontline.in/stories/20120504290803200.htm

 

India’s Environment Minister Links EU Aviation Scheme to UN Climate Talks

http://ictsd.org/i/news/biores/131129/

MoS (IC) for Environment and Forests, Jayanthi Natarajan delivering the key note address at the Climate Change Forum

Posted on April 11, 2012

http://www.sarkaritel.com/mos-ic-for-environment-and-forests-jayanthi-natarajan-delivering-the-key-note-address-at-the-climate-change-forum

Govt bans use of live animals for education, research

Linah Baliga, TNN | Apr 17, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-bans-use-of-live-animals-for-education-research/articleshow/12696452.cms

BT brinjal row: National Biodiversity Authority decides to prosecute Monsanto

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bt-brinjal-row-monsanto-to-pay-for-biodiversity-violation/1/184824.html

'Time running out for Ganga, states should step up efforts'

http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/time-running-out-for-ganga-states-should-step-up-efforts_770375.html

PM chairs meeting of National Ganga River Basin Authority

http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsPage/2012/newsDetails170412k.php

SC Asks Jaipur Metro Authorities to Seek MoEF Permit 

PTI  New Delhi Apr 16, 2012

http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=759854

When a road turns death trap

April 16 2012   Conservation

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/242470/when-road-turns-death-trap.html

Tiger monitoring to get more intensive

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article3323905.ece

Wildlife Diversity Of India Is Rich And Beautiful

April 16, 2012

http://www.article356.com/travel-leisure/wildlife-diversity-of-india-is-rich-and-beautiful.html

Dead cats nudge state out of slumber

With another leopard found on Sunday, the third this year, state to probe recent deaths to ascertain if gang of poachers is at work      Virat A Singh and Yogesh Naik

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/201204162012041620161285988be3e07/Dead-cats-nudge-state-out-of-slumber.html

A faceless mob corners the cat

April 16 2012   Blind rage

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/242454/a-faceless-mob-corners-cat.html

Thrillophilia has Released a Hand-Picked List of 51 Offbeat Destinations in India

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/thrillophilia-has-released-a-hand-picked-list-of-51-offbeat-destinations-in-india-147702755.html