IN NEWS (May 4, 2012)

4 May 2012, 6.11am AEST

Forestry, economic development & climate change in Asia: resolving the tension

http://theconversation.edu.au/forestry-economic-development-and-climate-change-in-asia-resolving-the-tension-6545

Saving a forest from vanishing

Conservation activists are calling for an upgrade in the status of Nandhaur, which may be harbouring a rich reserve by way of wildlife, but has the lowest levels of protection with its land increasingly being used by the government for development needs

Ananda Banerjee

http://www.livemint.com/2012/05/03200654/Saving-a-forest-from-vanishing.html

The unending struggle of Bastar adivasis

Javed Iqbal | Friday, May 4, 2012

http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_the-unending-struggle-of-bastar-adivasis_1684183

NTCA to take action against Uttarakhand, UP and Rajasthan

Nihi Sharma Sahani, Hindustan Times   Dehradun, May 03, 2012

http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Uttarakhand/NTCA-to-take-action-against-Uttarakhand-UP-and-Rajasthan/Article1-850247.aspx

The State of India's Forest Rights Act

http://dilipsimeon.blogspot.in/2012/04/state-of-indias-forest-rights-act.html

India Conducts Lake Protection Activities

http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2012/05/04/india-conducts-lake-protection-activities/

4 May, 2012, 03.44AM IST, Dhananjay Mahapatra,TNN

Green tribunal finally gets office space

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/pollution/sc-asks-centre-to-make-green-tribunal-fully-functional-by-sept-15/articleshow/12988599.cms

Lack of communication between steel and mines ministry – Report

http://www.steelguru.com/indian_news/Lack_of_communication_between_steel_and_mines_ministry_Report/262026.html

Set back for SAIL as clearance refused for 3 iron ore mines in Jharhkand

http://www.steelguru.com/indian_news/Set_back_for_SAIL_as_clearance_refused_for_3_iron_ore_mines_in_Jharhkand/262016.html

 

Science News

Smuggling hits Indian marine reserve

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/05/03/Smuggling-hits-Indian-marine-reserve/UPI-38841336086760/

Traditional iron traps create poaching scare in 29 tiger reserves: NTCA

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, May 03, 2012

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Traditional-iron-traps-create-poaching-scare-in-29-tiger-reserves-NTCA/Article1-850199.aspx

Two tigers caught in poachers' traps in India

http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/tiger-trap.html#cr

Activists blame SOP neglect, non-use of metal detectors

http://www.wpsi-india.org/news/29042012.php

Chennai | Updated May 03, 2012 at 08:49am IST

A lensview of rare wildlife moments

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/a-lensview-of-rare-wildlife-moments/253975-60-120.html

Sundernagar forest institute to be upgraded
Rakesh Lohumi   Tribune News Service

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120504/himachal.htm#2

RIL’s KG basin project is affecting irrigation, rice cultivation
May 04, 2012

http://moneylife.in/article/rils-kg-basin-project-is-affecting-irrigation-rice-cultivation/25403.html

Wildlife officers in Sri Lanka boycott work after assault by villagers

http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/05/03/359-Wildlife-officers-in-Sri-Lanka-boycott-work-after-assault-by-villagers-.html

Nepal forest fire causes large animal deaths

Joseph Mayton | 4 May 2012

http://bikyamasr.com/67961/nepal-forest-fire-causes-large-animal-deaths/

Africa: Tropical Countries Struggle to Engage With Redd+

By Clara Rondonuwu, 3 May 2012

http://allafrica.com/stories/201205040394.html

 

The iziKhwenene Project: Establishing Local Communities as Forest Custodians to Save the Cape Parrot…

Posted by Steve Boyes of Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology in Explorers Journal on May 4, 2012

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/05/04/the-izikhwenene-project-establishing-local-communities-as-forest-custodians-to-save-the-cape-parrot/