IN NEWS (August 07, 2012)

Civil activists question fairness of new appointees

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, August 06, 2012

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Civil-activists-question-fairness-of-new-appointees/Article1-909320.aspx

Special commission to fix floor price for forest produce

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/government-and-policy/article3734837.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy

Govt forms new panel for forest clearances

Last Updated: Monday, August 06, 2012

http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/govt-forms-new-panel-for-forest-clearances_792075.html

Community forest rights to 350 villages in Gondia

TNN Aug 7, 2012

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-07/nagpur/33081883_1_forest-rights-mendha-lekha-gondia

Arunachal contemplates new transfer policy for forest dept

http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/arunachal-contemplates-new-transfer-policy-for-forest-dept/41323/

  

Teakwood smugglers strike in Murdoli forest

TNN Aug 7, 2012

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-07/nagpur/33082374_1_forest-officials-smugglers-teakwood

Three forest staff held in tusker death case

HM Aravind, TNN Aug 6, 2012

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-06/mysore/33064283_1_forest-guard-tusker-forest-staff

Odisha to release captured leopard into wild

http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/08/07/64--Odisha-to-release-captured-leopard-into-wild-.html

Three tigers die in India

http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/dead-tigers.html#cr

Forest dept takes 9 months to declare results of wildlife week contests

Aparna Nair, TNN Aug 7, 2012

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-07/nagpur/33081814_1_wildlife-week-forest-dept-results

Poachers kill only rhino in 'forest man's' woods

Manimugdha S Sharma, TNN Aug 4, 2012

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-04/flora-fauna/33034475_1_poachers-rhino-horn-kaziranga-national-park

Jim Corbett National Park – Experiencing Wildlife up close with Jungle Safari

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Sushmita Sarkar

http://blog.theotherhome.com/experience-wild-safari/

Gibson Guitar To Pay $300,000 in Penalties and Lose Seized Tropical Hardwood

By ANDREW C. REVKIN

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/gibson-guitar-to-pay-350000-in-penalties-and-lose-seized-tropical-hardwood/