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Monday, September 24, 2012

IN NEWS (September 24, 2012)


Environment Ministry denies delays in clearances to mining projects

New list of endangered animals, plants likely soon

Protected area management: Vietnam vs India

MP lends support to tree-top protestor
Published: Monday, Sep 24, 2012

Miners contest forest tax while exchequer begets record revenues
Asha Krishnaswamy, Bangalore, Sep 23, 2012

Heritage hotels to help sustainable wildlife conservation
Anindo Dey, TNN Sep 23, 2012

From kitchen to wildlife sanctuary
Published: Sunday, Sep 23, 2012

Tribals seek forest land for cultivation in Mhow

Leopard cubs, slow loris released in sanctuary

Camera traps capture dispersing wildlife and bamboo thieves
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Sep 24, 2012

Line-up for wildlife week announced
TNN | Sep 24, 2012

Wildlife awareness for students

Builder held for structure on reserved forest land
TNN Sep 23, 2012

Action sought against party for destroying Paithona forest
TNN Sep 23, 2012

An elephantine riddle
Sandeep Mishra, TNN Sep 23, 2012

Wild elephants damage two houses in Madukarai
TNN | Sep 24, 2012

Palamu DC sets cash curbs on divisional forest officer North
TNN | Sep 24, 2012

No State officer in line to get IFS

Sunday, September 23, 2012

IN NEWS (September 23, 2012)


After allowing plunder, a race to ban mining in Goa

Mines ministry’ curbs ore export
Paul Fernandes, TNN Sep 22, 2012

Forum seeks action against forest minister, principal secretary
Sajimon P S, TNN | Sep 23, 2012

Force One forcing its way in forest
Published: Saturday, Sep 22, 2012

Kaziranga National Park on high alert
IANS | Sep 22, 2012

CAG Of India 's Most-Missed Responsibilities On Environmental-Concern
By Anurag Modi
22 September, 2012

Wildlife buffer zone: SC seeks govt response

Saturday, September 22, 2012

IN NEWS (September 22, 2012)


'Changes in forest Act to help tribals'
TNN | Sep 22, 2012,

SC seeks government's response to buffer zone for sanctuaries

'Forest killer' plant study explores rapid environmental change factors

MP supports Greenpeace activist on saving forests

Live video of Gujarat crocodile attacking forest dept staff
Hasrat Khokhar [ Updated 22 Sep 2012,

Highway stretch spells death knell
Published: Saturday, Sep 22, 2012

Forest encroachment case: Chandy orders probe

14 from Jharkhand arrested in state
TNN | Sep 22, 2012

Four arrested for 'killing' elephant
TNN | Sep 22, 2012

Govt transfers Sonbhadra DM
TNN | Sep 22, 2012

Friday, September 21, 2012

IN NEWS (September 21, 2012)


Nagaland needs a policy for developing bamboo industry: Rio

Foresters to issue notice to NHAI on speed breakers in Bandipur tiger reserve
HM Aravind, TNN Sep 20, 2012

DEATH OF A DEER ON BANDIPUR HIGHWAY: FOREST DEPT. ISSUES FINAL NOTICE TO NHAI

2 held for attack on forest staff
TNN | Sep 20, 2012

Big cat from Keibul Lamjao National Park on the prowl in Bishnupur
TNN | Sep 21, 2012

Two villagers injured in animals attack
Lawrence Milton, TNN | Sep 20, 2012

Forest depertment places cage to trap 'leopard'
Shyam P V, TNN | Sep 21, 2012

RTE only on paper for these kids
K A Shaji, TNN | Sep 21, 2012

Murders in the forest
By Olesia Plokhii
September 20, 2012

Thursday, September 20, 2012

IN NEWS (September 20, 2012)


Demand for classifying bamboo as 'grass' not 'tree'
TNN | Sep 19, 2012

Forest vs coal. I choose forests
Blogpost by Rachita Taneja - September 19, 2012

UP finds non-tribals settled in forests
TNN | Sep 20, 2012

Badal writes to Jayanthi seeking amendments in EIA

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Tiger strength saturates at Corbett
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Wildlife: Killer drug

Viral infection hits Himalayan blue sheep in wild

Bikya Masr Staff | 20 September 2012

Rhino dies in fight for mate
Pinak Priya Bhattacharya, TNN | Sep 20, 2012

At one with Nature - National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Kerala

Wildlife activists pin hope on HWW

Indian cucumbers are so easy to spot

Centre brushes aside Haryana's objections to IFS officer's central deputation
Navneet Sharma, Hindustan Times
September 19, 2012

Waste management in Noida ‘unsatisfactory’
Ayaskant Das, TNN | Sep 20, 2012

Anger over forestry peace talks 'breach'
By state political reporter Zoe Edwards
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-20/anger-over-foresty-peace-talks-leak/4271126?section=tas

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

IN NEWS (September 19, 2012)


Centre seeks Supreme Court nod to bring cheetah

Cheethah, lion can co-exist: MoEF
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, September 19, 2012

Natarajan, Maken protest Montek’s 12th plan
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, September 19, 2012

Indian coal mining scam - Chhattisgarh dropped elephant reserve plan

Ban mining near wildlife sanctuaries in Goa: Environmentalists
PTI | Sep 18, 2012

MoEF ‘spares’ mine owned by Congressman’s son
Published: Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012

Panel for rejection of Adani's Lohara mining proposal
TNN | Sep 19, 2012,

Forest panel rejects Adani’s coal proposal
Published: Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012

Village near Bor gets LPG connections
TNN | Sep 19, 2012

Wildlife Week competitions at Pilikula
TNN | Sep 19, 2012

Zoo development plan approved
Dipannita Das, TNN | Sep 19, 2012

Pilibhit: Ideal for tigers, unsafe for humans
TNN | Sep 19, 2012

Tiger attacks man

Trapped leopard cub relocated to forest area
TNN | Sep 19, 2012,

Lion cub run over by goods train
TNN | Sep 18, 2012

Heavy rain stalls tiger-tracking operation in Pilibhit
TNN | Sep 19, 2012

Forest Department schools wait for uniforms, books

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

IN NEWS (September 18, 2012)


MoEF involved in forest land scam?

The human cost of wildlife conservation in India
By Marie Lisa Jose On September 17, 2012

African big cat Cheetah to be reintroduced in India
Nihi Sharma Sahani, Hindustan Times
Dehradun, September 18, 2012

Green fodder banks to curb man-animal conflict
A Subburaj, TNN | Sep 18, 2012

For better anti-venom, experts eye Punjab snakes

36 forest guards sent to 3 new sanctuaries
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Sep 18, 2012

MoEF forms panel to inspect Adani Port and SEZ at Mundra

46 mining lessees get notice from environment ministry
TNN | Sep 18, 2012

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Two UAE nationals to face animal smuggling charges in India next week

Thinking Hangul
Should someone tell the dignitaries like the Vice President of India what are the actual reasons of diminishing number of Hangul!
WILDLIFE
SHAHID MUDASIR

Egrets' nests sighted in Etawah wetlands
Faiz Rahman Siddiqui, TNN | Sep 18, 2012

Blackbuck found dead in Katarniaghat
TNN | Sep 18, 2012

Rowdy monkey captured by forest personnel

Reliance Cement awaiting forest nod for Mukutban plant
TNN | Sep 18, 2012

GPS monitoring will curb in-route pilferage of coal: D C Garg

Monday, September 17, 2012

IN NEWS (September 17, 2012)


PMO to clear green hurdles to projects
SOBHANA K

Vice President briefed about Kashmiri Hangul conservation measures

Protests by forest employees unions from today
TNN | Sep 17, 2012

Kashmir to raise endangered Hangul in captive breeding center
Ashiq Hussain, Hindustan Times  Srinagar, September 16, 2012

Documenting wildlife through lens
PANKAJA SRINIVASAN

Gorewada zoo hits another roadblock
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Sep 17, 2012

11 GIBs sighted during state census
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Sep 17, 2012

Another rhino killed, horn chopped off
TNN | Sep 16, 2012

Farmer arrested for killing king cobra
PTI | Sep 16, 2012

Hunt for Pilibhit man-eater on
Neha Shukla, TNN Sep 16, 2012

Kumki elephant dies of negligence
MB Maramkal, TNN Sep 16, 2012

'Smuggler' of meat speaks only Tamil
TNN | Sep 17, 2012

Sunday, September 16, 2012

IN NEWS (September 15 & 16, 2012)


September 16, 2012

Earth care awards 2012: Celebrating the green champs
TNN | Sep 16, 2012

India should reject CDM Recommendations, urges CSE

16 Sep, 2012, 05.14AM IST, ET Bureau
Green issues not hurting country’s progress: Jayanthi Natarajan

Tourists don’t kill, or save, tigers
The tiger tourism debate excludes the traditionally excluded but the new MoEF panel must protect conservation’s biggest stakeholders
By Jay Mazoomdaar

Order bars ‘price tags’ on seized wildlife
Ignatius Pereira

Nature education awaits tourists in Bhimashankar
Dipannita Das, TNN | Sep 16, 2012

The last post at Gir
If you want to see an Indian lion born free, and living free, you have to visit Gir, in Gujarat, and keep your fingers crossed
Hugh & Colleen Gantzer

Book on Indian birds released in AMU

Ozone day programmes at activist's treehouse today
TNN | Sep 16, 2012

Indian navy jeopardising pristine Nicobar island?


September 15, 2012

Joanna Van Gruisen: Conservation of a different stripe
India needs to look beyond the myopic strategy of banning tourism and reform wildlife governance to save the big cat

Probe indicts forest officials for flawed tree plantation
Sukhbir Siwach, TNN Sep 15, 2012

FRIDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2012

Can jumbos be saved?
Our policies are shy of even considering the cost of saving 30,000-odd elephants in this resource-starved country
By Jay Mazoomdaar



Friday, 14 September 2012

Saturday, 15 September 2012

Leopard caught in wire snare dies
TNN Sep 15, 2012

Dasara elephant Kavita neglected
MB Maramkal, TNN Sep 14, 2012

Gujarat tops in India in distribution of forest land title papers to tribal -- Narendra Modi

Indian official calling for improved hydropower development process

Science Express arrives in city tomorrow

Rhino Crisis Round Up: Rhinos Killed in India, Kenya & More
September 14, 2012 By Rhishja Cota-Larson

Friday, September 14, 2012

IN NEWS (September 14, 2012)


India has two weeks to solve the tiger vs tourism dilemma
Samanth Subramanian  Sep 14, 2012 

Go Green campaign goes beyond borders
TNN | Sep 14, 2012

Uttarakhand expects positive Ganga hydel project report
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehradun Sep 14, 2012

Centre for Environment Education turns to kids to save dolphin
Faiz Rahman Siddiqui, TNN | Sep 14, 2012

Forest, magisterial custody for 11 sarpamitras till Monday
Aparna Nair, TNN | Sep 14, 2012

One more arrested in Gondmohadi poaching case
TNN | Sep 14, 2012

Pilibhit reels under tiger scare
TNN Sep 9, 2012

Tiger strayings anger villagers
TNN | Sep 14, 2012

Tadoba reserve records 65 tigers

Protecting tigers in Central India

Two Loris rescued from wildlife smugglers in Delhi airport
by Kartick Satyanarayan

Natarajan is irresponsible: CM
September 14, 2012

BJP wants recovery of money from mine owners
TNN | Sep 14, 2012

Sonbhadra DM tackles illegal mining with iron hand
Neha Shukla, TNN | Sep 14, 2012

‘Save the beach’ to kick off on Sept 16
Published: Friday, Sep 14, 2012

Wildlife of Kutch
Gujarat, India

New life for north shore forestry mills
By: Ian Ross

MONITORING & EVALUATION SPECIALIST – PARTNERSHIP FOR LAND USE SCIENCE - INDIA
Job—Closing date: 12 Oct 2012—Tetra Tech ARD

Thursday, September 13, 2012

IN NEWS (September 13, 2012)


Forest project issued CO2 credits for California market
Reuters | Sep 13, 2012

Should I shoot my officers for doing wrong, asks Natarajan

THURSDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2012

New panel to ready tiger tourism norms in 10 days
Nitin Sethi, TNN | Sep 13, 2012

Pune's Yashda to launch tiger corridor study
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Sep 13, 2012

Now, it’s illegal iron ore mining in Goa
G.SRINIVASAN

Maharashtra's Tadoba reserve records 65 tigers
PTI | Sep 13, 2012

Central Zoo Authority 's doublespeak on circus elephant to fore
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Sep 13, 2012

Goa action against illegal mining a whitewash: Jayanti Natarajan
PTI   Panjim, September 12, 2012

All Goa iron ore mines lose green clearance

Environment clearance of 93 Goa mines suspended

Turtles seized from shop in Kendrapada
TNN | Sep 13, 2012

Python stoned to death near Mahuva
TNN | Sep 12, 2012

Forest staff in soup over seized tiger skin

Minor in monkey smuggling case sent to juvenile home

Workshop at IIFM

Centre, state pass the buck, Jindal escapes action
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times   New Delhi, September 12, 2012