IN NEWS (February 4-10, 2013)

India: Indigenous Peoples Reclaim Right to Forest in Jharkhand

February 4 2013

http://www.iwgia.org/news/search-news?news_id=736

UPSC Indian Forest Service IFS 2012 results declared: Check result

http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/2/9/19-UPSC-Indian-Forest-Service-IFS-2012-results-declared.html

India’s edible oil imports threatens wildlife in Indonesia & Malaysia

http://www.wwfindia.org/?8562/Indias-edible-oil-imports-threatens-wildlife-in-Indonesia--Malaysia

Forest babus want non-green pastures

Saswati Mukherjee B, TNN Feb 4, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-04/bangalore/36742101_1_ifs-officers-ccfs-forest-lands

Staff crunch, poor infrastructure stump wildlife department

Riyan Ramanath V, TNN Feb 7, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-07/bhubaneswar/36971185_1_elephants-wildlife-manpower-shortage

Zoos: India's wildlife ghettos

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, February 02, 2013

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Zoos-India-s-wildlife-ghettos/Article1-1005506.aspx

Forest advisory body allows mining in Jharkhand elephant reserve

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/forest-advisory-body-allows-mining-in-jharkhand-elephant-reserve/1070513/

Stray rhino driven back into forest

Pinak Priya Bhattacharya, TNN Feb 6, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-06/kolkata/36948910_1_male-rhino-gorumara-national-park-forest-workers

Forest official attacked by lioness

TNN Feb 4, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-04/rajkot/36742100_1_lioness-forest-officials-dhari

Jayanthi Natarajan fires salvo after barrage over blocking of proposals, says she cannot be held responsible for delays

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jayanthi-natarajan-officials-blame-ministry-of-environment-blocking-proposals/1/249049.html

No bottlenecks in green nods: Jayanthi Natarajan

ET Bureau Feb 6, 2013

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-02-06/news/36950039_1_clearance-process-green-clearances-environmental-clearance

Forest officers resent lack of promotion

Riyan Ramanath V, TNN Feb 4, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-04/bhubaneswar/36742164_1_department-promotion-committee-promotion-list-deserving-officers

National Wildlife Board allows mines near sanctuaries with threatened species

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/national-wildlife-board-allows-mines-near-sanctuaries-with-threatened-species/1069539/

Maharashtra to reward informers of forest department

Himanshu Nitnaware, TNN Feb 3, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-03/aurangabad/36721808_1_informers-forest-area-wildlife-offences

Tigers under threat from disappearing mangrove forest

Report shows vast forest, shared by India and Bangladesh, is being rapidly destroyed by environmental change

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/29/sunderbans-disappearing-mangrove-india-bangladesh

PM calls Deo, Natarajan to resolve forest clearance impasse

Nitin Sethi, TNN Jan 24, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-24/developmental-issues/36526116_1_tribal-rights-gram-sabha-tribal-affairs

Leopard found dead in Girnar Forest in Junagadh

Vijaysinh Parmar, TNN Jan 29, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-29/flora-fauna/36614989_1_girnar-forest-wild-cat-leopard