IN NEWS (April 1-6, 2013)

 Deforestation cost govt Rs. 2000 cr

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, April 06, 2013

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Deforestation-cost-govt-Rs-2000-cr/Article1-1038195.aspx

11 die in Bihar fire incidents, 100 acre of forest area gutted

Press Trust of India 

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/11-die-in-bihar-fire-incidents-100-acre-of-forest-area-gutted-350688

Leopard gets into a spot of bother... by falling down a well: Amazing rescue in India

Leopard saved after falling down a well on food hunt in northeast India

By SARA MALM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2304688/Leopard-gets-spot-bother--falling-Amazing-rescue-India.html

  

Ladakh highest producer of sea buckthorn in India: J-K Govt

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ladakh-highest-producer-of-sea-buckthorn-in-india-j-k-govt-113040600135_1.html

'Security threat' to ex-forest officer

TNN | Apr 6, 2013

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Security-threat-to-ex-forest-officer/articleshow/19411651.cms

Total Forest Cover in India

http://www.data.gov.in/dataset/total-forest-cover-india

Hand-reared rhino has a baby, a first for India

Saira Kurup, TNN | Apr 6, 2013

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Hand-reared-rhino-has-a-baby-a-first-for-India/articleshow/19407874.cms

Gibbon conservation event in Arunachal village

TNN | Apr 6, 2013

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Gibbon-conservation-event-in-Arunachal-village/articleshow/19409908.cms

Wary Manas cheers another birth

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130406/jsp/northeast/story_16752454.jsp#.UWA4y6LI000

Foresters confuse kittens with leopard cubs

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Apr 6, 2013

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Foresters-confuse-kittens-with-leopard-cubs/articleshow/19409231.cms

Kenya to toughen poaching sentences to save elephants

AFP | Apr 6, 2013

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Kenya-to-toughen-poaching-sentences-to-save-elephants/articleshow/19414101.cms

Centre rejects Satpura tiger reserve denotification proposal

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/centre-rejects-satpura-tiger-reserve-denotification-proposal-113040500525_1.html

Little hesitation in giving ‘green’ signal for projects

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/little-hesitation-in-giving-green-signal-for-projects/article4581727.ece

Himachal still relying on decade old forest survey

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/himachal-still-relying-on-decade-old-forest-survey-113040500005_1.html

Steps Taken to Protect Ecology of Indian Himalayan Region

http://investinindia.com/news/steps-taken-protect-ecology-indian-himalayan-region-12c3

Forest dept, cops clueless about poachers

Vimal Bhatia, TNN Apr 5, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-05/jaipur/38306087_1_chinkaras-poachers-three-blackbucks

Forest department begins studying leopard habitats, diet

Lawrence Milton, TNN Apr 5, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-05/mysore/38305753_1_leopards-study-incidents

Forest planned on floodplains to counter encroachment

Purusharth Aradhak, TNN Apr 5, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-05/noida/38306157_1_land-sharks-floodplains-land-mafia

Five chitals translocated to Ralamandal sanctuary

Bagish K Jha, TNN Apr 5, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-05/flora-fauna/38305519_1_forest-department-van-vihar-ratapani-wildlife-sanctuary

CAG to Assam: probe wrongs in work for Corridor project

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/cag-to-assam-probe-wrongs-in-work-for-corridor-project/article4582517.ece

‘Save Palar using bio-metallurgy’

http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article1530741.ece

Teams fan out to check mine owners’ claims
April 4, 2013

http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Teams-fan-out-to-check-mine-owners-rsquo-claims/72744.html

Check on displacement of adivasis

http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/04/03/380-Check-on-displacement-of-adivasis-.html

Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) move on Kalu dam shocks greens

Saturday, Mar 30, 2013

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1817040/report-union-ministry-of-environment-and-forests-moef-move-on-kalu-dam-shocks-greens

Human-wildlife conflict on the rise in India

Akhila Vijayaraghavan, mongabay.com
April 03, 2013
http://news.mongabay.com/2013/in0204-human-animal-conflict.html

India Identifies 12 Coal Projects For Speedy Clearance

4/4/2013

http://www.rttnews.com/2088592/india-identifies-12-coal-projects-for-speedy-clearance.aspx?type=in&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=sitemap

Leopard under stress

TNN Apr 3, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-03/mysore/38247576_1_mysore-zoo-forest-officials-k-b-markandaiah

Relocated rhino killed in Manas

TNN Apr 4, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-04/guwahati/38277437_1_indian-rhino-vision-11-rhinos-manas-national-park

Green crusader Sarabhai feted

TNN Apr 3, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-03/ahmedabad/38247817_1_sarabhai-flower-market-sustainable-development

In India, leopards are now backyard wildlife

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

http://beforeitsnews.com/science-and-technology/2013/04/in-india-leopards-are-now-backyard-wildlife-2568644.html

Summer renders big cats vulnerable

Saswati Mukherjee B, TNN Apr 3, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-03/bangalore/38247622_1_nagarahole-tiger-reserve-tiger-deaths-big-cats

Manas National Park scripts another tiger success story

TNN Apr 2, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-02/guwahati/38216731_1_tiger-conservation-tiger-population-adult-tiger

Lionhearts by profession, bravehearts for life

Runa Mukherjee Parikh, TNN Apr 2, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-02/ahmedabad/38216934_1_trackers-gir-lion

Internship in Delhi – WIldlife – WWF India

http://blog.internshala.com/2013/03/internship-delhi-wwf-wildlife/

Leopards and humans peacefully coexist in India

By Becky Oskin, LiveScience

http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/31/17540614-leopards-and-humans-peacefully-coexist-in-india?lite

Pets turn predators when tossed into unnatural habitat

http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article1525065.ece

Making A Difference: Indian Man Proves Power Of One With 1,300 Acre Wildlife Refuge

By Trisha Marczak | March 26, 2013

http://www.mintpress.net/making-a-difference-indian-man-proves-power-of-one-with-1300-acre-wildlife-refuge/

Forest deptt needs expansion: Altaf

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Apr/1/forest-deptt-needs-expansion-altaf-48.asp

Ten Sunderbans tigers to get collars

Krishnendu Mukherjee, TNN Apr 1, 2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-01/flora-fauna/38188992_1_tigers-wii-satellite-collars

Gujarat’s tree 
transplantation a success
Mahesh Trivedi / 1 April 2013

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/international/2013/April/international_April7.xml&section=international