FORESTRY NEWS (November 22, 2014)

SC clears hurdles for 165 big ticket infra projects Under the leadership of Prakash Javadekar, National Wildlife Board had cleared about 165 projects back in the month of August.
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/cnbc-tv18-comments/sc-clears-hurdles-for-165-big-ticket-infra-projects_1234860.html

Environment Ministry gives nod for developing strategic border projects

Friday, 21 November 2014

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-environment-ministry-gives-nod-for-developing-strategic-border-projects-2037188

Apex court lifts its order restraining Wildlife Board

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/apex-court-lifts-its-order-restraining-wildlife-board/

Don't force us, Javadekar says at UN climate talks

Aesha Datta

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/dont-force-us-javadekar-says-at-un-climate-talks/article6622118.ece

 

Next-Door Leopards: First GPS-Collar Study Reveals how Leopards Live with People

Study says leopards stay surprisingly close to homes

Released: 21-Nov-2014

http://www.newswise.com/articles/next-door-leopards-first-gps-collar-study-reveals-how-leopards-live-with-people?ret=/articles/list&category=science&page=1&search[status]=3&search[sort]=date+desc&search[section]=20&search[has_multimedia]=

70 per cent of Indian sewage treatment plants dysfunctional: Prakash Javadekar

PTI | November 21, 2014

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141121/nation-current-affairs/article/70-cent-indian-sewage-treatment-plants-dysfunctional-prakash

160km walk between Kanha-Pench tiger reserves to save corridor

Vijay Pinjarkar,TNN | Nov 22, 2014

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/160km-walk-between-Kanha-Pench-tiger-reserves-to-save-corridor/articleshow/45235833.cms?

Hardly a menace, they are indeed watchdogs of ecosystem

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/hardly-a-menace-they-are-indeed-watchdogs-of-ecosystem/article6624676.ece

Wildlife meat trading racket busted

TNN | Nov 22, 2014

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Wildlife-meat-trading-racket-busted/articleshow/45235533.cms

‘Police, Forest and Customs departments should join hands to conserve wildlife’

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/police-forest-and-customs-departments-should-join-hands-to-conserve-wildlife/article6624497.ece

Youth volunteers clean 500-year-old Sevasi Vav

TNN | Nov 22, 2014

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Youth-volunteers-clean-500-year-old-Sevasi-Vav/articleshow/45236229.cms

PESA villages get rights on minor forest produce

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Nov 21, 2014

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/PESA-villages-get-rights-on-minor-forest-produce/articleshow/45223444.cms

Forest dept to raise Madurai’s green cover

J Arockiaraj, TNN | Nov 21, 2014

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Forest-dept-to-raise-Madurais-green-cover/articleshow/45224833.cms

Shooter gone wild

Krishnendu Mukherjee,TNN | Nov 21, 2014

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Kolkata/Shooter-Gone-Wild/articleshow/45235188.cms

How safe are Etawah safari lions?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/How-safe-are-Etawah-safari-lions/articleshow/45222303.cms

Leopards know how to thrive in human territory

Saswati Mukherjee, TNN | Nov 21, 2014

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Leopards-know-how-to-thrive-in-human-territory/articleshow/45222842.cms

Tiger scare: Schools close in Katri

Faiz Rahman Siddiqui,TNN | Nov 22, 2014

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Tiger-scare-Schools-close-in-Katri/articleshow/45234547.cms

Woman killed in fresh tiger attack

Mazhar Ali, TNN | Nov 21, 2014

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Woman-killed-in-fresh-tiger-attack/articleshow/45223432.cms

Tiger 3 kms away from city

Faiz Rahman Siddiqui | Nov 21, 2014

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Tiger-3-kms-away-from-city/articleshow/45221363.cms