FORESTRY NEWS (March 01, 2015)

Greens see red over meagre funds for environment

TNN | Mar 1, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Greens-see-red-over-meagre-funds-for-environment/articleshow/46415499.cms

Budget 2015: Jaitley cuts allocation to environment ministry

 Arun Jaitley has cut the allocation for the ministry of environment, forests and climate change by nearly a quarter to Rs1,681.60 crore in 2015-16      Mayank Aggarwal

 http://www.livemint.com/Politics/4nHSOvIAzn2dqvqHJSR19O/Budget-2015-Jaitley-cuts-allocation-to-environment-ministry.html

Boost to renewables, short shrift to forests

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/union-budget-hopes-to-generate-investment-in-green-energy-while-giving-short-shrift-to-forest-and-wildlife-to-the-dismay-of-environmentalists/article6946331.ece

Finance Minister cuts environment funding by 18 per cent 

By Mail Today Bureau

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2973836/Finance-Minister-cuts-environment-funding-18-cent.html

In Pursuit of Illegal Loggers in India

Posted by Society for Conservation Biology on February 28, 2015

http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/28/in-pursuit-of-illegal-loggers-in-india/

677 trees saved from axe in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar

Himanshu Kaushik, TNN | Feb 28, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/677-trees-saved-from-axe-in-Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar/articleshow/46411090.cms

Minister Kusum Mehdele wants law allowing people to keep tigers and lions as pets!

By Press Trust of India @indiacom | March 01, 2015

http://www.india.com/news/india/minister-kusum-mehdele-wants-law-allowing-people-to-keep-tigers-and-lions-as-pets-300880/

Assam can learn from Nepal’s anti-poaching experience
SIVASISH THAKUR    GUWAHATI, Feb 27

http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb2815/at059

 

Punjab module part of global poaching nexus: WTI

Vikram Jit Singh | Mar 1, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Punjab-module-part-of-global-poaching-nexus-WTI/articleshow/46416438.cms

Campaign to save the Indian wolf

Mumbai, March 1 (IANS):

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=300668

Students from Pench buffer get closer to nature

Vijay Pinarkar,TNN | Feb 28, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Students-from-Pench-buffer-get-closer-to-nature/articleshow/46413339.cms

KERALA’S CHARMING HILL STATIONS

http://www.theindianpanorama.com/travel/keralas-charming-hill-stations/