FORESTRY NEWS (March 24, 2015)

States diverting CAMPA funds for planting trees to meet other expenditure

By Urmi Goswami, ET Bureau | 24 Mar, 2015

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/finance/states-diverting-campa-funds-for-planting-trees-to-meet-other-expenditure/articleshow/46670180.cms

CM: Make Raj a hub for eco-tourism

TNN | Mar 24, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/CM-Make-Raj-a-hub-for-eco-tourism/articleshow/46674564.cms

Centre to tackle illegal sand mining with satellite imagery

TNN | Mar 24, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Centre-to-tackle-illegal-sand-mining-with-satellite-imagery/articleshow/46670041.cms

MoEF takes on sand mafia, conservation

Pune Mirror | Mar 24, 2015

http://www.punemirror.in/pune/civic/MoEF-takes-on-sand-mafia-conservation/articleshow/46668544.cms

Existing quarries don't need environmental clearance, rules Kerala HC

Mahir Haneef,TNN | Mar 23, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Existing-quarries-dont-need-environmental-clearance-rules-Kerala-HC/articleshow/46666113.cms

Top Indian and US scientists share Tyler Prize for work in changing environmental policy

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-03/bc-tia031615.php

30 Jalgaon youngsters groomed as conservationists

Vijay Pinarkar, TNN | Mar 23, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/30-Jalgaon-youngsters-groomed-as-conservationists/articleshow/46663837.cms

Home-grown tag for forest products

Our Special Correspondent

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150324/jsp/nation/story_10536.jsp#.VRF39o5s7IU

Sunderbans: Poachers turn conservationists to save world's largest mangrove forest

http://www.firstpost.com/india/sunderbans-poachers-turn-conservationists-to-save-worlds-largest-mangrove-forest-2170543.html

Rhino poaching rises in Kaziranga National Park, 75 rhinos killed

http://nvonews.com/rhino-poaching-rises-in-kaziranga-national-park-75-rhinos-killed/

Electric fences kill more tuskers in Tamil Nadu than poachers

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/flora-fauna/electric-fences-kill-more-tuskers-in-tamil-nadu-than-poachers/articleshow/46669479.cms

Poachers buy Kaziranga forest guards for £1,000

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Leya Musa

http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2015/03/poachers-buy-kaziranga-forest-guards-for-1000/

Survivorman star encounters tiger during shoot in Uttarakhand

Raju Gusain   |   Mail Today  |   Dehradun, March 24, 2015 |

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/discovery-channel-survivorman-les-stroud-encounters-tiger-during-shoot-uttarakhand/1/425414.html

Jumbo Attacks Spur District Administration to Rethink

By Express News Service    Published: 24th March 2015

http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Jumbo-Attacks-Spur-District-Administration-to-Rethink/2015/03/24/article2727316.ece

New forest college proposed

TNN | Mar 24, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/New-forest-college-proposed/articleshow/46669148.cms

Cops thwart illegal felling of Sheesham

Keshav Agrawal,TNN | Mar 23, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Cops-thwart-illegal-felling-of-Sheesham/articleshow/46667185.cms

Protecting tigers with sticks in hand

Riyan Ramanath V,TNN | Mar 24, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Protecting-tigers-with-sticks-in-hand/articleshow/46672626.cms

Coal mining banned in India’s Mahan forest

Last updated on 24 March 2015

http://www.rtcc.org/2015/03/24/coal-mining-banned-in-indias-mahan-forest/