IN NEWS (March 19, 2012)

Religion vs conservation: When will pilgrims stop polluting our forests?

Mar 18, 2012

http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/religion-vs-conservation-when-will-pilgrims-stop-polluting-our-forests-248313.html

Spreading wings: It's all comparative, boastful numbers

Jumana Shah | Monday, March 19, 2012

http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_spreading-wings-it-s-all-comparative-boastful-numbers_1664397

'Maoists irked by Italians taking objectionable pictures of tribals'

Sandeep Mishra & Vishwa Mohan, TNN | Mar 19, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maoists-irked-by-Italians-taking-objectionable-pictures-of-tribals/articleshow/12323053.cms

Is mobile radiation killing Sparrows?

Experts Sound Caution On Ill-Effects Of Hazardous Emission On Birds

IMRAN MUZAFFAR

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/Mar/19/is-mobile-radiation-killing-sparrows--62.asp

14,300 trees likely to be felled for Delhi Metro's 3rd phase

PTI | 04:03 PM,Mar 19,2012

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/14300-trees-likely-to-be-felled-for-delhi-metros-3rd-phase/977045.html

Slow operations a boon for stray tiger

TNN | Mar 19, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Slow-operations-a-boon-for-stray-tiger/articleshow/12322764.cms

Chennai | Posted on Mar 19, 2012 at 10:49am IST

Budget blinks on going green

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/budget-blinks-on-going-green/240461-60-120.html

HSI Encouraged by AWBI Steps to Minimise Animal Suffering

19 March 2012

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/25200/hsi-encouraged-by-awbi-steps-to-minimise-animal-suffering

A chronology of Bengal forestry operation since Independence through JFM

http://natureindian.net/all_news/15-03-2012/plantation.html

Ranthambore Wildlife congregation with National Parks in India

Mar 16, 2012

http://www.freepressreleases.com/ranthambore-wildlife-congregation-national-parks-india/130568

Kaziranga National Park Wildlife Treasury in North East India

http://blog.xpertravels.com/2012/03/12/kaziranga-national-park-wildlife-treasury-in-north-east-india/

Tropical Forest India held at Phipps

By Jean Horne, FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, March 18, 2012

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/lifestyles/fanfare/s_787166.html

IN NEWS (March 17 & 18, 2012)

March 18, 2012

18 Mar, 2012, 01.30PM IST, PTI

Budget 2012-13 allocates only Rs 2,430 crore for Environment and Forests Ministry

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/budget-2012-13-allocates-only-rs-2430-crore-for-environment-and-forests-ministry/articleshow/12315113.cms

Pranab's budget not so green this time

Press Trust of India / New Delhi Mar 18, 2012

http://business-standard.com/india/news/pranabs-budget-not-so-green-this-time/160761/on

In scarred country

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times  March 17, 2012

http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/In-scarred-country/Article1-827049.aspx

Panel seeks 10-year mining ban in illegal mines of Karnataka

Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore Mar 18, 2012

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/panel-seeks-10-year-mining-ban-in-illegal-mineskarnataka/468151/

Forest department seeks expert advice

TNN | Mar 18, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Forest-department-seeks-expert-advice/articleshow/12312080.cms

Orang National Park Rhino population pegged at 100

TNN | Mar 17, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Orang-National-Park-Rhino-population-pegged-at-100/articleshow/12308715.cms

Hoping for a cub, tigress to be relocated to Sariska

Rajendra Sharma, TNN | Mar 18, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Hoping-for-a-cub-tigress-to-be-relocated-to-Sariska/articleshow/12311321.cms

Two bison die after straying out of forest

Pinak Priya Bhattacharya, TNN Mar 14, 2012

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-14/kolkata/31164934_1_bison-sumita-ghatak-diana-forest

Camera Traps Spot Mother Tiger and Cubs in India

OurAmazingPlanet Staff

Date: 17 March 2012

http://www.livescience.com/19133-camera-traps-spot-tigers.html

Orissa | Posted on Mar 18, 2012 at 10:39am IST

Curbs on boats chasing dolphins mooted

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/curbs-on-boats-chasing-dolphins-mooted/240294-60-117.html

Forest guard injured by rhino in Kaziranga

http://zeenews.india.com/news/assam/forest-guard-injured-by-rhino-in-kaziranga_764535.html

The new mafia Raj

Prabhat Sharan

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/235260/mafia-raj.html

JRF in DBT funded research project at Department of Forestry, NERIST, Nirjuli

http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=education.Education_Announcements.Edn_Ann_2012.JRF_in_DBT_funded_research_project_at_Dept_of_Forestry_NERIST_20120317

 

March 17, 2012

Greens disappointed with Pranab

TNN Mar 17, 2012

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-17/nagpur/31204584_1_pranab-mukherjee-climate-change-fm-talks

World's largest conservation area to protect African wildlife

5 nations sign treaty setting up KAZA, combining 109 million acres of 36 nature preserves

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46762717/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.T2YJb3mpO6U

India’s coastal states joined together for long term ICZM planning

http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=32616

Past in Monsoon Changes Linked to Major Shifts in Indian Civilizations

ScienceDaily (Mar. 16, 2012)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316145802.htm

DoPT comes to Hooda’s rescue

Haryana waves a timely and dubious DoPT note in the Centre’s face to scuttle a CBI probe and muzzle a whistleblower

By Jay Mazoomdaar

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main52.asp?filename=Ne240312DoPT.asp

Devote best service for environment protection: CM to IFS Probationers

Jammu, Mar 16

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/Mar/17/devote-best-service-for-environment-protection-cm-to-ifs-probationers-61.asp

Poll people to move lions: Panel

TNN Mar 17, 2012

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-17/ahmedabad/31204522_1_kuno-palpur-lions-saurashtra-region

‘Lions are the property of Sorath’

Published: Saturday, Mar 17, 2012

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_lions-are-the-property-of-sorath_1663641

Battle for the jungle king is fast hotting up

Mahesh Trivedi (Gujarat Going-on)

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2012/March/international_March629.xml&section=international&col=

Banni Maldharis rally for forest rights, submit memo to Kutch collector

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Banni-Maldharis-rally-for-forest-rights--submit-memo-to-Kutch-collector/924525/

ARI scientists and wildlife department launch study of Shekru

Garima Mishra,Garima Mishra   Posted: Mar 17, 2012

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/ari-scientists-and-wildlife-department-launch-study-of-shekru/924840/

Job Courses and Job opportunities in Forestry and Animal Wildlife in India

http://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/149880-Job-Courses-Job-opportunities-Forestry.aspx

IN NEWS (March 15, 2012)

GreenTalk: India (barely) protests dams on international day of action

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/india/india-dams-rivers-protests

Lower Carbon Sustainable Growth to be Central Element of 12th Plan; Economic Survey Seeks More Sensitivity from Developed Countries to Carbon Emissions 

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=80983

Wildlife activists frown upon events in biodiversity park

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times  Gurgaon, March 13, 2012

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Gurgaon/Wildlife-activists-frown-upon-events-in-biodiversity-park/Article1-824455.aspx

Gun-trotting Indian timber mafia loots Bhutan forests

http://www.thebhutanese.bt/gun-trotting-indian-timber-mafia-loots-bhutan-forests/

Watching Wild Snow Leopards

Posted by Stuart Pimm on March 14, 2012

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/03/14/watching-wild-snow-leopards/

14 March 2012 Last updated at 12:00 GMT

Stray tiger in India evades 'mating call' lure

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17363202

Gujarat gears up to halt relocation of Gir lions

Published: Thursday, Mar 15, 2012

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_gujarat-gears-up-to-halt-relocation-of-gir-lions_1662728

Chennai hub of wildlife racket

Christin Mathew Philip, TNN | Mar 15, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Chennai-hub-of-wildlife-racket/articleshow/12270567.cms

Traumatized leopard refuses to exit IAF runway pipe

Vikram Jit Singh, TNN | Mar 15, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Traumatized-leopard-refuses-to-exit-IAF-runway-pipe/articleshow/12271404.cms

Shooting of young bald eagle was ‘just a sad thing to see’

http://www.powhatantoday.com/index.php/news/article/shooting-of-young-bald-eagle-was-just-a-sad-thing-to-see/27252/

Bengal: Forest top brass spat hits green drive

http://indianagrofarming.blogspot.in/2012/03/bengal-forest-top-brass-spat-hits-green.html

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Jayanthi Natarajan on Pollution by Okhla Waste to Energy plant

http://toxicswatch.blogspot.in/2012/03/jayanthi-natarajan-on-pollution-by.html

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IN NEWS (March 10, 2012)

4 new areas notified as sanctuaries

http://www.wpsi-india.org/news/05032012.php

Maharashtra loses its 7th tiger in 4 months

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Mar 10, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Maharashtra-loses-its-7th-tiger-in-4-months/articleshow/12204623.cms

Elusive tiger makes another kill in Rahmankhera forest

TNN | Mar 10, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Elusive-tiger-makes-another-kill-in-Rahmankhera-forest/articleshow/12205095.cms

Sea surface warming affects fish harvesting in Sundarbans

AYAN PRAMANIK

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/economy/article2978506.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home

19 Indian star tortoises being quatantined at AAZP

Chennai, Mar 10, 2012

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/233377/19-indian-star-tortoises-being.html

The Frog Purana

Biologist S.D. Biju is an unlikely poster boy for Indian science

BINOO K. JOHN ON S.D. BIJU

http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?280174

In 2 years, forest bhavan to come up in Shivajinagar

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-2-years-forest-bhavan-to-come-up-in-shivajinagar/921914/

Mining mafia rules in MP as govt sleeps

Sravani Sarkar, Hindustan Times  Bhopal, March 10, 2012

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Bhopal/Mining-mafia-rules-in-MP-as-govt-sleeps/Article1-823129.aspx

Will officer’s killers be arrested?

Mar 10, 2012 - Rashme Sehgal

http://www.asianage.com/india/will-officer-s-killers-be-arrested-702

Portage dentist helps dancing bears

By Robin Dudgeon

http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3496855

Go green: 10 of the world's best indoor gardens

Written By George Hobica  Published March 09, 2012   FoxNews.com

http://www.foxnews.com/travel/slideshow/2012/03/09/worlds-best-indoor-gardens/#slide=1

Vivek Foundation Empowering Tribal Women By Providing Backyard Poultry Operations

http://thelinkpaper.ca/?p=14867

Inspired by an Ancient Hindu Sign

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203370604577265772781966402.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

IN NEWS (March 9, 2012)

Environment Protection is the responsibility of the every Citizen” says Mr. M C Pargaien, IFS

Friday, March 09, 2012

http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=12103

Why inter-linking of rivers is not possible

March 09, 2012

http://www.rediff.com/news/column/why-inter-linking-of-rivers-is-not-possible/20120309.htm

HC upholds govt plan for Pallikaranai marshland

TNN | Mar 9, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/HC-upholds-govt-plan-for-Pallikaranai-marshland/articleshow/12190975.cms

BJP, Congress leaders equally involved in MP illegal mining: Sharad Yadav

http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/03/09/274011-BJP-Congress-leaders-equally-involved-in-MP-illegal-mining-Sharad-Yadav.html

CAG slams ‘lax’ deputy commissioners, forest department

http://www.indianrealtynews.com/real-estate-india/gurgaon/cag-slams-lax-deputy-commissioners-forest-department.html

Smuggled turtles sent back home to India

Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang | Fri, 03/09/2012

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/03/09/smuggled-turtles-sent-back-home-india.html

Tiger count grows, but Panna ki tamanna hai heera

Ranjan, Hindustan Times  Bhopal, March 09, 2012

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Bhopal/Tiger-count-grows-but-Panna-ki-tamanna-hai-heera/Article1-822903.aspx

Ramanagaram’s Sholay Rocks to home first vulture sanctuary of India

March 8, 2012    By Amit S. Upadhye 

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/ramanagaram%E2%80%99s-sholay-rocks-home-first-vulture-sanctuary-india-412

NASA MODIS Image of the Day: March 8, 2012 - Fires in central and southern India

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=40193

IN NEWS (March 8, 2012)

Bid to revive forests in Jammu and Kashmir

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/bid-to-revive-forests-in-jammu-and-kashmir

HC asks forest department secretary to be present in illegal mining hearing

TNN | Mar 8, 2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/HC-asks-forest-department-secretary-to-be-present-in-illegal-mining-hearing/articleshow/12180583.cms

Madras HC suspends Elephant Corridor order

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/madras-hc-suspends-elephant-corridor-order/237149-60-120.html

Environment and forest ministry to demarcate no-go areas for mining within a month: The original no-go demarcation was scrapped since the coal ministry and industry had complained about it

Submitted by sita_krishi on March 3, 2012

http://www.indiawaterportal.org/node/24377

GreenTalk: Ban mining in India's Western Ghats

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/india/india-mining-environment-western-ghats

Pachyderm projects aiding wildlife 

Couple has travelled the globe to learn more about plight of elephants, how we can help them survive 

BY TAMARA CUNNINGHAM, DAILY NEWS MARCH 8, 2012

http://www.canada.com/Pachyderm+projects+aiding+wildlife/6269482/story.html

Sabita’s Journey with WWF-Nepal

http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?203788/SabitasJourney

Forest fire engulfs Similipal, Kuldiha areas

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/forest-fire-engulfs-similipal-kuldiha-areas/237277-60-117.html

Are wolves dangerous?

http://wallowa.com/news/wolves/are-wolves-dangerous/article_8438e2ca-688b-11e1-be0c-001871e3ce6c.html

Top 10 Wildlife Sanctuaries in India

http://www.thrillophilia.com/blog/top-10-wildlife-sanctuaries-in-india/

TV Show on Tiger to Make People Aware

http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/sbwire-130116.htm

U.S. Forest Service Hosts, Trains, and Engages Bhutanese Foresters

http://blogs.usda.gov/2012/03/07/u-s-forest-service-hosts-trains-and-engages-bhutanese-foresters/