FORESTRY NEWS INDIA

There are estimates of what forests generate for the economy but there is no valuation of standing forests and their role in water and soil protectionSunita Narain / New Delhi June 6, 2011, 0:52 IST

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sunita-narain-towards-productive-forestry/437917/

Jairam insists on more forest cover for India

2011-06-05

http://www.sify.com/news/jairam-insists-on-more-forest-cover-for-india-news-national-lgftOifgjei.html

Focus on Forests as India Hosts World Environment Day

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2011/2011-06-05-01.html

World environment day held

TNN | Jun 5, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/World-environment-day-held/articleshow/8739448.cms

Govt committed towards balanced approach to nuclear programmes: Jairam

Shishir Prashant / New Delhi June 6, 2011

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/govt-committed-towards-balanced-approach-to-nuclear-programmes-jairam/437960/

Sunday, June 05, 2011

Conservation of Forests is Crucial for Sustainable Development: Shri Jairam Ramesh India Celebrates World Environment Day Today

http://www.groundreportindia.com/2011/06/conservation-of-forests-is-crucial-for.html

Managing India's tiger-human conflict

By Mallika Kapur, CNN

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/06/05/india.tiger.tracking/

Do cooperative forests have a future?

Sudhirendar Sharma

http://www.morungexpress.com/analysis/66638.htmlCity’s green cover — 54 sq km

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/City-s-green-cover---54-sq-km/799167/

Katha versus Gambier

TNN | Jun 5, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Katha-versus-Gambier/articleshow/8737978.cms

Cancer survivors celebrate life at the World Forestry Center

Published: Sunday, June 05, 2011

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/06/cancer_survivors_celebrate_lif.html

Tech meets trees for Environment Day

By Lezette Engelbrecht

http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44274:tech-meets-trees-for-environment-day&catid=69

TWA Joins Indian Environment Ministry’s Campaign on World Environment Day

Monday, June 06, 2011

http://www.orissadiary.com/Shownews.asp?id=27105

IN NEWS (June 5, 2011)

Safeguarding nature is need of the hour: Jairam Ramesh

Published: Sunday, Jun 5, 2011

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_safeguarding-nature-is-need-of-the-hour-jairam-ramesh_1551353

Will environmentalists have the last laugh this time?

S T Beuria in Bhubaneswar

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/166503/will-environmentalists-have-last-laugh.html

Conservation of Forests is Crucial for Sustainable Development: Shri Jairam Ramesh India Celebrates World Environment Day Today

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=72523

Sum of the trees is less than the forest

Pavan Sukhdev and Clément Feger, Hindustan Times

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Sum-of-the-trees-is-less-than-the-forest/Article1-705709.aspx

Additional Rs 150 cr earmarked to preserve forest

TNN, Jun 4, 2011

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-04/mangalore/29620597_1_saplings-forest-coastal-districts

Conserving a connected world

T.R. SHANKAR RAMAN

http://www.hindu.com/mag/2011/06/05/stories/2011060550030100.htm

MoEF to decide on 'No-Go' areas after Gadgil report

BS Reporter / Bangalore June 05, 2011

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/moef-to-decideno-go-areas-after-gadgil-report/437883/

Trunk call from India

June 5, 2011 By Vivek Menon

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/editorial/dc-comment/trunk-call-india-360

Gujarat's trees store 177m tonnes of carbon

H S Singh, TNN, Jun 4, 2011

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-04/developmental-issues/29620607_1_forest-and-tree-carbon-tonnes

I have always been transparent and clear, says Jairam Ramesh

Nitin Sethi, TNN, Jun 5, 2011

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-05/developmental-issues/29621097_1_forest-rights-act-joint-forest-management-committees-jfmcs

Village India leads the way

Ramu Bhagwat, TNN, Jun 5, 2011

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-05/flora-fauna/29622954_1_gram-sabha-mohan-hirabhai-hiralal-first-village

Coal mining extracts environmental, social toll

Seema Javed

http://expressbuzz.com/opinion/op-ed/coal-mining-extracts-environmental-social-toll/281207.html

Archdiocese asks for overhaul of forest policy

Jun 5, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Archdiocese-asks-for-overhaul-of-forest-policy/articleshow/8729588.cms

Shopping Green

Shreya Sareen,Shreya Sareen

Posted: Jun 05, 2011

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/shopping-green/799483/

Nearly, 80% of fuelwood market sourced illegally

Nitin Sethi, TNN, Jun 5, 2011

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-05/india/29622828_1_illegal-trade-forests-loaders

A bamboo revolution in nondescript Futana

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN, Jun 5, 2011

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-05/the-good-earth/29622960_1_jfm-forest-land-bamboo

India's Haunted Forest

BY LAURIE KENNETH JAMES

By Stephen Wagner

http://paranormal.about.com/od/hauntedplaces/a/tales_11_06_17t.htm

A film and presentation on tribal people's forest rights in India

By Purabi Bose 14 June at 15.30hrs Room C70 Leewenborg

http://ceres.fss.uu.nl/content/view/263/46/

State forestry and social conflict in British India

Guha, Ramachandra ; Gadgil, Madhav (1989) State forestry and social conflict in British India Past & Present, 123 (1). pp. 141-177. ISSN 1477-464X

http://repository.ias.ac.in/10332/

Rainforest Leaders to Sign Sustainablity Action Plan in 2012

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2011/2011-06-04-01.html

‘Water conservation among top priorities’

http://gulftoday.ae/portal/3576eadc-fb12-42ba-94ea-9b892fdaeeee.aspx

Forget world-class, no new IIT has even a campus

U Anand Kumar

http://expressbuzz.com/nation/forget-world-class-no-new-iit-has-even-a-campus/281266.html

Saturday, June 04, 2011

IN NEWS (June 4, 2011)

What is a forest? India yet to define

http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=242732

Jairam Ramesh, Environment Minister

‘We can never manage what we cannot measure’

Nisha Susan New Delhi

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=hub110611Coverstory3.asp

The tree of life bears costly fruit

Pavan Sukhdev and Clement Feger say that India should take lead in implementing the Green GDP concept

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Ws040611GREEN_ACCOUNTING.asp

India’s green economy for the future will need to meet the challenge of adding 8 – 10 million jobs each year

http://www.undp.org.in/sites/default/files/mediarelease/PR-Green-Haat.pdf

GoM on coal to meet on June 16 to address green hurdles

Press Trust of India / New Delhi June 03, 2011

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/gomcoal-to-meetjune-16-to-address-green-hurdles/137444/on

4 Jun, 2011, 03.48PM IST,PTI

Jaitapur nuclear power project will be implemented: Jairam Ramesh

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/jaitapur-nuclear-power-project-will-be-implemented-jairam-ramesh/articleshow/8724453.cms

Forests are at our service, but we...

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=188492

Department of Economic Development issues report on World Environment Day

http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1289993836178&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852

World Environment Day 2011: What's Happening and What You Can Do to Help

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/157290/20110603/world-environment-day-2011-india-canada-usa-global-green-world-wed-day-2011-ideas-green-environment.htm

India Prepares to Celebrate World Environment Day

June 3rd, 2011

http://www.thinktosustain.com/marketspace/2011/06/india-prepares-to-celebrate-world-environment-day/

No World-Class Institute In India, Says PM’s Advisor

BANGALORE – C N R Rao, chairman of special advisory committee to PM, has said there is not a single institute or university of global standard in the country.

http://thelinkpaper.ca/?p=7039

Lost in transmission

Eas Sarma

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=hub110611Coverstory12.asp

Jaunapur to Become Delhi's 41st City Forest

PTI | New Delhi | Jun 03, 2011

http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?724020

Arundhati Roy

The new India's most high-profile critic.

By Amy Kazmin

http://www.slate.com/id/2296260/

Friday, June 03, 2011

IN NEWS (June 3, 2011)

3 Jun, 2011, 03.20AM IST,ET Bureau

Environment Ministry ready with eco-tourism guidelines in ecologically fragile areas

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/environment-ministry-ready-with-eco-tourism-guidelines-in-ecologically-fragile-areas/articleshow/8703273.cms

2 million trees to be uprooted in Wullar Lake

http://www.kashmirdispatch.com/headlines/02063688-2-million-trees-to-be-uprooted-in-wullar-lake.htm

Restoring the economy in eco-tourism

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Jun 3, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Restoring-the-economy-in-eco-tourism/articleshow/8701344.cms

World Environment Day

Forests: Nature At Your Service | 05 June

http://new.unep.org/wed/news/hostcountry.asp

Environmental activist denied bail, chained to hospital bed

Supriya Sharma, TNN | Jun 3, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Environmental-activist-denied-bail-chained-to-hospital-bed/articleshow/8706724.cms

3 Jun, 2011, 09.46AM IST,ET Bureau

Coal India to take 11.5MT hit on latest green directive; stock up

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/stocks-in-news/coal-india-to-take-115mt-hit-on-latest-green-directive-stock-up/articleshow/8707114.cms

Jairam requests France to procure manuscript copy

Published on Fri, Jun 03, 2011

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/jairam-requests-france-to-procure-manuscript-copy_554509.html

3 Jun, 2011, 03.27AM IST, Urmi A Goswami,ET Bureau

Environment Ministry allows land diversion for for IIT Indore

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/infrastructure/environment-ministry-allows-land-diversion-for-for-iit-indore/articleshow/8703353.cms

Summons on Jairam Ramesh on hold

http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-217937.html

PIL on Posco does not come up for hearing

Published on Fri, Jun 03, 2011

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/pilposco-does-not-comefor-hearing_554516.html

A Damodaran: The despair of the Ganges

Published on Fri, Jun 03, 2011

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/features/a-damodaranthe-despair-ganges_554052.html

Nalco to set up Rs 274 Cr wind power project in AP

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/energy/power/nalco-to-set-up-rs-274-cr-wind-power-project-in-ap/articleshow/8693752.cms

IIFA intensifies its support for the environment and ties up with UNEP for World Environment Day

http://bollyspice.com/view.php/7201-iifa-intensifies-its-support-for-the-environment-and-ties-up-with-unep-for-world-environment-day.html

Vulture comeback: Rebirth among birds of death

By DENIS D. GRAY

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9NJQUCO4.htm

No excuses for Nepal

KASHISH DAS SHRESTHA

http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=31950

Let's Plant a Forest

By Don Cheadle on Jun 2nd 2011

http://blogs.blackvoices.com/2011/06/02/lets-plant-a-forest/

Thursday, June 02, 2011

IN NEWS (June 2, 2011)

Forests : Nature at Your Service

http://nvonews.com/2011/06/01/forests-nature-at-your-service/

"World Environment Day" includes release of a New Forest Report

By D.A. Barber
http://www.suite101.com/content/world-environment-day-includes-release-of-a-new-forest-report-a373942

World Environment Day 2011: Forest Issues and Challenges in India

May 30th, 2011

http://thinktosustain.com/marketspace/2011/05/world-environment-day-2011-forest-issues-and-challenges-in-india/

Do cooperative forests have a future?

By Sudhirendar Sharma

http://infochangeindia.org/environment/features/do-cooperative-forests-have-a-future.html

2 Jun, 2011, 01.33AM IST,ET Bureau

Uttarakhand's Srinagar hydel project stopped

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/uttarakhands-srinagar-hydel-project-stopped/articleshow/8686415.cms

Green ministry to get Dr Singh’s prescription

Chetan Chauhan
New Delhi, June 01, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Green-ministry-to-get-Dr-Singh-s-prescription/Article1-704500.aspx

Jairam Ramesh Asks Report on Probo Koala at Alang Ship Breaking Yard

http://abclive.in/environment/480-probo-koala-alang-ship-breaking-yard.html

Centre plans bio-cultural park in state

Express News Service , The New Indian Express
Posted on Jun 02, 2011

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/centre-plans-biocultural-park-in-state/156244-60-117.html

Walk in the park for forest minister

Minati Singha, TNN | Jun 1, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Walk-in-the-park-for-forest-minister/articleshow/8684686.cms

Northeast flavour in city museum

Express News Service , The New Indian Express
Posted on Jun 02, 2011

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/northeast-flavour-in-city-museum/156255-60-117.html

1 Jun, 2011, 10.20PM IST, Nageshwar Patnaik,ET Bureau

Jairam Ramesh describes himself as friend of Orissa

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/jairam-ramesh-describes-himself-as-friend-of-orissa/articleshow/8684056.cms

Eye on London for zoo facelift

OUR BUREAU

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110602/jsp/calcutta/story_14058673.jsp

Forests on our coastline

Snehal Rebello, Hindustan Times
Mumbai, June 02, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Forests-on-our-coastline/Article1-704686.aspx

People's Tribunal Questions Safety of India Nuke Complex, World's Biggest

http://solveclimatenews.com/news/20110602/peoples-tribunal-questions-safety-india-nuke-complex-worlds-biggest

Churches asked to observe Green Sunday

Published Date: June 2, 2011

http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2011/06/02/churches-asked-to-observe-green-sunday/

Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI), at Jorhat,Assam

http://humtydumty.in/web-directory/rain-forest-research-institute-rfri-jorhatassam

NZ timber industry is thriving, not lumbering

By Paul Nicholls

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10729540

Wednesday, June 01, 2011

IN NEWS (June 1, 2011)

Uma Bharati forces Jairam Ramesh to stop construction of a dam

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, June 01, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Uma-Bharati-forces-Jairam-Ramesh-to-stop-construction-of-a-dam/Article1-704258.aspx

Report on Bhagirathi, Alakananda in a week

Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun June 1, 2011

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/reportbhagirathi-alakananda-inweek/437364/

Iron Ore and Coal Mining Pose Biggest Threat to Elephants

by admin on May 31, 2011

http://agmetalminer.com/2011/05/31/iron-ore-and-coal-mining-pose-biggest-threat-to-elephants/

PM steps in as GoM on ‘go, no go’ doesn’t bring any quick relief

Priyadarshi Siddhanta, Posted: Jun 01, 2011

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/PM-steps-in-as-GoM-on--go--no-go--doesn-t-bring-any-quick-relief/797852/

Posco project: MOU may be renewed

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/posco-project-mou-may-be-renewed/155955-60-117.html

Frame their fearful symmetry

Akila Kannadasan

http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2068131.ece

Priyanka Chopra Vs Rahul Bose on World Environment Day

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=242110

'Animals here are better off than human beings in this cursed, holy region'

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0601/1224298205425.html

The power and glory

Misgivings about the Supreme Court's initiatives are unfounded

M J Antony / New Delhi June 1, 2011

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/m-j-antonypowerglory/437336/

A slice of northeast in Bhubaneswar

Minati Singha, TNN | Jun 1, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/A-slice-of-northeast-in-Bhubaneswar/articleshow/8669409.cms

New Museum Gallery on North East Biodiversity opens in Bhubaneswar

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=72438

Delhi zoo water not fit for consumption

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-zoo-water-not-fit-for-consumption/155828-3.html

Jairam Ramesh is a bachcha: CNR Rao

Published: Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011, 8:26 IST
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_jairam-ramesh-is-a-bachcha-cnr-rao_1549782

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