IN NEWS (July 7, 2011)

Ministry to conduct impact study

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, July 06, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ministry-to-conduct-impact-study/Article1-718120.aspx

SC allows Lafarge to mine in Meghalaya

Court also asks govt to create a regulator to grant clearances for similar projects, impose penalties on polluters

Nikhil Kanekal

http://www.livemint.com/2011/07/06113925/SC-allows-Lafarge-to-mine-in-M.html?h=E

India clears Lafarge to resume mining for Chhatak

Thu, Jul 7th, 2011

http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=200296&cid=2

Review meeting for power, coal sectors postponed

Published on Wed, Jul 06, 2011

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/review-meeting-for-power-coal-sectors-postponed_563203.html

Posco: MoU by month-end

Express News Service , The New Indian Express
Posted on Jul 07, 2011

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/posco-mou-by-monthend/165688-60-117.html

MoU renewal with Posco-India by July end: Orissa Govt

Published on Wed, Jul 06, 2011

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/mou-renewalposco-india-by-july-end-orissa-govt_563292.html

Coal shortage drives Indian Environment Ministry to approve coal blocks

http://www.miningweekly.com/article/coal-shortage-drives-indian-environment-ministry-to-approve-coal-blocks-2011-07-07

Beehives along rail tracks to prevent jumbo deaths

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/beehives-along-rail-tracks-to-prevent-jumbo-deaths/813930/

Go green on Sikkim wheels

Environment stickers must for cars in Himalayan state

BIJOY GURUNG

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110707/jsp/frontpage/story_14206675.jsp

At last, city airport cleared of wild animals

Sachin Dravekar, TNN | Jul 7, 2011,

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/At-last-city-airport-cleared-of-wild-animals/articleshow/9129675.cms

IN NEWS (July 6, 2011)

Will the NGT signal green to Corporation?

Express News Service , The New Indian Express
Posted on Jul 06, 2011

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/will-the-ngt-signal-green-to-corporation/165281-60-120.html

Green light for French cement giant in India

http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/french-news/green-light-for-french-cement-giant-in-india_161189.html

Maharashtra's forest vegetation may undergo change due to global warming

TNN | Jul 5, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Climatic-conditions-unsuitable-for-the/articleshow/9116273.cms

Yedyurappa stalls transfer of 22 IFS officers

Published: Wednesday, Jul 6, 2011, 14:56 IST
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_yedyurappa-stalls-transfer-of-22-ifs-officers_1562883

Hema gets it from party for attacking jallikattu

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hema-gets-it-from-party-for-attacking-jallikattu/165345-60-118.html

Impact of climate change on Indian forests

Ranjith Gopalakrishnan1, Mathangi Jayaraman1, Govindswamy Bala2,3 and

N. H. Ravindranath1,*

1Centre for Sustainable Technologies, 2Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences and 3Divecha Centre for Climate Change,

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India

http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/forthcoming/CCI-6.pdf

ASIA BUSINESS

JULY 5, 2011, 9:08 A.M. ET

India Environment Ministry Denies Coal Block Clearance

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304760604576427590781236016.html?mod=WSJ_topics_obama

After clearing three coal blocks, Ramesh says no to fourth in C’garh forest

TNN | Jul 6, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/After-clearing-three-coal-blocks-Ramesh-says-no-to-fourth-in-Cgarh-forest/articleshow/9119416.cms

PM to meet Jairam, Jaiswal today; to discuss paucity of coal, ‘go, no-go’ issue

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/PM-to-meet-Jairam--Jaiswal-today--to-discuss-paucity-of-coal---go--no-go--issue/813377/

Ramesh seeks PMO help over alternate coal block

New Delhi, July 5, DHNS:

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/174005/ramesh-seeks-pmo-help-over.html

India Power Hit by Coal Shortage

Written by Siddharth Srivastava   

Wednesday, 06 July 2011

http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3297&Itemid=225

CIL's production growth in 11th Plan to be second-lowest in three decades

Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi July 6, 2011

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/cils-production-growth-in-11th-plan-to-be-second-lowest-in-three-decades/441708/

Activists write to Ramesh against Monsanto

http://www.inewsone.com/2011/07/05/activists-write-to-ramesh-against-monsanto/60987

IN NEWS (July 5, 2011)

Jaitapur activists to challenge green clearance

Snehal Rebello, Hindustan Times
Mumbai, July 05, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Jaitapur-activists-to-challenge-green-clearance/Article1-717385.aspx

NTCA committee on orphaned tiger cubs

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Jul 5, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/NTCA-committee-on-orphaned-tiger-cubs/articleshow/9105095.cms

It's greens versus government in Karnataka Bangalore,

 July 5 (IANS)
The Karnataka government and Bangaloreans are on collision course, being on opposite sides of the development versus conservation debate.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/173796/its-greens-versus-government-karnataka.html

Indian Government has earmarked $135 m for Forest Management

July 4, 2011

http://idstpr.wordpress.com/category/indian-forest-management/

4 Jul, 2011, 11.04PM IST,TNN

Thousands of trees chopped down on NH-23

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/flora-fauna/thousands-of-trees-chopped-down-on-nh-23/articleshow/9103854.cms

Ban Tamil Nadu's jallikattu: Hema Malini

Vijay Singh, TNN | Jul 4, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ban-Tamil-Nadus-jallikattu-Hema-Malini/articleshow/9102732.cms

INDIA : World Bank's $ 648 m loan for Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydel Project on the Alaknanda River
Tendersinfo News
July 4, 2011

http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/news_display.1449832237.html

 

Chhattisgarh Naxal Bandh: Mixed Response on 1st Day

PTI  Raipur  Jul 04, 2011

http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?726704

Import of hazardous waste under Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary) Rules, 2008 - Reg.

http://www.cbec.gov.in/customs/cs-circulars/cs-circulars11/circ27-2k11-cus.htm

IN NEWS (July 4, 2011)

Strengthening the Indian Forest Service

http://moef.nic.in/modules/others/?f=kala

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMPREHENSIVE RECRUITMENT PLAN FOR INDIAN FOREST SERVICE

http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/KALA%20committee%20report%20IFS.pdf

Autonomous regulator for green laws on the anvil

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, July 03, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Autonomous-regulator-for-green-laws-on-the-anvil/Article1-716952.aspx

India's first green tribunal gets scores of environment cases

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=249131

Jaisalmer: Endangered cheetahs get new home

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/raj-place-identified-for-endangered-cheetahs/1/143580.html

4 Jul, 2011, 12.52AM IST, Urmi A Goswami,ET Bureau

Kyoto Protocol must be preserved: India

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Kyoto-Protocol-must-be-preserved-India/articleshow/9092590.cms

Sunita Narain: Posco: take the land but give life

We have forgotten that development cannot be development if it takes the lives of the very people for whom it is meant

Sunita Narain / New Delhi July 4, 2011

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sunita-narain-posco-takelandgive-life/441387/

Yamuna Expressway: Pvt company gets green nod

Vandana Keelor, TNN | Jul 3, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Yamuna-Expressway-Pvt-company-gets-green-nod/articleshow/9090564.cms

Jairam's sudden clearance rush on coal

Piyali Mandal & Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi July 4, 2011

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/jairams-sudden-clearance-rushcoal/441433/

Forest Information System

http://www.iifm.org/category/featured/

Zoo director faces finance probe

JAYANTA BASU

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110704/jsp/calcutta/story_14192249.jsp

Manas gears up for integrated approach

ROOPAK GOSWAMI

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110704/jsp/northeast/story_14180646.jsp

NEPAL
Women Grow Carbon Money on Trees
By Sudeshna Sarkar

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56343

Northeast Echoes

PATRICIA MUKHIM

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110704/jsp/northeast/story_14185238.jsp

Humble kings and sick babus

Jul 04, 2011

http://www.asianage.com/reporters-diary/humble-kings-and-sick-babus-026

Eligibility criteria for IFS to be widened

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, July 03, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Eligibility-criteria-for-IFS-to-be-widened/Article1-716929.aspx

Big cats find a new home — Goa's Mhadei sanctuary

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, July 02, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Big-cats-find-a-new-home-Goa-s-Mhadei-sanctuary/Article1-716511.aspx

 

India: Definition of “forest” still being reviewed by Ministry

July 04, 2011

MSN news

http://www.forestcarbonasia.org/in-the-media/india-definition-of-forest-still-being-reviewed-by-ministry/

India environment ministry clears six coal projects in Orissa

MINING.com Editor | July 1, 2011

http://www.mining.com/2011/07/01/india-environment-ministry-clears-6-mining-proposals-in-orissa/

Mineral mining surge threatens India’s forests

July 01, 2011  Alertnet

http://www.forestcarbonasia.org/in-the-media/mineral-mining-surge-threatens-indias-forests/

IN NEWS (July 3, 2011)

Ramesh snubbed, 3 panels for green eco

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, July 03, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ramesh-snubbed-3-panels-for-green-eco/H1-Article1-716628.aspx

3 Jul, 2011, 08.25AM IST, Nitin Sethi,TNN

Now, cruelty to animals may invite Rs 1 crore fine

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/now-cruelty-to-animals-may-invite-rs-1-crore-fine/articleshow/9084173.cms

National Green Tribunal bench for Pune

Dipannita Das, TNN | Jul 2, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/National-Green-Tribunal-bench-for-Pune/articleshow/9080387.cms

Green India scam: Accused retorts back at forest department 

Source: Bhaskar News   |   Last Updated 04:43(03/07/11

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MP-BHO-green-india-scam-accused-retorts-back-at-forest-department-2234537.html

UMPP MAY HAVE TO BE SCRAPPED IN THE PRESENT FORM

Jairam refuses clearance to Chhattisgarh UMPP

Subhash Narayan, Kirtika Suneja

Posted: Sunday, Jul 03, 2011

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Jairam-refuses-clearance-to-Chhattisgarh-UMPP/811974/

'Only MoEF can take a final call on Vedanta mining rights in Niyamgiri hills'

TNN | Jul 3, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Only-MoEF-can-take-a-final-call-on-Vedanta-mining-rights-in-Niyamgiri-hills/articleshow/9081938.cms

No move to allow mining in Niyamgiri

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, July 02, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/No-move-to-allow-mining-in-Niyamgiri/Article1-716477.aspx

Girdle for Gir: Ring road to mark lion kingdom

Himanshu Kaushik, TNN | Jul 2, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Girdle-for-Gir-Ring-road-to-mark-lion-kingdom/articleshow/9072400.cms

2 Jul, 2011, 11.30PM IST,

After rhinos, forest dept plans to increase swamp deer population in Manas

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/flora-fauna/after-rhinos-forest-dept-plans-to-increase-swamp-deer-population-in-manas/articleshow/9080577.cms

'TASK FORCE WITH LOCALS TO TACKLE ELEPHANT MENACE'

http://www.starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news&item=28852

The Phantom of the Forest

http://www.onislam.net/english/health-and-science/nature/452839-the-phantom-of-the-forest-.html

Govt still ponders on definition of 'forests'

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/govt-still-ponders-on-definition-of-forests/812203/

IN NEWS (July 2, 2011)

Indian Forest Service exam eligibility expanded

Special Correspondent

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2148332.ece

Indian Forest Service now requires GIS skill

http://www.geospatialworld.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22533:indian-forest-service-now-requires-gis-skill&catid=77&Itemid=1

2 Jul, 2011, 12.59AM IST, Nitin Sethi,TNN

UN official lobbied for private biofuel firms during India visit

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/developmental-issues/un-official-lobbied-for-private-biofuel-firms-during-india-visit/articleshow/9070096.cms

2 Jul, 2011, 12.56AM IST, Nitin Sethi,TNN

Vedanta gets green ministry panel’s nod to mine in Niyamgiri hills

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/pollution/vedanta-gets-green-ministry-panels-nod-to-mine-in-niyamgiri-hills/articleshow/9070071.cms

Controlled land-transfer, the Meghalaya way

ANDREW W. LYNGDOH

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110702/jsp/northeast/story_14181454.jsp

Panel to decide on ‘mercy killing’ of elephant

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Panel-to-decide-on--mercy-killing--of-elephant/811742/

Case against sports body for violating forest law

Kiran Sonawane, Hindustan Times
Shahpur, July 02, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Case-against-sports-body-for-violating-forest-law/Article1-716334.aspx

CM orders probe into animal menace on airport runway

Sachin Dravekar | Jul 2, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/-CM-orders-probe-into-animal-menace-on-airport-runway/articleshow/9070221.cms

Hema Malini urges ban on Tamil Nadu's Jallikattu

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hema-malini-urges-ban-on-tamil-nadus-jallikattu/164245-8-66.html

India's rural poor give up on power grid, go solar

By KATY DAIGLE, Associated Press

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hjbyRVK1ag0uJzrb-1zfKF6E0wpg?docId=f0357fcd89a740db8b2d1f8b6a0e4918

A Thicket Of Doubts

Karnataka resists a UNESCO heritage tag for the Western Ghats

Sugata Srinivasaraju

http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?277448

Forest Ministry declares Mhadei sanctuary as tiger reserve

http://www.steelguru.com/indian_news/Forest_Ministry_declares_Mhadei_sanctuary_as_tiger_reserve/212468.html

How To Save A Sunset

Ecological awareness must accompany tourism promotion

http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?277456

Carbon tax will damage our economy without helping the environment – Abbott

This is an edited version of Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s address yesterday to the 2011 Economic and Social Outlook Conference, Melbourne

http://australianconservative.com/2011/07/carbon-tax-will-damage-our-economy-without-helping-the-environment-%E2%80%93-abbott/

Forest product companies growing specialty markets 

By Bert Hill, Postmedia News July 2, 2011
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Forest+product+companies+growing+specialty+markets/5039753/story.html

Director (Research)

Experience: 0- 5 Years

Dehradun

http://www.timesjobs.com/impact-job-detail/Top-Management-job-in-Indian-Council-of-Forestry-Research-and-Education-Dehradun-jobid-b8dqurWQFI1zpSvf+uAgZw==-emp-R8a3QC8qU5oe5ekTMP+Hjw==-loc-198180

July 1, 2011

Exploration of forests causing depletion of Himalayan medicinal wealth

PTI

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article2147684.ece

Jairam Ramesh wants developed nations spared of emission targets

Nitin Sethi, TNN | Jul 1, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/Jairam-Ramesh-wants-developed-nations-spared-of-emission-targets/articleshow/9056674.cms

Ramesh bats for lateral entry into forest sector

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, June 30, 2011

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ramesh-bats-for-lateral-entry-into-forest-sector/Article1-715811.aspx

Rajasthan to increase forest cover from 10 to 20 pc: Jairam Ramesh

http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-14591.html

1 Jul, 2011, 04.20AM IST,TNN

Western Ghats sites get help from Unesco

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/developmental-issues/western-ghats-sites-get-help-from-unesco/articleshow/9058457.cms

Western Ghats fails to get heritage tag

B Sivakumar, TNN | Jul 1, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Western-Ghats-fails-to-get-heritage-tag/articleshow/9059003.cms

Use armed force to guard Simlipal: Jairam to CM

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Use-armed-force-to-guard-Simlipal--Jairam-to-CM/811115/

Ramesh urges Naveen to save Similipal

Rajaram Satapathy, TNN | Jun 30, 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Ramesh-urges-Naveen-to-save-Similipal/articleshow/9055606.cms

Chhattisgarh asked to propose tiger reserve status for Guru Ghasidas park

PTI

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article2147726.ece

Hema Wants Environment Minister To Ban Jallikattu

Press Trust of India

Friday, July 01, 2011 (New Delhi)

http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?section=Movies&Id=ENTEN20110179100&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=116153

FE REFLECT

If the snake birds had a vote...

M Sarita Varma

Posted: Friday, Jul 01, 2011

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/If-the-snake-birds-had-a-vote---/811110/

Six Coal Mining Proposals Approved in Orissa

Published on June 30, 2011

http://www.azomining.com/news.aspx?newsID=4394

J&K: forest activist killed, family cries foul

Mufti Islah , CNN-IBN
Updated Jul 01, 2011

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jk-forest-activist-killed-family-cries-foul/164000-3.html

1 Jul, 2011, 04.47PM IST,ET Bureau

THDC receives $648 millionn loan from World Bank

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/energy/power/thdc-receives-648-millionn-loan-from-world-bank/articleshow/9064413.cms

Jairam Ramesh's letter factually incorrect: expert

Staff Correspondent

http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/29/stories/2011062964850800.htm

Environmental Clearance

LET’S FIRST DEFINE FOREST

By Suraj Saraf 

New Delhi, July 01, 2011

http://www.sarkaritel.com/news_and_features/infa/july2011/01environment_clearance.htm

 

Seed of contention

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Seed-of-contention/811187/

I wish hubby had been with me but he would have wept to see the rainforest destroyed : Says Gemma Arterton
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3670570/Gemma-Artertons-forest-mission.html

Forestry firms branch out into specialty items 

Drop in newsprint sales forces firms to study alternatives 

By Bert Hill, Postmedia News July 1, 2011  

http://www.theprovince.com/business/Forestry+firms+branch+into+specialty+items/5034997/story.html