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Sunday, August 07, 2011

IN NEWS (August 7, 2011)

 ‘MoEF wrongly projected as stumbling block’
Our Bureau


ICFRE chief to head think-tank on 12th FYP
August 01, 2011   10:11:10 PM
PNS | Dehradun
 
After 50 tiger deaths, 3 poachers convicted

Spotlight: Missing the forest for the trees
 
GJM team meets PC with forest demand
Deep Gazmer, TNN Aug 6, 2011

WWF launches ‘Cities for Forests’ campaign in India

Sunday, August 07, 2011 4:06:30 PM (IST)  
Greater Noida Builders in Red Over Green Violations?

India may alter norms for carrying non washed coal

Lafarge plant likely to ferry limestone again

114 families of Tepari village displaced    

Softening land acquisition
Anirban Bhaumik

Scientist, Jobs in Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education – Dehradun
Written by jeetututeja on Aug-6-11

Oak Parker Headed to India
Employee wins Whole Foods essay contest, packs bags for philanthropy missio

Botswana: Where Richard Burton proposed to Liz Taylor
Published: Sunday, Aug 7, 2011, 9:30 IST
By Anuradha Bhasin | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA
http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_botswana-where-richard-burton-proposed-to-liz-taylor_1573336

Saturday, August 06, 2011

IN NEWS (August 6, 2011)

 SC allows NMDC to extract one million tons of iron ore per month from two mines in Bellary

Death of a campaigner: corrupt Indian officials blamed in killing of activist
Arup Kalita's body was found this week, his skeletal remains finally recovered from the shallow depths a pond in the small village of Kukurmara in India's north-eastern fringes.

Money wasted on potted plants
Submitted by admin4 on 5 August 2011

Kandha tribe families confront serious food insecurity
Saturday, 6 August 2011, Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission

Rhinos easy to find in Indian park 
Giant animals are plentiful in nature preserve that also supports healthy populations of Bengal tigers, elephants and deer 
By JEAN PIER, Hearst Newspapers August 6, 2011

Furious Finning
A shark-fishing rank calls for responsibility

Wildlife trade ring busted
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

August 5, 2011, 12:53 pm
As Humans Draw Nearer, Leopards Attack in India

SC gives green signal for NMDC to operate its mines in Bellary

SC relaxes Bellary ban, allows limited mining by PSU
TNN | Aug 6, 2011

04 August 2011
India: Human rights of Indigenous communities under threat again by ongoing legal challenge

SC ‘no go’ to mining by private cos
Aug 06, 2011 - S.S. Negi |   Age Correspondent  New Delhi

Allow construction in Lavasa City, demand villagers
Published: Saturday, Aug 6, 2011, 12:16 IST
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Pune | Agency: DNA

Sustainable Green Economy in India Needs 8 to 10 Million Jobs Each Year
Career Articles August 5, 2011

NHPC rider on power share
Corporation to ink pact with Assam once allocation is resolved OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

August 5th, 2011 10:38

Top five wildlife destinations in India
By SiliconIndia, Friday, 05 August 2011

Wildlife Holidays India – Top Three Destinations
Posted: Aug 05, 2011
 

Friday, August 05, 2011

Thursday, August 04, 2011

IN NEWS (August 4, 2011)

'India third largest greenhouse gas emitter'
Press Trust Of India    Delhi, August 03, 2011

Supreme Court questions environment ministry on Niyamgiri

First review of Jairam’s policy
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times   New Delhi, August 03, 2011

Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:43:50 PM (IST)  
Two-day Folk Festival to Celebrate India's Forest

‘Happy that government is giving priority to environment over coal mining’
August 03, 2011

92 pc of Bellary forest degraded, finds CEC
Shamsheer Yousaf, Bangalore, Aug 3, DHNS

Kerala''s elephant corridor project nearing completion
PTI | 02:08 PM,Aug 04,2011

Rare female Redback spider sighted in Satara
Atul Deshpande, TNN | Aug 4, 2011

GIB monitoring exercise on Sunday
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Aug 4, 2011

Mobile squads on alert to track snake-charmers
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Aug 4, 2011

4 Aug, 2011, 11.45AM IST, Prabha Jagannathan,ET Bureau
Government acknowledges Bt Cotton constitutes 90% of country's totaol acreage

Wildlife Sanctuaries in India Feel The Adventure of The Wildlife in India
Published by: Smriti Oberoi (11) on Thu 04th Aug 2011

Inside the heart of darkness
C P Bhambhri /  August 04, 2011

India's Frustration With Corruption Boils Over: World View
By Chandrahas Choudhury Aug 4, 2011

World sacred forests mapped out
by Contributor on 03 Aug 2011

AUGUST 3, 2011, 5:59 P.M. ET
Forestry Investment Trust Looks To Raise $50M In Uruguay Listing

Aug. 4, 2011, 7:01 a.m. EDT
Viridis Energy Enters into Strategic Alliance with Abellon CleanEnergy, an Integrated Sustainable Energy Group Based in India

Zimbabwe: No End to Rhino Poaching
Johnson Siamachira    4 August 2011

Greening at the grassroots: Alternative forestry strategies in India, By Eva Cheung Robinson
DOI:  10.1080/03768359808440042
pages 715-716

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

IN NEWS (August 3, 2011)


 If canopy-cover is more than 10%, it is a forest: insists Government
Submitted by Deepti Rajan on Tue, 08/02/2011

The mystery of missing forest
Rahul Gadpale, Mumbai Mirror | Aug 2, 2011

3 Aug, 2011, 02.35AM IST, ET Bureau
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan rejects demand to dilute forest clearance process

Special status to villagers under buffer zone of tiger reserve
Pradip Kumar Maitra, Hindustan Times  Nagpur, August 02, 2011

'No go' system necessary to save forests: Environment ministry
Press Trust of India, August 2, 2011, (New Delhi)

1 Aug, 2011, 01.06AM IST, Urmi A Goswami,ET Bureau
Forest Rights Act is an attempt to undo a historical wrong: Kishore Chandra Deo

PC backs Jayanthi, says no to coal mining report
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, August 02, 2011

Posco-Orissa MoU expires
Nayanima Basu & Dilip Satapathy / New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar August 3, 2011

3 Aug, 2011, 04.06PM IST, Nageshwar Patnaik,ET Bureau
Posco hits another green hurdle, National Green Tribunal slaps notices

Is this the end of the Mullaiperiyar dam?
Published: Wednesday, Aug 3, 2011, 9:00 IST
By Kumar Chellappan | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

Reserved Forest
Rejoinder to Zeliangrongs’ false claim on Intanki Reserved Forest
Western Sumi Hoho

UK–India collaboration project update

Absence of single window system promoting unregulated mining
Murari Shetye, TNN | Aug 3, 2011

Bull-fights in Goa to become history with MoEF notification
PTI | 11:08 AM,Aug 03,2011

Looking at gene pool for King Cobras
Jayashree Nandi, TNN | Aug 3, 2011

Snakes are not natural performers

Tiger tourism surges in MP, drops in state
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Aug 3, 2011

Eating Frog Legs Drives Amphibians To Extinction
Posted on: Wednesday, 3 August 2011

3 August 2011 Last updated at 09:08 GMT
The frontier of Bangladesh's tiger-human conflict
By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News, Bangladesh Sundarbans

Animal deaths shock Sipahijala zoo authorities
TNN | Aug 2, 2011,

Stop power plants, Centre urged
August 3, 2011   By DC Correspondent

Export and Import of Coal

Priyanka’s Tiger Mom days
RASHEED KIDWAI

Posted by Wildlife Tours on Aug 3, 2011

GET DEEP INTO NATURE WITH CORBETT WILDLIFE TOURS

Research and Markets: Packaged Drinking Water Market in India

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

IN NEWS (August 2, 2011)

 Loot of the Jungle
Andhra Pradesh: Red Sanders smugglers kill forest officer

Trapped in a shrinking net
About 90% of tigers are now squeezed into 10% of the entire habitat that’s supposed to be occupied by the animals   Ananda Banerjee

Increase in Forest Cover in the Country

Afforestation in Delhi

'Cities for Forests' campaign launched
 Bangalore, Aug 1, DHNS

Over six lakh trees to be cut for Posco project
PTI

Pranab asks attorney general to make presentation before GoM on mining issues
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times   New Delhi, August 01, 2011

2 Aug, 2011, 03.42AM IST, ET Bureau
Notice to Environment Ministry on Sterlite Niyamgiri mining case

Apex court questions environment ministry on Niyamgiri

SC notice to Centre over Sterlite project
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times   New Delhi, August 02, 2011

SC issues notice to MoEF on Orissa Mining Corporation’s application
 01.08.2011 | 21:21   New Delhi   Soibam Rocky Singh

Government panel writes off forests for coal mining: Greenpeace
Press release - August 1, 2011

Haryana gets SC notice on land takeover
Press Trust Of India
New Delhi, August 02, 2011

Aaranyak to assist rhino conservation in Indonesia
Naresh Mitra, TNN | Aug 2, 2011

Chennai's tryst with exotic is on: After loris, it's toddy cat
A Selvaraj, TNN | Aug 2, 2011

Last fight for this bird’s flight

Three exotic animals die in Zoo
PTI | 04:08 PM,Aug 02,2011

Revealed: Kumaraswamy's role in Karnataka illegal mining
August 01, 2011

Best National Parks of India for Elephant Safari

Wildlife and Safari Tour Of India

Wildlife Safari tour in India – Visit Popular National Parks of India

Oxford to study religious forests in India
PTI Jul 27, 2011

Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM)
Nehru Nagar, Bhopal - 462003, India 
Recruitment of Faculty
Asst. Professor/ Associate Professor/ Professor : 07 posts (SC-6, ST-3, OBC-7, UR-9) in….

Wildlife Travel Portal Planetwildlife.com Plans To Raise $5 Mn PE Funding
by Deeshesh Chheda | August 02,2011

Tenders are invited for Provision Of Engagement Of Consultants For Green India Mission At Delhi
(View favourite tenders)
Ministry Of Environment And Forests   New Delhi

August 2, 2011, 8:30 AM IST
India Journal: Experiments in Community Ownership

Monday, August 01, 2011

IN NEWS (August 1,2011)

 Government professional services find few takers
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times   New Delhi, August 01, 2011

IIITA scientists working on ‘virtual fence’ to protect wildlife
Prashant Pandey   Posted: Aug 01, 2011

'Give more compensation to tribals'
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times   New Delhi, August 01, 2011

Rise in attacks – bad news for victims, good news for tigers
By Lewis Smith

Cameras to count tigers in Wayanad sanctuary
E. M. Manoj

SC issues notice to environment ministry on mining in Niyamgiri
Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN | Aug 1, 2011

Ministry mulls pvt funding for Manas
Aug 01, 2011 - MANOJ ANAND |

Plan to add 360 sq km area to Manas
Staff Reporter

Engineer on snakes trail

Village in Melghat gets electricity
TNN | Jul 31, 2011

Wildlife in Corbett - Jim Corbett National Park

August 1, 2011 | Author: MajesticTourIndia

Q&A: Harsh Pati Singhania, MD, JK Paper'There is a huge pent-up demand waiting to explode'
Alokananda Chakraborty & Richa Prakash / New Delhi August 1, 2011

Reporter's diary:
This is Kenya not India, Masai keep land squeaky clean
August 1, 2011   By S. Sujatha    DC   Nairobi

Jakarta must set up forest bodies to unblock aid - Norway

Malaria may hurt conservation efforts, aid poachers
Jeremy Hance    mongabay.com    July 31, 2011

Indian parliament opens for crucial session
(AFP)