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/

FORESTRY NEWS (March 23, 2015)

Avian boost: 1,593 birds counted at WII

Jotirmay Thapliyal     Tribune News Service    Dehradun, March 22

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/avian-boost-1-593-birds-counted-at-wii/57153.html

Centre promises ‘flow’ in Yamuna

TNN | Mar 23, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Centre-promises-flow-in-Yamuna/articleshow/46656962.cms

Lakhs of saplings planted, but scorching summers persist

P Oppili,TNN | Mar 23, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Lakhs-of-saplings-planted-but-scorching-summers-persist/articleshow/46657729.cms

A Programme to protect environment

March 23,2015

http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-03-23/A-Programme-to-protect-environment-139218

Javadekar buckled under Gadkari pressure on NH7?

Vijay Pinjarkar,TNN | Mar 23, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Javadekar-buckled-under-Gadkari-pressure-on-NH7/articleshow/46656364.cms

Wildlife route on NH: Prakash Javadekar junks advice by experts, remarks edited out

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/wildlife-route-on-nh-javadekar-junks-advice-by-experts-remarks-edited-out/

Akhilesh Yadav suspends two forest officials for 'laxity'

Last Updated: Sunday, March 22, 2015

http://zeenews.india.com/news/uttar-pradesh/akhilesh-yadav-suspends-two-forest-officials-for-laxity_1565920.html

Kaziranga rhinos to get Central protection force soon: Javadekar

http://www.niticentral.com/2015/03/22/kaziranga-rhinos-to-get-central-protection-force-soon-javadekar-307881.html

Releasing tigers a risky business to tame

The Straits Times    Monday, Mar 23, 2015

http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/releasing-tigers-risky-business-tame

Online trade of cubs, rare birds thrives in south India

KA Antony  KOZHIKODE

http://www.omantribune.com/index.php?page=news&id=186616&heading=India

MAAC organizes 'MAAC KLICK' in Sariska National Forest

Monday, March 23, 2015

http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=34033

India eyes drone surveillance to help preserve tiger population

By eGov Innovation Editors | 2015-03-23

http://enterpriseinnovation.net/article/india-eyes-drone-surveillance-help-preserve-tiger-population-1000681245

Forest department to revise Mamdapur conservation plan

Sumita Sarkar,TNN | Mar 23, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/Forest-department-to-revise-Mamdapur-conservation-plan/articleshow/46659800.cms

Leopard kills dog in Valparai; elephant found electrocuted

TNN | Mar 23, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Leopard-kills-dog-in-Valparai-elephant-found-electrocuted/articleshow/46660018.cms

Two villages at loggerheads over forest land

TNN | Mar 23, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Two-villages-at-loggerheads-over-forest-land/articleshow/46661298.cms

Athagarh drive to fight forest fire

Binita Jaiswal,TNN | Mar 23, 2015

FORESTRY NEWS (March 21 & 22, 2015)

FORESTRY NEWS (March 22, 2015)

'Water man of India' Rajendra Singh bags top prize

By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32002306

'The Water Man of India', Rajendra Singh, wins Stockholm Water Prize

The award has been called the "Nobel Prize for water"

By Thor Benson   |   March 21, 2015

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/03/21/The-Water-Man-of-India-Rajendra-Singh-wins-Stockholm-Water-Prize/6881426970006/

World Forestry Day celebrated

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/world-forestry-day-celebrated/article7019804.ece

Here's Why Forests Should Matter to All of Us

Maddie Stone-, Gawker Media

http://www.gizmodo.in/news/Heres-Why-Forests-Should-Matter-to-All-of-Us/articleshow/46646830.cms

‘Securing corridors must to deal with climate change’

Manka Behl,TNN | Mar 22, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Securing-corridors-must-to-deal-with-climate-change/articleshow/46648727.cms

Centre pledges to protect rhinos

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150322/jsp/frontpage/story_10136.jsp#.VQ7q2Y5s7IU

Let’s join hands to save rhinos, Union minister to state

Naresh Mitra,TNN | Mar 22

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Lets-join-hands-to-save-rhinos-Union-minister-to-state/articleshow/46647460.cms

‘Drones will help improve Melghat tiger estimation’

Vijay Pinjarkar,TNN | Mar 22, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Drones-will-help-improve-Melghat-tiger-estimation/articleshow/46648744.cms

Tell it to the Birds

http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/Tell-it-to-the-Birds/2015/03/21/article2721357.ece

Elephant freed after 5 decade-long bondage

Ishita Mishra,TNN | Mar 21, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/Elephant-freed-after-5-decade-long-bondage/articleshow/46647585.cms

Dried-up Sigurhalla river in Nilgiris ‘bubbling again’

P Oppili,TNN | Mar 22, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Chennai/Dried-up-Sigurhalla-river-in-Nilgiris-bubbling-again/articleshow/46648792.cms

Mahan coal block in MP forest escapes hammer; Greenpeace gloats
21 March 2015

http://www.domain-b.com/industry/power/20150321_hammer.html

Goa mining: Ministry lifts stay on green clearances

Last Updated: Sunday, March 22, 2015

http://zeenews.india.com/news/sci-tech/goa-mining-ministry-lifts-stay-on-green-clearances_1565574.html

72 Iron ore mines in Goa can resume operations

Saturday, 21 March 2015

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-72-iron-ore-mines-in-goa-can-resume-operations-2070879

Illegal mining denudes rich forest cover

Rajshri Mehta,TNN | Mar 22, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Illegal-mining-denudes-rich-forest-cover/articleshow/46651065.cms

Training on Production technology of spices

http://echoofindia.com/port-blair-training-production-technology-spices-81002

Chitampalli feted for service to environment

TNN | Mar 22, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Chitampalli-feted-for-service-to-environment/articleshow/46648745.cms

Panneerselvam seeks PM's intervention over Karnataka's plan to construct reservoir at Mekedatu

Chennai, Mar. 21

http://www.newkerala.com/news/2015/fullnews-34427.html

NMSU College of Engineering professor takes scientific approach to photography

By Tiffany Acosta    tfrank@nmsu.edu

http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_27759857/nmsu-college-engineering-professor-takes-scientific-approach-photography

New age limit for IAS, IPS induction applicable from this year

PTI [ Updated 22 Mar 2015

http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/new-age-limit-for-ias-ips-induction-from-this-year-48799.html

FORESTRY NEWS (March 21, 2015)

Maps show how humans are destroying the world's forests

Reuters,Kelly Dickerson0Mar 21, 2015

http://www.businessinsider.in/Maps-show-how-humans-are-destroying-the-worlds-forests/articleshow/46640334.cms

On World Forest Day, a reason to cheer

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/on-world-forest-day-a-reason-to-cheer/article7017432.ece

Environment activists to be felicitated today

Sumita Sarkar, TNN | Mar 21, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/Environment-activists-to-be-felicitated-today/articleshow/46641669.cms

3 lakh trees cut every year in state

Himanshu Kaushik, TNN | Mar 21, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/3-lakh-trees-cut-every-year-in-state/articleshow/46641579.cms

Thiruvananthapuram forest department’s e-auction faces resistance from timber lobby

Viju B, TNN | Mar 20, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Thiruvananthapuram-forest-departments-e-auction-faces-resistance-from-timber-lobby/articleshow/46631290.cms

At Sadhana Forest, trees spring from once-barren land

The nonprofit group shows local people in India, Haiti, and Kenya how to plant trees in dry regions – and improve their lives.

By Gregory M. Lamb, Staff writer March 20, 2015

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2015/0320/At-Sadhana-Forest-trees-spring-from-once-barren-land

 

Mahan block not to be mined: Coal ministry

Saturday, 21 March 2015

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-mahan-block-not-to-be-mined-coal-ministry-2070661

Save flamingoes campaign takes wing in Uran

Vijay Singh, TNN | Mar 21, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/navi-mumbai/Save-flamingoes-campaign-takes-wing-in-Uran/articleshow/46638862.cms

Rare feather added to Pobitora cap

TNN | Mar 21, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Rare-feather-added-to-Pobitora-cap/articleshow/46638646.cms

UOH wildlife faces threat of poachers

Nikhila Henry, TNN | Mar 21, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/UOH-wildlife-faces-threat-of-poachers/articleshow/46641733.cms

NGOs, wildlife officials come forward to save Darjeeling Salamander

http://echoofindia.com/siliguri-ngos-wildlife-officials-come-forward-save-darjeeling-salamander-80927

'Man-animal conflict can be predicted’

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Mar 20, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Man-animal-conflict-can-be-predicted/articleshow/46632243.cms

The week in wildlife – in pictures

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2015/mar/20/the-week-in-wildlife-in-pictures

FORESTRY NEWS (March 19 & 20, 2015)

FORESTRY NEWS (March 20, 2015)

Congress seeks Javadekar’s intervention in mining matter

TNN | Mar 20, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/Congress-seeks-Javadekars-intervention-in-mining-matter/articleshow/46627788.cms

Researchers say they can predict man-animal conflict

Vijay Pinjarkar | Mar 20, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Researchers-say-they-can-predict-man-animal-conflict/articleshow/46627551.cms

Scientists map human-wildlife conflict based on elephant study

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi    March 19, 2015

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/scientists-map-human-wildlife-conflict-based-on-elephant-study-115031900870_1.html

Is NH-7 tree felling contempt of NGT order?

Vijay Pinjarkar | Mar 20, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Is-NH-7-tree-felling-contempt-of-NGT-order/articleshow/46627471.cms

 

Herbal Urban Forestry Program launched in Hyderabad

March 19,2015

http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-03-19/Herbal-Urban-Forestry-Program-launched-in-Hyderabad-138471

Families in Great Himalayan Park live without electricity, basic facilities

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/families-in-great-himalayan-park-live-without-electricity-basic-facilities/

End of line for 39 families inside GHNP

Anand Bodh, TNN | Mar 20, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/End-of-line-for-39-families-inside-GHNP/articleshow/46633399.cms

City residents build nests to help dwindling sparrows

TNN | Mar 19, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/City-residents-build-nests-to-help-dwindling-sparrows/articleshow/46626516.cms

Plantation plan hits land hurdle

TNN | Mar 20, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Plantation-plan-hits-land-hurdle/articleshow/46628393.cms

No laughing matter this: an ode to hyena In India, we have the striped hyena found mostly in isolated pockets of scrub forest often close to human habitations  Bahar Dutt
http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/ZnWY32lQfrHVFmJDgeRXpM/No-laughing-matter-this-an-ode-to-hyena.html

Legislators demand fresh elephant census in Meghalaya

Press Trust of India  |  Shillong    March 19, 2015

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/legislators-demand-fresh-elephant-census-in-meghalaya-115031901211_1.html

217Jumbo herd kills man

TNN | Mar 20, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/217Jumbo-herd-kills-man/articleshow/46631228.cms

Level of air pollution in Delhi exceeds limits prescribed by WHO

http://www.firstpost.com/india/level-air-pollution-delhi-exceeds-limits-prescribed-2162583.html

Life and death in African savannah

March 20,2015

http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-03-20/Life-and-death-in-African-savannah-138674

SW steel eyes 4,004-acre Posco land in Odisha

By MEERA MOHANTY, ET Bureau | 20 Mar, 2015

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/jsw-steel-eyes-4004-acre-posco-land-in-odisha/articleshow/46628075.cms

 

FORESTRY NEWS (March 19, 2015)

Air pollution level in Delhi exceeds WHO limits: Prakash Javadekar

By: PTI | New Delhi | March 19, 2015

http://www.financialexpress.com/article/economy/air-pollution-level-in-delhi-exceeds-who-limits-prakash-javadekar/55375/

E-surveillance by drone will make an impetus on the preservation of tiger population- Prakash Javadekar

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=58056

NGO demands national guidelines on sand mining

Clara Lewis, TNN | Mar 19, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/NGO-demands-national-guidelines-on-sand-mining/articleshow/46621290.cms

BNHS recognizes the work of green stalwarts from global to local level to award them.

Vijay Singh | Mar 19, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/BNHS-recognizes-the-work-of-green-stalwarts-from-global-to-local-level-to-award-them-/articleshow/46620834.cms

More teeth to be given to wildlife crime control bureau: Govt

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 18, 2015

http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/more-teeth-to-be-given-to-wildlife-crime-control-bureau-govt_1563733.html

Govt buffers mining lessees in only 2 ESZs

TNN | Mar 19, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Govt-buffers-mining-lessees-in-only-2-ESZs/articleshow/46614967.cms

Forest dept seeks choppers to fight fires

Lawrence Milton, TNN | Mar 19, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Forest-dept-seeks-choppers-to-fight-fires/articleshow/46618994.cms

India to use drones to keep eye on poachers in tiger reserves

Vishwa Mohan, TNN | Mar 18, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/India-to-use-drones-to-keep-eye-on-poachers-in-tiger-reserves/articleshow/46609261.cms

Preparing for take off – The DGCA is framing guidelines for drones in India

By Shashidhar KJ ( @lomirgenii1988 ) on March 19, 2015

http://www.medianama.com/2015/03/223-preparing-for-take-off-the-dgca-is-framing-guidelines-for-drones-in-india/

India falling behind in protection of snow leopards and their habitat

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/india-untamed/2015/mar/19/india-could-do-more-to-secure-snow-leopard-habitat

Two wild buffaloes relocated in Assam

Press Trust of India  |  Kaziranga     March 19, 2015

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/two-wild-buffaloes-relocated-in-assam-115031900009_1.html

Rare black spotted turtles seized along India-Bangladesh border

By Jayanta Gupta, TNN | 18 Mar, 2015

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/environment/developmental-issues/rare-black-spotted-turtles-seized-along-india-bangladesh-border/articleshow/46610949.cms

In a tiger reserve in Mizoram, camera traps are taking pictures of gunmen

For a primer on the complexities of wildlife conservation in India's North East, head to Dampa Tiger Reserve.

M Rajshekhar  Mar 19, 2015

http://scroll.in/article/713794/in-a-tiger-reserve-in-mizoram-camera-traps-are-taking-pictures-of-gunmen

Centuryply to explore Oceania to overcome Myanmar's log ban

IANS  |  Kolkata    March 19, 2015

http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/centuryply-to-explore-oceania-to-overcome-myanmar-s-log-ban-115031900219_1.html

No modification needed in Bill for coal auction: Parl panel

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 18, 2015

http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/economy/no-modification-needed-in-bill-for-coal-auction-parl-panel_121250.html

SC asks UP government to seek Centre's nod for smart city near Lucknow

Wednesday, 18 March 2015

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-sc-asks-up-government-to-seek-centre-s-nod-for-smart-city-near-lucknow-2069844

NHAI begins tree felling on NH-7

TNN | Mar 19, 2015,

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/NHAI-begins-tree-felling-on-NH-7/articleshow/46614934.cms

CJM allows poacher Kuttu’s arrest

Vijay Pinarkar, TNN | Mar 19, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/CJM-allows-poacher-Kuttus-arrest/articleshow/46615019.cms