FORESTRY NEWS (June 06, 2015)

World Environment Day 2015: Seven Billion Dreams, One Planet

http://www.prepsure.com/current-affairs/world-environment-day-2015-seven-billion-dreams-one-planet/

For better environment, we must see both the woods and the trees

Hemendra Kothari     Updated: Jun 05, 2015

http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/for-better-environment-we-must-see-both-the-woods-and-the-trees/article1-1355492.aspx

Forest management fund: A possible win-win for Goa & the environment

TNN | Jun 6, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Forest-management-fund-A-possible-win-win-for-Goa-the-environment/articleshow/47560932.cms

Prime Minister Plants 'Kadamb' Sapling on World Environment Day; Javadekar, Virat Kohli Plant Saplings to Mark the Occasion

Delhi      June 5, 2015

http://www.business-standard.com/article/government-press-release/prime-minister-plants-kadamb-sapling-on-world-environment-day-javadekar-virat-115060500723_1.html

On World Environment Day, Javadekar asks all to opt for ‘less’

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/on-world-environment-day-prakash-javadekar-asks-all-to-opt-for-less/article7286130.ece

Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane plant saplings on World Environment Day 2015!

By Rashmi Mishra @rashmi_178 | June 05, 2015

http://www.india.com/sports/sachin-tendulkar-virat-kohli-ms-dhoni-rohit-sharma-ajinkya-rahane-plant-saplings-on-world-environment-day-2015-410440/

In Naveen's Odisha: Environment lacked attention

http://hotnhitnews.com/Environment-lacked-attention-in-Naveens-Odisha-01705062015.htm

Forest gardens set to bloom on city’s hills

TNN | Jun 5, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Forest-gardens-set-to-bloom-on-citys-hills/articleshow/47546859.cms

Give forest, housing rights to tribals in Rajasthan: Sarkar

Geetha Sunil Pillai, TNN | Jun 5, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Give-forest-housing-rights-to-tribals-in-Rajasthan-Sarkar/articleshow/47548461.cms

‘Private forests identification will take 18 months’

TNN | Jun 6, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Private-forests-identification-will-take-18-months/articleshow/47560928.cms

Global concern for Sunderbans

Kounteya Sinha,TNN | Jun 6, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Global-concern-for-Sunderbans/articleshow/47561138.cms

Lucknow to be greener by 5 crore trees

TNN | Jun 5, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/uttar-pradesh/Lucknow-to-be-greener-by-5-crore-trees/articleshow/47554611.cms?

30cr funds to spruce up Aravali Biodiversity Park

TNN | Jun 6, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/30cr-funds-to-spruce-up-Aravali-Biodiversity-Park/articleshow/47560507.cms

India: Asiatic lions cramped in Gir as numbers go up and translocation held up

By Jayalakshmi K   June 6, 2015

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/india-asiatic-lions-cramped-gir-numbers-go-translocation-held-1504794

Monkey count must: Forest dept

Tushar Tere, TNN | Jun 5, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Monkey-count-must-Forest-dept/articleshow/47550291.cms

Two Killed in Jumbo Attacks

By Express News Service     Published: 05th June 2015

http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Two-Killed-in-Jumbo-Attacks/2015/06/05/article2850364.ece

T-24 tests negative for canine distemper virus

TNN | Jun 6, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/T-24-tests-negative-for-canine-distemper-virus/articleshow/47560195.cms

Wild leopard rescued from a well in India

A group of villagers and forest officials work together to rescue a wild leopard from a well in India

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/11652714/Wild-leopard-rescued-from-a-well-in-India.html

North-east militants tap in forest routes used by wildlife smugglers

By Rahul Tripathi, ET Bureau | 6 Jun, 2015

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/north-east-militants-tap-in-forest-routes-used-by-wildlife-smugglers/articleshow/47560641.cms

9 Best Jungle Holiday Destinations In India

By SiliconIndia  |   Friday, 05 June 2015

http://www.siliconindia.com/news/life/9-Best-Jungle-Holiday-Destinations-In-India-nid-183476-cid-51.html

Replacing fossil fuel vehicles can save Rs 14,000 crore: Anant Geete

Friday, 5 June 2015

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-replacing-fossil-fuel-vehicles-can-save-rs-14000-crore-anant-geete-2092644

Anant Geete and Prakash Javdekar Flags Off Rally of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Friday, June 05, 2015

http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowBussinessNews.asp?id=59515

Giving back to nature - a large-scale treeplanting at "Nagaki No Mori"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7otB0VkfAw

FORESTRY NEWS (June 05, 2015)

Goa is still among the greenest states in India TNN | Jun 5, 2015 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-is-still-among-the-greenest-states-in-India/articleshow/47548579.cms On World Environment Day Indian Farmers Urge Union Environment Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar to Counter the Effects of Climate Change in Agriculture through Genetic Engineering Technology

New Delhi, Delhi, India

http://businesswireindia.com/news/news-details/on-world-environment-day-indian-farmers-urge-union-environment-ministe/44001

World Environment Day 2015: Initiatives by PM Narendra Modi, Prakash Javadekar, Arvind Kejriwal

http://www.pardaphash.com/news/world-environment-day-2015-initiatives-by-pm-narendra-modi-prakash-javadekar-arvind-kejriwal/768194.html#.VXHLLlJs7IU

India Inc Gears Up To Celebrate World Environment Day

http://www.businessworld.in/news/economy/india-inc-gears-up-to-celebrate-world-environment-day/1886187/page-1.html

Kohli, Sushil pledge support to save environment

PTI | Jun 5, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/Kohli-Sushil-pledge-support-to-save-environment/articleshow/47551743.cms

Replacing fossil fuel vehicles can save Rs 14,000 crore: Anant Geete

Friday, 5 June 2015

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-replacing-fossil-fuel-vehicles-can-save-rs-14000-crore-anant-geete-2092644

Government promises to revive depleting groundwater

Shilpy Arora,TNN | Jun 5, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Government-promises-to-revive-depleting-groundwater/articleshow/47547906.cms

Initiatives Launched To Promote Sustainable Lifestyle

India has set unprecedented targets for clean energy and to cut dependence on fossil fuels

http://www.businessworld.in/news/business/environment/initiatives-launched-to-promote-sustainable-lifestyle/1886500/page-1.html

5 Reasons, Why India Is An Animal Friendly Zone

By SiliconIndia  |   Thursday, 04 June 2015

http://www.siliconindia.com/news/general/5-Reasons-Why-India-Is-An-Animal-Friendly-Zone-nid-183435-cid-1.html

Rahul Gandhi backs Greenpeace, civil society activists

PTI | Jun 4, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rahul-Gandhi-backs-Greenpeace-civil-society-activists/articleshow/47544621.cms

When the last of India’s forest corridors vanish, so will the wildlife

On World Environment Day, here’s a look at how highways, mines and misplaced priorities are ruining our forests         Ananda Banerjee

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/B3KHli9nAI9qHUH0MyXk7N/When-the-last-of-Indias-forest-corridors-vanish-so-will-th.html

Rita Sharma

Fiscal federalism makes it easy to go green

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/fiscal-federalism-makes-it-easy-to-go-green/89642.html

Opening the shutter for wildlife

June 05,2015

http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-06-05/Opening-the-shutter-for-wildlife-155348

Half of mammals face habitat loss: ZSI

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/half-of-mammals-face-habitat-loss-zoological-survey-of-india/article7283074.ece

Study proposes new method to estimate elephant populations

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/5tr9JF90fgSn4ETgaayc5L/Study-proposes-new-method-to-estimate-elephant-populations.html

8 tiger cubs spotted in Pilibhit reserve

Keshav Agrawal, TNN | Jun 4, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/8-tiger-cubs-spotted-in-Pilibhit-reserve/articleshow/47541328.cms

Virat Kohli Pledges Support to Save Environment

http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/243358-virat-kohli-pledges-support-to-save-environment

Deadline for cleaner fuel across India moved up: Javadekar

TNN | Jun 5, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/air-pollution/Deadline-for-cleaner-fuel-across-India-moved-up-Javadekar/articleshow/47548122.cms

No time for wildlife, but plenty of urbanlife encounters

Bangalore may be a huge city, but it's a very diffuse one.

http://arstechnica.com/staff/2015/06/no-time-for-wildlife-but-plenty-of-urbanlife-encounters/

Heat waves on the rise in India

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/heat-waves-on-the-rise-in-india/article7279950.ece

FORESTRY NEWS (June 04, 2015)

Climate change not sole cause, says Javadekar

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/climate-change-not-sole-cause-says-javadekar/article7279701.ece

PM to plant tree alongwith sports celebrities on Environment Day

http://www.dayandnightnews.com/2015/06/pm-to-plant-tree-alongwith-sports-celebrities-on-environment-day/

 

Forest Research Institute gets its first woman director

Seema Sharma,TNN | Jun 3, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Forest-Research-Institute-gets-its-first-woman-director/articleshow/47533342.cms

‘Encroachers’ move HC against their forced removal

Vineet Upadhyay,TNN | Jun 3, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Encroachers-move-HC-against-their-forced-removal/articleshow/47532952.cms

Experts find no place in state wildlife board

Vijay Pinjarkar | Jun 4, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Experts-find-no-place-in-state-wildlife-board/articleshow/47534389.cms

Massive search on for 'missing' bird

TNN | Jun 4, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Massive-search-on-for-missing-bird/articleshow/47535635.cms

Five camera traps to monitor leopard movement in FRI

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/five-camera-traps-to-monitor-leopard-movement-in-fri/89159.html

With loss of habitat, leopards prowl T villages

Pradeep Mandhumula,TNN | Jun 4, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/With-loss-of-habitat-leopards-prowl-T-villages/articleshow/47535082.cms

Pesticides killed 5 tigers in 3 years in UP forests

Sudhir Kumar, Hindustan Times, Bareilly

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pesticides-killed-5-tigers-in-3-years-in-up-pilibhit-and-lakhimpur-kheri-forests/article1-1354678.aspx

Green nod to NH widening cutting through Karnala bird haven

Thursday, 4 June 2015

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-green-nod-to-nh-widening-cutting-through-karnala-bird-haven-2092168

Call for traffic ban on killer stretch

Subhro Niyogi,TNN | Jun 4, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Call-for-traffic-ban-on-killer-stretch/articleshow/47534861.cms

Jumbo population rises in Athagarh

TNN | Jun 4, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Jumbo-population-rises-in-Athagarh/articleshow/47538844.cms

Narmada making Nalsarovar too deep for birds

Himanshu Kaushik,TNN | Jun 4, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Narmada-making-Nalsarovar-too-deep-for-birds/articleshow/47535458.cms

Heat waves on the rise in India

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/heat-waves-on-the-rise-in-india/article7279950.ece

FORESTRY NEWS (June 03, 2015)

Jharkhand wakes up to forest rights after 9 yrs

Jaideep Deogharia, TNN | Jun 2, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Jharkhand-wakes-up-to-forest-rights-after-9-yrs/articleshow/47510406.cms

Sena mantri ‘stalls’ 500 eco clearances in Maharashtra

Sujit Mahamulkar,TNN | Jun 3, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sena-mantri-stalls-500-eco-clearances-in-Maharashtra/articleshow/47521604.cms

NaMo to start tree plantation drive on World Environment Day

http://www.niticentral.com/2015/06/03/namo-to-start-tree-plantation-drive-on-world-environment-day-316396.html

Environment Ministry to create 'urban forest' to increase green cover

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015

http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/environment-ministry-to-create-urban-forest-to-increase-green-cover_1606984.html

National green tribunal issues notice to forest conservator

TNN | Jun 3, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/National-green-tribunal-issues-notice-to-forest-conservator/articleshow/47521287.cms

State govt suspends IFS officer Bhat

TNN | Jun 3, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/State-govt-suspends-IFS-officer-Bhat/articleshow/47520521.cms

Himachal monitors forest fires via satellites

IANS | Jun 2, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/the-good-earth/Himachal-monitors-forest-fires-via-satellites/articleshow/47514737.cms

Proposed four-lane Sariska highway to invade tiger territory

Devendra Bhardwaj, Hindustan Times, Alwar   Updated: Jun 03, 2015

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/proposed-four-lane-sariska-highway-to-invade-tiger-territory/article1-1354207.aspx

Nagpur's Gorewada Lake to host India's first night safari

Wednesday, 3 June 2015

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-nagpur-s-gorewada-lake-to-host-india-s-first-night-safari-2091779

Tadoba wants guidelines for pvt resorts in buffer

Mazhar Ali,TNN | Jun 3, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Tadoba-wants-guidelines-for-pvt-resorts-in-buffer/articleshow/47520395.cms

Turtle smugglers in custody till June 15

TNN | Jun 3, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Turtle-smugglers-in-custody-till-June-15/articleshow/47520602.cms

Leopard-attack villages to get constant power

Sarang Dastane,TNN | Jun 3, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Leopard-attack-villages-to-get-constant-power/articleshow/47520680.cms

Deer carcass case: Clean chit to Dhanwateys

TNN | Jun 3, 2015

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Deer-carcass-case-Clean-chit-to-Dhanwateys/articleshow/47520406.cms