Forests

Jairam’s steely faith may be belied

Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh put his ‘faith’ to the test by giving forest clearance for the 12 million tonne steel plant of the South Korean major POSCO in Odisha last week.

Publication Date: 
21/05/2011
Raman Kirpal
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
Odisha, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), POSCO, Forest Clearance, Jagatsinghpur (D), Forest Rights Act 2006, High Court, Mining, Supreme Court
Forests

Forest dept will not let villagers harvest bamboo

MUMBAI: Union minister Jairam Ramesh's order notwithstanding, the state forest department is unwilling to transfer the rights over harvesting bamboos to forest dwellers. The department currently holds the right to harvest bamboo in the state.

Publication Date: 
16/05/2011
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Forest Products, Bamboo Workers, Bamboo, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Mendha Lekha , Forest Act, Tribals, Forest Rights Act 2006
Dams/ Irrigation

Polavaram fraud

The Andhra Pradesh government lied to obtain forest clearance for the Polavaram dam on the Godavari; it said there were no forest rights claimants in the dam’s submergence zone. Down To Earth visited the villages denied forest rights and found the state had indeed lied.

Publication Date: 
16/05/2011
Richard Mahapatra
Down to Earth
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Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Displacement, Floods, Forest Rights Act 2006, Godavari, Gram Sabhas, High Court, Konda Reddi, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Orissa (Odisha), Polavaram, Water Disputes, West Godavari, Dams, Dams/ Irrigation
Wildlife

Implementation protocol for determination & notification of critical wildlife habitats in national parks

This draft implementation protocol by the environment ministry details procedures for determining critical wildlife babitats within National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries as required by the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2011
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Tags:
Wildlife, National Parks, Sanctuaries, Forest Rights Act 2006, Flora, Fauna, Forest Resources, India
Wildlife

Consent of gram sabhas mandatory, says MoEF

PANJIM, The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), in its revised guidelines for the declaration of Critical Wildlife Habitats (CWH), has given importance to ‘gram sabhas’ by making it mandatory to seek their consent in certain matters.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2011
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Gram Sabhas, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Wildlife, Habitat, Forest Rights Act 2006, NGO, Tribals, National Parks
Wildlife

New critical wildlife habitats norms issued

The Environment Ministry on Wednesday issued revised draft guidelines for determining critical wildlife habitats as required by the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers Act, 2006,

According to the Ministry

Publication Date: 
05/05/2011
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals, People, Sanctuaries
Mining

POSCO: Final order and other relevant documents

This MoEF order dated May 2, 2011 has granted final approval to Orissa for diversion of 1,253 hectares of forest land for Posco's steel project. It says that the steel firm should not export raw material from the proposed project.

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Publication Date: 
03/05/2011
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Tags:
POSCO, Orissa (Odisha), Gram Sabhas, Panchayats, Forest Rights Act 2006, High Court, Mining, Exports, Iron And Steel Industry, Net Present Value (NPV), Land Acquisition, Afforestation
Forests

Posco project may have cleared last hurdle

Orissa disposes resolutions passed by Dhinkia & Gobindapur palli sabhas

The Orissa government may have managed to remove the final impediment for diversion of 1,253 hectares forest to South Korean steel major Posco for its .

Publication Date: 
02/05/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
POSCO, Iron And Steel Industry, Orissa (Odisha), Panchayats, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forests, Forest Rights Act 2006
Wildlife

Implementation protocol for determination and notification of critical wildlife habitats in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries

The purpose of this Implementation Protocol is to detail the procedure for determining Critical Wildlife Habitats within National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries as required by the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2011
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Wildlife, National Parks, Sanctuaries, India, Forest Rights Act 2006, Flora, Fauna
Forests

Forest babus, Jairam in bamboo war

New Delhi: The forest bureaucracy has taken on environment minister Jairam Ramesh and Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan to defend its turf.

Publication Date: 
26/04/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bamboo, Forests, Forest Products, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Gadchiroli (D), Maharashtra, Forest Rights Act 2006

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