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Forest Conservation

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Forest Conservation

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 4 Documents

Vedanta Resources PLC

Orissa locks horns with Centre; says Vedanta projects within law

NEW DELHI: In sharp contrast to the Centre's assertion that Vedanta Resources' proposed mining project in Orissa's Niyamgiri hills violated green and tribal norms, the state said the Anil Agarwal-led group's plans were within the ambit of the law.In two ... [Published 1 hour ago by Economictimes]

Entities: Environment, Vedanta Resources PLC, Forest Conservation, Mukesh Kumar, Orissa Government

First Reported Mar 12 2010 - Updated Mar 12 2010 - 1 Documents

The Nature Conservancy

The forest scheme that fails to protect trees

- 03/11/2010 Forest conservation project in Bolivia proves that unless a nation as a whole cuts deforestation, individual carbon offset schemes are worthlessFred PearceIt is the ultimate greenwash nightmare. A tough international deal to curb emissions ... [Published Mar 12 2010 by Amazonia]

Entities: The Nature Conservancy, Deforestation, Carbon, BP plc

First Reported Mar 12 2010 - Updated Mar 12 2010 - 1 Documents

Sher Bahadur Deuba

Novel march for forest conservation

Come April 4, thousands of people representing different organisations involved in forest conservation will congregate in 10 different places to announce the beginning of ‘Forest Caravan 2010’ - a first of its kind community forest conservation initiative ... [Published Mar 12 2010 by Kathmandu Post]

Entities: Forest Conservation, Kathmandu, Jumla (Nepal), Upendra Yadav, Sher Bahadur Deuba

First Reported Mar 12 2010 - Updated Mar 12 2010 - 1 Documents

COP15 - UN Climate Change Conference 2009

Forest conservation push

Around 60 countries pushed ahead on Thursday with a multi-billion-dollar scheme to reduce climate-changing emissions from deforestation, to which Germany added its support, British minister Joan Ruddock said on Thursday. 'There was a tremendous mood of ... [Published Mar 12 2010 by iafrica.com]

Entities: Forest Conservation, Joan Ruddock, COP15 - UN Climate Change Conference 2009, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ...

First Reported Mar 12 2010 - Updated Mar 12 2010 - 1 Documents

Assam Rifles

Ibobi unsure of forestland

Imphal, March 11: The Okram Ibobi Singh government is yet to decide on allotting the 250 hectares of land that the Assam Rifles has been seeking since 2005, of the 21.27 square km of reserved forest in the Langol hill range to set up training camps.Revenue ... [Published Mar 12 2010 by Calcutta Telegraph]

Entities: Devendra Singh, Assam Rifles, Okram Ibobi Singh, Forest Conservation

First Reported Mar 11 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 1 Documents

Supreme Court refuses to allow Reddy brothers mine in Bellary

Rakesh Bhatnagar / DNANew Delhi: The Reddy brothers of Karnataka suffered a jolt on Thursday when the Supreme Court (SC) halted operation of an Andhra Pradesh high court order allowing them to mine and transport iron ore from six facilities in Bellary ... [Published Mar 11 2010 by DNA India]

Entities: Bellary, Supreme Court, Obulapuram Mining Company, Forest Conservation, Gali Janardhan Reddy

First Reported Mar 09 2010 - Updated Mar 09 2010 - 1 Documents

740,000 mu afforested in Tibet in 2009

Over 740,000 mu area has been afforested in Tibet last year with an increase of 62.9% with a total investment of 1.06 billion yuan for the forest project.The regional government has waged an environment campaign to plant trees along major rivers, return ... [Published Mar 09 2010 by People's Daily Online]

Entities: Afforestation, Tibet Autonomous Region, Forest Conservation, China

First Reported Mar 08 2010 - Updated Mar 08 2010 - 1 Documents

Haryana did not seek permission to construct urban...

The Haryana government never sought permission for the proposed construction of Pinjore-Kalka Urban Complex from the Central government. In a significant statement, the Centre today informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court that "no proposal under Forest ... [Published Mar 08 2010 by Indian Express]

Entities: Haryana Government, Petitioner, Urban Development Authority of Malaysia, Forest Conservation, Haryana High Court

First Reported Mar 08 2010 - Updated Mar 08 2010 - 1 Documents

Forest: Kenya gets shs1.4B for rehabilitation

Kenya on Monday got a grant of sh 1.4 billion from the Japanese government for forest preservation programme and improvement of capabilities to cope with natural disasters resulting from climatic change.Deputy Premier and Minister for Finance Uhuru Kenyatta ... [Published Mar 08 2010 by Kenya Broadcasting Corporation]

Entities: Kenya, Rehabilitation, Shigeo Iwatani

First Reported Feb 25 2010 - Updated Feb 25 2010 - 1 Documents

WWF Singapore invites public to switch off lights on Mar 27

SINGAPORE: It partnered furniture retailer Ikea to launch the "No to free plastic bags" campaign in 2007, and last year, its Earth Hour campaign led to a 42-megawatt drop in electricity consumption here, with an estimated 40 per cent of Singapore's population ... [Published Feb 25 2010 by Channel NewsAsia]

Entities: Singapore, World Wide Fund For Nature, Earth Hour, Forest Conservation, IKEA Group

First Reported Feb 25 2010 - Updated Feb 25 2010 - 1 Documents

Super-luxurious train brings rich passengers to Laos

(KPL) The Vientiane Industry and Commerce Service will organise a furniture and household utensils exhibition on 5-9 May at the Lao International Trade Exhibition and Convention Centre (Lao-ITECC) to promote goods production in the Lao PDR.According to ... [Published Feb 25 2010 by Lao News Agency]

Entities: Vientiane (Laos), Laos, Forest Conservation

First Reported Feb 23 2010 - Updated Feb 24 2010 - 3 Documents

Centre's boss on forests: Ramesh

NEW DELHI: The Centre has stepped in to remind the Karnataka government that when it comes to reserved forests, it has the last word. The environment ministry has plainly told the Karnataka government that its decision to allow mining in 5,000 sqkm of ... [Published Feb 23 2010 by Economictimes]

Entities: Jairam Ramesh, Bellary, Environment, Forest Conservation, V. S. Acharya

Quotes

Vedanta Aluminium Limited, Lanjigarh, COO Mukesh Kumar said, "The Orissa government on March 11, 2010, sent two letters to the Environment and Forests Ministry submitting there is no violation of Forest Conservation Act."

Orissa locks horns with Centre; says Vedanta projects within law [Economictimes - 1 hour ago]

...ulti-billion dollar mining giant Vedanta has breached tribal rights and violated environmental regulations at its Rs 50,000-crore project in Orissa. "I can say (the company) has violated the forest rights act, without taking consideration of tribal rights" environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh said. He said the violations covered tribal rights and forest rules

Panel glare on Vedanta project [Calcutta Telegraph - 8 hours ago]

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Orissa locks horns with Centre; says Vedanta pr... [Economictimes - 1 hour ago]
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Environmental issues continue in Orissa [Topnews.in - 12 hours ago]
OMC committed 2 forest Act violations: panel [Livemint.com - 23 hours ago]
The forest scheme that fails to protect trees [Amazonia - Mar 12 2010]
NH: Report -- 3rd of birds in de... [Stateline - Mar 12 2010]
Novel march for forest conservation [Kathmandu Post - Mar 12 2010]
CM points to PREPAK for murder [Sangai Express - Mar 12 2010]
Forest conservation push [iafrica.com - Mar 12 2010]
Ibobi unsure of forestland [Calcutta Telegraph - Mar 12 2010]
Sumatran Forest Carbon Deal slammed by Australi... [Friends of the Earth Australia - Mar 12 2010]
Sumatran Forest Carbon Deal slammed by Australi... [Friends of the Earth Australia - Mar 11 2010]
Supreme Court refuses to allow Reddy brothers m... [DNA India - Mar 11 2010]
Sumatrian Forest Carbon Deal slammed by FoE Aus... [Friends of the Earth International - Mar 11 2010]
740,000 mu afforested in Tibet in 2009 [People's Daily Online - Mar 09 2010]
Haryana did not seek permission to construct ur... [Indian Express - Mar 08 2010]
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Starbucks and Conservation International Make I... [Zibb - Mar 08 2010]
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Starbucks and Conservation International Make I... [EuroInvestor.co.uk - Mar 08 2010]
Forest: Kenya gets shs1.4B for rehabilitation [Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - Mar 08 2010]
Copenhagen Accord: A Bad Deal Waiting to Happen [CPCA - Mar 08 2010]
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Rainforest revival: has Brazil turned the tide ... [Amazonia - Mar 03 2010]
The Precious Rain Forest: An Interview with Joh... [America.gov - Mar 02 2010]
Forests Dialogue Launches Review on Commercial ... [World Business Council for Sustainable Developmen - Mar 01 2010]
13th Finance Commission suggests green grants ... [Financial Express - Feb 27 2010]

Blogs

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Drumbeat: March 11, 2010 [The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - Mar 11 2010] The curious story of Chinese oil refining The narrowing gap between current and forward crude oil contract prices in recent weeks has been been widely attributed ...
Joe Jonas And Demi Lovato Make A Wave Of Eco-Aw... [ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip - Feb 20 2010] Teen heartthrob Joe Jonas (of the Jonas Brothers and Disney Channel’s JONAS series) along with Camp Rock queen and solo artist Demi Lovato offered a sneak peek ...
President Obama’s budget contributes to fast-st... [Switchboard, from NRDC - Feb 02 2010] The White House released a proposed budget for 2011 which includes $1.4 billion to helps provide needed investments in developing countries to address ...
Reversing Deforestation in Haiti [Casaubon's Book] [ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Jan 28 2010] My fellow Science blogger Eric Michael Johnson has a superb post up about possible strategies for reforestation in Haiti - and the enormous economic barriers to ...
Momentum Building for REDD+ Global Market for F... [Cleantech Blog - Jan 25 2010] By David NiebauerWhatever else happened or didn’t happen as a result of the recent Conference of the Parties in Copenhagen, the Global community did take action ...