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Biofuel demand to boost palm prices |
Staff Reporter |
The Financial Express , Thursday, July 13, 2006 |
KUALA LUMPUR, JULY 12: Malaysian palm oil prices are likely to rise to between 1,600 and 1,700 ringgit a tonne in 2007 from 1,450 ringgit ($397) now, driven by growing demand for biofuels, a top indu ...More
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Aamir poached chinkara on Lagaan shoot, says Gujarat |
Press Trust of India |
The Statesman , Thursday, July 13, 2006 |
AHMEDABAD, July 12: After Salman Khan, Bollywood star Aamir Khan, whose views on Narmada dam oustees had raised the hackles in Gujarat, could be headed for trouble as state forest officials are probin ...More
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After Salman, Aamir in poaching case |
Staff Reporter |
The Times of India , Wednesday, July 12, 2006 |
AHMEDABAD: After Salman Khan, Bollywood star Aamir Khan, whose views on Narmada dam oustees had raised the hackles in Gujarat, could be headed for trouble as state forest officials are probing if he h ...More
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The buck stays here |
Staff Reporter |
Deccan Herald , Tuesday, July 11, 2006 |
People of Ron and Gajendraghad have a strange affinity towards black bucks, protecting them as they would their own children, writes Shyam Sundar Vattom.
There is a striking similarity between ...More
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Forest funds wasted |
SHANKAR MUKHERJEE |
The Telegraph , Wednesday, July 05, 2006 |
Alipurduar, July 4: Unjustifiably expensive anti-poaching camps are among the many projects in Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) on which lakhs of rupees are being wasted, feels the principal chief conservator ...More
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Master poacher far from being confined by the law |
BHADRA SINHA |
Times of India , Tuesday, July 04, 2006 |
NEW DELHI: The "Veerappan of the North" was the wildlife department's "priceless catch" in 1995. Ten years later, the Delhi Police boasted Sansar Chand's arrest as a feather in their cap.
But in r ...More
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Poacher in CBI charge |
OUR CORRESPONDENT |
The Telegraph , Sunday, July 02, 2006 |
New Delhi, July 1: The CBI, which is probing the disappearance of tigers from the Sariska reserve, today got custody of India’s most-wanted poacher Sansar Chand.
Chand was arrested from his West Pate ...More
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Jonai ecosystem under threat |
Staff Reporter |
The Assam Tribune , Friday, June 30, 2006 |
JONAI, June 29 – At a time when environmental degradation due to rapid deforestation is on in the region, unabated cutting of trees and poaching of wild species is posing a serious threat to conservat ...More
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Wildlife Protection Act likely to be amended |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Thursday, June 29, 2006 |
To effectively tackle poaching syndicate operating in wildlife sanctuaries, the Environment Ministry is expected to amend the Wildlife Protection Act in the Monsoon Session of Parliament. The amendmen ...More
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Sariska not fit for tigers |
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT |
The Telegrah , Wednesday, June 28, 2006 |
The Sariska reserve is no longer suitable for tigers
New Delhi, June 27: The government has conceded that the Sariska national park in Rajasthan is no longer fit to be home to tigers.
Union environ ...More
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Sanctuaries shrinking, poised to die after tribal Bill |
Yoga Rangatia |
The Pioneer , Wednesday, June 28, 2006 |
Hunted for its pelt and bones, the tiger faces a crisis of another kind.
Its habitat is shrinking and forests getting sparse, a forest survey based on satellite imagery showed. Of the 28 forest r ...More
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Gun licence blow to Salman |
Special Correspondent |
The Statesman , Tuesday, June 27, 2006 |
Jodhpur/Mumbai, June 26: A Jodhpur court issued a showcause notice to Salman Khan for allegedly misleading it regarding the licence of the gun he used in poaching, and asked him to file a reply on Jul ...More
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Armed forces to protect environment |
Vijay Mohan |
The Tribune , Tuesday, June 27, 2006 |
Chandigarh, June 26
It is not just saving India’s national animal. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) now wants the defenders of the nation to playa greater role in the protection and pre ...More
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SHORT TAKE: Rhino wonder |
Staff Reporter |
The Statesman , Tuesday, June 27, 2006 |
While India and the rest of the world is still recovering from the tragedy and disaster of the death of our national animal, the tiger, poached to destruction in several “national parks”, there is hap ...More
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Eleven poachers held in Panna National Park |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Tuesday, June 27, 2006 |
Eleven poachers were arrested from the tiger reserve area of the Panna National Park in Panna district on Monday by a joint team of police and forest officials.
Field Director Shahwaz Ahmed said ...More
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Salman had no 'licence' to kill |
Lokpal Sethi |
The Pioneer , Tuesday, June 27, 2006 |
Poaching continues to stalk Bollywood actor Salman Khan. The superstar has run into fresh trouble with a Jodhpur court filing a case against him on Monday for lying in court about his gun license.
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Armed forces to protect environment |
Vijay Mohan |
The Tribune , Tuesday, June 27, 2006 |
Chandigarh, June 26
It is not just saving India’s national animal. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) now wants the defenders of the nation to playa greater role in the protection and pre ...More
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Death of tigress sparks wave of concern |
Staff Correspondent |
The Hindu , Monday, June 26, 2006 |
Tigers, leopards, spotted deer and elephants are being poached
CHAMARAJANAGAR: The death of a six-year-old tigress, which was pregnant with six cubs, in Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Wildlife San ...More
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