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ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS
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Vol. 16, No. 1 January – February 2015

ENVIS CENTRE ON FORESTRY
NATIONAL FOREST LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE

FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
(INDIAN COUNCIL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION)
DEHRADUN
Environment and Forests News Digest Scope
Vol. 16, No. 1 January – February 2015 The Environment and Forests News Digest reports
articles and news items on environment, forestry and
Patrons wildlife, published in the twenty English and Hindi
Dr. Ashwani Kumar language newspapers that are subscribed in the
Director General, ICFRE National Forest Library and Information Centre.

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Director, FRI
Natural Resources, Climate and Climatic Change,

Pollution, Forestry and Wildlife. All entries, grouped in
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items reporting similar information, only one item,

having maximum information, has been included
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The Financial Express (New Delhi)
The Coordinator The Himachal Times (Dehradun)
Environment and Forests News Digest The Hindu (New Delhi)
Hindustan Times (New Delhi)
ENVIS Centre on Forestry
The Indian Express (New Delhi)
National Forest Library and Information Centre
The Pioneer (Dehradun)
Forest Research Institute
The Statesman (New Delhi)
P.O. New Forest
The Times of India (New Delhi)
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ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS
NEWS DIGEST

Vol. 16, No. 1 January – February 2015

ENVIS CENTRE ON FORESTRY
NATIONAL FOREST LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE

FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
(INDIAN COUNCIL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION)
DEHRADUN
Contents
Natural Resources
Urgent need to conserve, manage natural resources ensuring global water security 1
Water in 38 per cent blocks in West Bengal contaminated 2
Way cleared for construction of Jamarani Dam 2
Volunteers from Almora out to save Kosi River 3
Environmentalists upset with centre over Ganga, himalayas conservation 3
Will clean Ganga in two years: Uma Bharti C
Complete mining ban in Ganga not possible: NGT 4
Israel offers technology to clean Ganga 4
Ganga revival in Varanasi: High on promises, low on action 5
Ganga to regain glory by 2018 6
U’khand picks 15 towns for ‘Clean Ganga’ drive 6
Cleaning Ganga: PM calls for action against polluting units 7
Promote rainwater harvesting, make it attractive: HC to DJB 7
Yamuna Dam raises flood fears in Delhi 7
Riverfront planners caught in time warp 9
Govt. plans scientific policy to check illegal mining 9
CM pulls up officials for illegal mining 9
Hydro power project companies flout pollution norms 10
Govt. apathy fanning protests against hydro projects: Himachal experts panel 10
State to expand hydropower generation 11
Stir ends after promise to nix eco-sensitive zone 12
Rawat to call on Modi over stalled projects in eco-sensitive zone 12
Punishing nature for its resources! 13
केंद्र को बेजे चाय इको सेंससटिव जोन के भसौदे 14
नटदमों को जोड़ने की तमै ायी भें सयकाय 14
...ताकक शहय फुझा सकें प्मास 15
जर संयऺण जरचते ना जगाने की जरूयत 16
बागीयथी नदी घािी प्राधधकयण को ऩांच कयोड़ 17
फ ंद-फ ंद को सहेजत े बगीयथ 17
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ऩानी को जजंदगानी देता एक बगीयथ
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गंगा की सपाई के सरए ववशषे प्रमोजन कंऩनी फनाएगी सयकाय
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स्वच्छ गंगा की आस
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स्वमंसेवक कयेंगे गंगा की सपाई
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गंगा की ऩववत्रता के स्रोतों की खोज शुरू
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गंगा संयऺण के सरए सहमोग देगा जभनम ी
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दो सार भें होगी गंगा गुणात्भक रूऩ से स्वच्छ् उभा
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नभासभ गंगे मोजना ऩय अभर के सरए सयकाय के फढे कदभ
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नभासभ गंगे मोजना से फदरेगी गंगा ककनाये फसे शहयों की स यत
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गंगा को ननभरम फनाने के सरए 240 कयोड़ की वावषकम मोजना
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गंगा से ऩहरे साप हो नीमत
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गंगा की स्वच्छता को ऩमिम क देंगे सुझाव
देश की नटदमों भें ऩानी नहीं, ऩैसा फहता है 26
ऩानी ऩय हो सभाज का भासरकाना हक, ऩमामवयणववदों ने कहा 27
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इको सेंससटिव जोन के भुद्दे ऩय ऩुनववचम ाय कयेगा केंद्र
सयकाय ! खनन ऩय भनन की जरूयत 28
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हाइड्रो प्रोजेक्िों का भुद्दा 25 देशों के साभने उठेगा
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आऩदा के सरए बफजरी ऩरयमोजनाएं जजम्भेदाय नहीं
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भौसभ के सभजाज ऩय हाइड्रो प्रोजेक्ि का कोई असय नहीं
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टहभारम की धचतं ा
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ईको ि रयज्भ जोन भें क्रेशय का ववयोध
Climate and Climatic Change
General
FRI organises training program for Indian coast guard commandants 33
New environmentalism 33
Environmental information system workshop begins 34
Scientists’ meet on climate change begins 35
Four new missions to boost response to climate change 35
Climate talks: Optimism over-supply, action short-supply 36
N-power the greenest option 37
Balance growth with climate consequences 38
Only pressure on climate change is from within: PM 39
Climate change deniers 40
PMO ordered 60 changes to green clearances, environment ministry delivered on most 40
No deal on climate 42
Govt. won’t dilute key green laws: Javadekar 42
Budget may outline India’s stand on climate change: Javadekar 43
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Delhi government must give environment high priority: R.K. Pachauri 43
Climate change is a real challenge 44
India wants feasible policy framework from Paris climate meet 45
Carbon tax to meet climate concerns 46
Obama wants India on board for climate deal 47
India’s role in addressing climate issues important 48
An ‘India exception’ for climate talks 48

India to deploy global calculator to study climate impact 50

MoEF seeks enhanced budget for national adaptation fund 50

At Geneva, India opposes dilution of tasks 51

States climate action plans to be approved soon 51

Swachch Shakti for a New India 52

Modi govt. shifted gears on climate change 53

The sun and wind 53

Most power plants in India falter on green regulation: CSE 54

Is climate change fuelling conflict? 54
Geneva climate change talks: The lull before the storm 55

How Greenland ice sheet responds to warming 56

Modi-Obama's bulletproof summit: Was it climate-proof? 57

छंि गई छिा 58
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ऩमामवयण औय ववकास दोनों हैं जरूयी
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वन अनुसंधान संस्थान भें ऺेत्रीम भ लमांकन कामशम ारा आयंब
जरवामु ऩरयवतनम अनतसंवेदनशीरता एवं अनुक रन ऩय प्रसशऺण कामक्रम भ 60
हाथ आमा नमा भौका 61
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फढत े काफनम भें भहप ज यहेगी हरयमारी
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ववकासशीर देशों भें जरवामु ऩरयवतनम फड़ी चनु ौती
ग्रोफर वासभगिं की वजह से फेभौसभ व कभ-ज्मादा फारयश 63
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जरवामु ऩरयवतनम से रड़ने के सरए 200 देश सहभत
प्रदेश भें जरवामु ऩरयवतनम के खौपनाक संकेत 65
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बायत से ऩयभाणु औय जरवामु सभझौत े को आतयु अभेरयका
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हरयत कान नों को सख्ती से राग ककमा जाए् जावड़के य
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ऊजाम संयऺण के साथ ऩमामवयण की टहपाजत का बी ख्मार
Glaciers
Underwater drone maps ice algae in Antarctica 67
ग्रेसशमय नहीं यहे तो कैसे फचेंगी नटदमा ं 68
अिं ाकमटिका वऩघरने से फदर जाएगी धयती 68
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Oceans
प्राजस्िक कचये से ऩिता सभुद्र 69
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सभुद्र के ऩानी भें फढता तजे ाफ
Pollution
General
Minister set to clear garbage in Haridwar Forest 71
After years of dumping waste, corporation to now clear reserve forest 72
Haldwani corporation dumping garbage in reserve forest 72
Pollution norms relaxed for industries in Doon 73
Govt’. will change rules to curb pollution: Javadekar 73
Pollution board on facebook, Whatsapp 73
Mining brought pollution 240 years before industrial revolution 74
शहय भें ही सभा यहा फामोभेडिकर वेस्ि 74
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ऩॉरीधथन ने बफगाड़ी दन की स यत
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स्क री ककताफ भें होगा ऩासरथीन प्रदष ण से जुड़ा ऩाठ
Air Pollution
After China, India's air quality on us check list 75
High pollution cuts short Indian lives by three years 76
Monitor the dangers of pollution 76
Centre bans burning cow dung in Agra to keep Taj Mahal aglow 77
BS-VI fuel to put a brake on pollution in 2020 78
U-turn by centre in apex court on capital vehicular pollution 78
Delhities breathing in highly polluted air 79
Straw in the wind 79
In polluted Delhi, breathe 'Davos' air at this business centre 80
Save lives, fight air pollution 81
ताजभहर की यंगत फचाने ‘कंिों’ के इस्तभे ार ऩय प्रनतफंध 82
असरी ऩयीऺा तो अफ है 83
Water Pollution
Pollution to be focus of budget 84
Concern over pollution in Odisha rivers 84
City’s 165MLD waste has no treatment facilities 85
Ganga SPV to ensure efforts don’t go down drain 85
40,000km of drains choking Ganga: UP irrigation report 86
Green tribunal threatens to shut Kanpur’s 700 tanneries 86
River-cleaning sutra 87
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Yamuna’s aquatic life gasping for oxygen 88
Dumping items into Yamuna to attract fine 88
Factories discharging effluents into Yamuna asked to shift 89
Rajasthan approaches centre on pollution 89
जहयीरा होता जा यहा है दोआफा का ब जर 89
एन.जी.िी. कसेगी प्रदष ण ऩय सशकंजा 90
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प्रदष ण पैरा यहे आश्रभों ऩय सशकंजा
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प्रदष णकायी उद्मोगों को देना होगा ऩानी का टहसाफ
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नारों भें तब्दीर हुए प्राकृनतक स्त्रोत
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उत्तयाखिं भें जहय उगर यहे ऩानी के सैकड़ों स्रोत
प्रदष ण की जीवनशैरी औय सपाई का संकलऩ 93
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गजफ तभाशा् उत्तयाखिं भें ही भैरी हो यही गंगा
उद्गभ से ही गंदगी ढो यहीं गंगा-मभुना 94
मभुना भें ऩ जा साभग्री पेंकी तो 5,000 भरफा िारा तो 50 हजाय का जुभामना 94
नासरमां ऩड़ी हैं चोक, सड़क ऩय गंदगी 95
Forestry

General
Shimla to have more no-construction zones 96
FRI symposium on mountain forestry today 96
Training programme for forest officers begins at FRI 97
Symposium calls for transboundary cooperation in ‘transforming mountain forestry’ 97
सभरकय फचाएंगे टहदं क ुश-टहभारम 98
संकि भें हैं वन औय जरीम जीव 99
Law and Policies
Forest rights act not delaying projects: Official 100
अफ प्रदेश भें 40 हेक्िेमय तक वन ब सभ हस्तांतयण 100
वनब सभ भें सड़कों की याह हुई आसान 101
अऩनी जभीन को जंगर घोवषत कया जीती ऩमामवयण की जंग 101
Degradation and Conservation
Guv: Scientists must explore causes for forest degeneration 102
महां योशन है हरयमारी की रौ 103
Afforestation and Deforestation
Environment main focus, biggest challenge of state govt. 103
FRI training for foresters from Bihar gets underway 104
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Delhi Forest Department says planted 15 lakh trees, clueless how many survived 105
Forest dept. to prepare record of trees in Doon 105
K’taka road to axe W. Ghats greenery 106
कृवष वाननकी, ब सभ प्रफंधन व योऩण तकनीकों ऩय ववसशष्ि प्रसशऺण 106
आभ व तनु की रकड़ी से बया वाहन ऩकड़ा 106
Forest Fires
वनाजग्न से ननऩिने का एक्शन प्रान भांगा 107
Disease and Pests
सार के 2,500 दयख्तों ऩय ‘भौत’ का सामा 107
Products

FRI training programme begins from Monday 108
Bamboo training for HP artisans begins 108
Wildlife

General
India, Nepal join hands to secure wildlife corridor 109
Urgent need to secure corridors for wildlife 109
Manas national park in Assam losing its sheen 110
In a first, DNA tests to estimate animal population in state 110
Decision to set up nagar panchayat in CNP shocks forest dept. 111
Saperas turn new leaf, ban poaching within community 111
Forest dept. discovers rare butterfly species 112
Embrace African wildlife conservation laws 112
वन्मजीवों से यऺा को फनेगा कॉरयिोय 113
Reptiles
Turtles
Sand mining in Ganga killing turtle species? 114

Crocodile
Crocodile project at Sunderbans gets a boost with expert assistance 114
Water grid poses threat to crocodile habitat 115
ऩहरी फाय भगयभच्छों की धगनती 115
Birds
Birds at Pong Dam to be screened 115
Migratory birds’ census begins at Pong wetland 116
Migratory birds turn trap targets for kol shooters 116
Two birds at Asan wetland did not die of avian flue 117
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It's time for bird-watching in Pawalgarh Reserve 117
Cattle egret spotted in Pindar Valley 118
Avian flu kills 45 birds in Sultanpur Sanctuary, Gurgaon 118
Forty seven migratory birds found dead at Gurgaon park 118
'Hindon Pakshi Vihar' sold off to private builders 119
Burgeoning rare waterbirds spread wings in capital 119
Draining Okhla Barrage to rob sanctuary of chirpings 120
Tweets of joy: Rare birds fly into Delhi 121
ऩक्षऺमों को बी यास आ यही दन घािी 121
यंग राए प्रमास, ऩहुंचने रगे फि म वाचय 122
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आसन वेिरिैं भें 48 प्रजानत के प्रवासी ऩरयदं े
Vultures
Endangered vulture sighted in Lansdowne 122
काफेि ऩाकम भें देखा गमा संकिग्रस्त धगद्धों का झुंि 123
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ऩन्ना िाइगय रयजव म भें धगद्धों की संख्मा फढी
Mammals
Dolphins
Counting dolphins in the Ganga 124
Pangolin
Forest department prepared to tackle pangolin poaching in RNP 125
Threat to pangolins as seizures of its scales continues 125
उत्तय बायत भें बी खत्भ हो जाएगा ऩेंगोसरन ! 126
Elephants
Seven hundred forty-eight jumbos killed in Odisha 126
Connecting safe havens 127
U’khand, Nepal join hands to curb poaching on border 127
Suzy begins a new life 128
Jumbo fall in tusker deaths on rail tracks 129
Rhinoceros
Gogoi to raise rhino protection force 129
Poachers kill one-horned rhino in Assam Park 130
One-horned rhino killing continues unabated in Assam 130
One-horned rhino killed in Kaziranga 130

Leopards
Solving the big cat problem 131
In 15 yrs, four hundred killed in man-animal conflict 132
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