Clearing core forest areas of people who have always lived there: in the name of the tiger – Chhattisgarh

Meena Menon, The Hindu, August 1, 2012 New Jalda is an example of how, in the name of the tiger, clearing core forest areas of people who have always lived there does not work well for them For a tribe that was forbidden from ploughing the earth by religious tenets and had a special ceremony … Read more

Revitalizing community based health care system: the Rashtriya Guni Mission – Rajasthan

15 DAY EDUCATION PROGRAM (COURSE) TRADITIONAL SYSTEM OF MEDICINES Rastriya Guni Mission (RGM) trust has been working in the domain of Traditional System of Medicine (TSM) since past 13 years. In order to fulfill its mandate of conservation and promotion of TSM, the trust has discovered and identified more than 1300 gunis in 8 states … Read more

Cultivation of flora and fauna from foreign lands – solar-powered super trees in Singapore

CNN video in YouTube Published on Jun 8, 2012 The colossal solar-powered supertrees are found in the Bay South garden, which opens to the public on June 29. It is part of a 250-acre landscaping project — Gardens by the Bay — that is an initiative from Singapore’s National Parks Board that will see the … Read more

Tourism industry “roaring business” in tribal areas recognized by the Forest Rights Act

Source: “No roaring approval in tiger country”, Times Of India, 5 June 2012Address : http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-05/flora-fauna/32054967_1_forest-dwellers-tiger-reserves-forest-rights-actDate Visited: Mon Jun 11 2012 18:10:07 GMT+0200 (CEST)

Banyan trees as sacred groves – Andhra Pradesh

Frontline Magazine, Volume 29 – Issue 11 :: Jun. 02-15, 2012 SPOTLIGHT Arboreal wonder VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED in Kadiri With a canopy area of 19,107 square metres, Thimmamma Marrimanu in Andhra Pradesh is said to be the biggest tree in the world. […] THE dusty town of Kadiri in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh is just … Read more