Guest guest Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 Dear Friends, Pasted below please find the list of contents and Edit of the new issue of the Protected Area Update. If you want any particular stories or the entire update as an email attachment please do write to me at psekhsaria Please also do forward this set of contents to other and individuals/organisations you think would find it useful. thanks Pankaj Sekhsaria Kalpavriksh PROTECTED AREA UPDATE News and Information from protected areas in India and South Asia Vol. XIII No. 4 August 2007 (No. 68) LIST OF CONTENTS EDITORIAL Some lessons from Gir NEWS FROM INDIAN STATES ARUNACHAL PRADESH -Villagers for protection of Pakhui TR ASSAM -Meeting held for Kaziranga protection -Veterinary Camp around Pobitara WLS -Timber smuggling in Manas NP BIHAR -Gautam Budha WLS under naxal control GUJARAT -Protection measures being augmented at Gir -Court denies bail of those arrested in lion poaching in Gir -NGO organizes conservation awareness programs around Gir -Gir staff to get insurance cover -Monthly Monitoring Committee for Gir lions -168 Blackbuck washed away in flood in Velavadar NP; two lions in Gir also perish -Gujarat to set up Wildlife Crime Cell HIMACHAL PRADESH -HP to allow hunting of wild boar -Chandratal to be declared a wildlife sanctuary KARNATAKA -Windmills proposal for Kudremukh NP -Ban on NTFP collection impacting adivasis and BRT Wildlife Sanctuary -Cap on visitors to some PAs in state -16 elephant deaths in first half of 2007 in Kollegal Wildlife Division KERALA -Kerala to use Wildlife Protection Act in Mullaperiyar Dam case -Kerala cabinet rejects Community Reserve proposal for Vembanad lake MAHARASHTRA -No plan to move out VIP guest house complex from Tadoba -Tadoba Andhari TR's Kolara Gate to be opened for tourists MANIPUR -Wetland International report expresses concern over Loktak ORISSA -Steps to check encroachment of Chilika Lake -Night safari proposed by Satkosia Wildlife Division -NREGS for tribals affected by Satkosia WLS -Captive bred crocs released in Bhitarkanika -Eviction from Sunabeda WLS opposed PUNJAB -Three new PAs in Punjab RAJASTHAN -'Friends of Tigers' for Ranthambor NP -Rains hit Rajasthan wildlife census in May TAMIL NADU -Study of the Gulf of Mannar's eco system -Tiger numbers up in Mudumalai WLS UTTARAKHAND -High Court asks for reconsideration of FD order for eviction of Ban Gujjars from Rajaji -Reliance Energy team found digging illegally in Askot WLS WEST BENGAL -Zoo proposed in the East Calcutta Wetlands -Narrow guage line proposed inside Senchal WLS NATIONAL NEWS FROM INDIA Call for proposals - Small Grants Program for Eastern Himalayas Centre urges apex court to wind up 'forest bench' US $ 105 million GEF environment Aid to India Meeting of Field Directors of all Tiger Reserves National Board for Wildlife reconstituted Ex-servicemen for tiger protection Database of Ornithologists SOUTH ASIA BANGLADESH -Top Sunberban official arrested for corruption NEPAL -Simultaneous public protests in five PAs -Increasing number of Chitwan villagers involved in rhino poaching -Sacred sites trail project in Sagarmatha NP INTERNATIONAL NEWS -Western/Central Asian Site Network for Siberian Cranes and other waterbirds -Call for Wildlife Reserve to Cover 30% of Oceans UPCOMING -Global Change and Pas -II Latin American PA Congress WHAT'S AVAILABLE -Commentaries on Wildlife Law OPPORTUNITIES -Field researchers for seed dispersal study in Pakke Tiger Reserve -JRF for project on Shifting agriculture in the NE -Research assistants for project on Trawl Fishing along the Coromandel Coast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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