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Govt, UNDP Award Biodiversity Governance Models

-Outlook Hyderabad: In a unique initiative to recognise outstanding work in biodiversity conservation at the grass roots level, the Union Government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have jointly presented awards to models of biodiversity governance from across the country. The awards were presented to the representatives of the winners at a ceremony held on the sidelines of the ongoing UN convention on biological diversity here last night. A press release from...

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'India May Win Patent Claims Due to Knowledge Library'

-Outlook Hyderabad: India could win 105 claims on international patents due to its Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here today, opening the high-level segment meeting at the Conference of Parties to Convention on Biological Diversity. "We decided to build this knowledge database because of the patent on the use of neem extract in Europe and another patent on the use of turmeric as a healing agent. Since...

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Ban on tourism in Tiger Reserves’ core areas goes -J Venkatesan

-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted the ban on tourist activities in core areas of Tiger Reserve forests. This follows Additional Solicitor-General Indira Jaising’s submission that on October 15 the government notified the revised guidelines for the 41 Tiger Reserves to be followed by States. A Bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar said: “This court passed an order on July 24 that till final guidelines are issued, core areas...

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Notify new norms on Tiger Reserves in a week: SC -Utkarsh Anand

-The Indian Express The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Centre to notify within a week its fresh guidelines on tiger conservation. It indicated that it may modify its July 24 order that stayed all tourism activities in Tiger Reserves. A Bench comprising Justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar said it will not let its directives on tiger conservation remain ‘open-ended’. The Bench made it clear that the states, if unhappy...

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Naxalism a result of an oversight of statutes, says SC-Utkarsh Anand

-The Indian Express Emphasising on validation of rights of tribals and forest-dwellers over the forest lands, the Supreme Court has said that Naxalism was a result of an oversight of constitutional provisions relating to administration of schedule areas and tribes of the country. “Nobody looks at Schedules V and VI of the Constitution and the result is Naxalism. Urbanites are ruling the nation. Even several union of India counsel are oblivious of...

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