Box MS-037 Box 41

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Consists of correspondence, note and press releases on the importance of Bhitarkanika Lake as a sanctuary for the Olive Ridley. Also includes survey data and maps on the park.

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Consists mostly of media clippings and updates pertaining to Bhitarkanika, including the tracking of Olive Ridley migration, nesting patterns, habitat destruction and interference of casuarina groves, mass turtle deaths, their abandonment of Orissa coast; litigation against fertiliser companies; poaching; prawn overfishing; and issues arising from interference of wildlife protection with livelihoods of fisherfolk

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Consists of updates in the form of emails and cyclostyles, newspaper clippings on Chandka. Topics include elephant habitat destruction

Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence, news clippings and updates, and publicity material. This includes letters from the Save Chilika Movement and Wild Orissan Conservation Society to Ashish Kothari, as well as letters from representatives of Kalpavriksh (Neeraj Vagholikar) to the then Chief Minister of Orissa and replies, and a letter enclosing monograph on Chilka Lake by Gopal Kadekodi. Media clippings pertain to fishermen protests against the prawn mafia, the poaching of the Irawaddy dolphin,...

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Consists of a brochure for the Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary, Orissa

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Consists of a news update on the Bishnois of Abohar wildlife sanctuary.

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Consists of news updates, newspaper clippings and a write-up on Harike sanctuary by Vikram Jit Singh.

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Consists of correspondence with enclosed notes on conservation by local forest-dwelling communities and interdepartmental co-operation between police and forest departments for wildlife crime prevention from the Tarun Bharat Sangh and Forestry Training Institute; and media clippings regarding sanctuaries, Sambhar lake, poaching and the Bishnoi's community's anger, and the death of vultures; and a publicity brochure about the Great Indian Bustard (Godawan), Rajasthan's state bird.

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Consists of newspaper clipping on tiger death at Darah wildlife sanctuary.

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Consists of media clipping and correspondence with updates for the Desert National Park area in Jaisalmer and Barmer districts.

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Consists of case study of the people participatory approach to the elephant corridor of the Nilgiri Biosphere reserve; bibliography of Envis Technical Report no 14 on the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve; action plans for the Kerala, Karnataka parts of the Nilgiri biosphere; and email from Krishnaswamy Jagdish on the server on the critical requirements of the reserve. Also includes informational brochures on Indira Gandhi National Park (Annamalai Tiger reserve) with species cards.

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Consists of explanatory briefs on denotifications and settlement of forest rights in denotified areas as well as an appeal for information on proposed denotifications from Kalpavriksh; summary report of the national consultation on the Forest Rights Act and Protected Areas; guidelines for notification of protected areas; and legislation briefs on forest governance at the junction of forest, wildlife and biodiversity laws by Kalpavriksh.

Scope and Contents Marked as AK 15.25. Correspondence pertains to letters addressed to and from Pankaj Sekhsaria, Ashish Kothari and other members of Kalpavriksh, regarding various environmental issues. Correspondents include : Faizi S on proposed conservation network and Clinton's visit to Ranthambore; Ashok Kumar S on forest official trade in deer meet; Ekwal Imam regarding the sighting of a white-backed vulture in Gandhisagar Sanctuary (MP); HS Sangha on study of Sambhar Lake; Joanna van Gruisen expressing...

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Contains a masterlist of all protected areas and assigned codes.

Scope and Contents Consists of news clippings regarding threat to Kerala bird sanctuary, inclusion of Bhadra sanctuary under Project Tiger and approval of hydel power projects in Arunanchal Pradesh (in the North East Times); an appeal for funds on the death of employees of the Palamau Forest Reserve in Bihar; and cyclostyled sheets of updates to the Natural History of South Asian - General discussion and research group on various subjects such as Sunderbans Tiger Poaching, tiger killings in AP; update on the...

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Newspaper clippings, updates and forum posting pertaining to India as a whole or central authorities.

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Consists of news clippings regarding South Asian conservation and wildlife issues, including crossborder issues and corridors, habitat destruction (grasslands in Afghanistan); poaching of species such as rhinos etc; Himalayan news including the clean-up of Mt. Everest.

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Consists of position papers and brochures on conservation initiatives in Nepal run by WWF. These include country papers from Maldives, Bangaldesh and World Natural Heritage sites from the WCPA Regional workshop on Protected Area Landscapes in South Asia, held in Nepal

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Consists of published compilations of the Protected Area Update.