indian - 26 March, 2010 | environment | forest | Mysore | suggestion | Conservation | Living | moef | mining | tigers | habitats | bandipur | bhadra | endangered | species

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-karnataka-forests-mining-mafia

http://www.petitiononline.com/miningmf/

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Save Karnataka's forests from the mining mafia - Petitions http://bit.ly/cDyrHe http://petol.org/miningmf

Tigers pushed out for mines in Karnataka - Mail Today Sun, Feb 28

K'taka:Tigers pushed out for mines Mail Today Sun, Feb 28, 2010

http://m.indiatoday.in/itwapsite/story?sid=86089&secid=4 

Here's one more reason why tigers are fast disappearing from India - minelords with limitless greed for leases and a state government that accedes to their demands.

Unmindful of the declining number of India's national animal and one of the world's severely endangered species, the Bellary mining cartel in Karnataka has been given the green signal by the state government to enter tiger habitats and exploit the mineralrich land for lucrative exports.

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