Environmental Activities in India

2006-2010Name : Pawan A KambleRoll No: 153350027

2006-2007Conservation

National Environment Policy 2006(Approved by the Union Cabinet on 18 May, 2006)

Objectives• Conservation of Critical Environmental Resources

• Intra-generational Equity: Livelihood Security for the Poor• Inter-generational Equity

• Integration of Environmental Concerns in Economic and Social Development

• Efficiency in Environmental Resource Use• Environmental Governance

• Enhancement of Resources for Environmental Conservation

• Conservation and Management of Mangroves and Coral ReefsThe National Policy, 2006 recognizes that mangroves and coral reefs are important

coastal environmental resources. They provide habitats for marine species, protection from extreme weather events; and a resource base for sustainable tourism. Government has identified 38 mangrove areas and four coral reefs areas on a country-wide basis for intensive conservation and management.

Mangroves trees in Kerala Coral reefs : Andaman

• Management of Gregarious Flowering of Muli Bamboos in NE states of India

Bamboo flowering in Assam,

• Government of India approved the revised action plan ₹ 366 crores in early 2007, for management of prospective Gregarious flowering of the bamboos in the NE states to tackle the ecological, economical and social problems likely to arise out of the gregarious flowering of the Muli Bamboos.

• India has the largest bamboo resource in the world. Before 2007, gregarious flowering of Muli Bamboo had taken place in 1959 and its cycle is 48 years. So government had to improve Bamboos yield and its management of flowering

• Project Tiger

Our National Animal

• Project tiger was launched in 1973 with the objective to ensure maintenance of viable population of the tiger in India.

• 100% Central Assistance provided to 17 tiger reserve as an additionally for deployment of tiger protection force, comprising of ex-army personnel and local work force.

• Constitution of National Tiger Conservation Authority with effect from September,2006 for strengthening the tiger conservation.

2007-2008Abatement and

Pollution

• Common Effect Treatment Plant (CETP)

A CETP in Chennai

• The concept of CEPT arose in order to make a co-operative movement for pollution control. Wastewater treatment and Water conservation are the prime goals of CETP

• A centrally sponsored scheme has been undertaken by the government for small scale industries to set up and upgrade their CETP to cover all the states in the nation.

• During this year ₹ 3.95 crore allocation were provided for providing financial assistance to the on-going CETPs.

• Taj Protection Mission

Taj Mahal

• In pursuance of Supreme Court’s order, projects for WHS of Taj Mahal were initiated and funded by the Ministry.

• ₹ 600 crore on a 50:50 cost sharing basis with the state government to implement various schemes in the Taj Trapezium zone for environmental protection of Taj Mahal.

• Ministry had sponsored a post evaluation study for complete projects through the CSIR NEERI Nagpur for ascertaining the improvement in the area.

• Effective Removal of Arsenic

Arsenic contamination seriously affects Human Health

• The discharge of untreated toxic effluents and sewage into the Gujarat state's rivers is still taking a toll on the purity of these invaluable sources of water. In particular, arsenic and lead make the water dangerous to drink.

• Development of point of use (POU) clean technology in form of domestic unit employing a complexing resin (v) for from water by Central salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute Bhavnagar Gujrat

2008-2009Conservation

of Water Bodies

• National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA)

A view of sewage treatment plant Haridwar

• National Ganga River Basin Authority‘ (NGRBA) was set up on February 20, 2009. The NGRBA is set up as an empowered planning, financing, monitoring and coordinating authority for the conservation of Ganga River

• The Authority has both regulatory and developmental functions. The Authority will take measures for effective abatement of pollution and conservation of the river Ganga in keeping with sustainable development needs.

• National Wetland Conservation Program (NWCP)

Ujani Wetland Maharashtra

• The scheme on conservation and management of wetlands was initiated in 1987.

• During the year, Management Action Plans of forty eight wetlands were approved and financial assistance released to the concerned State Governments.

• The total allocated amount of Rs.11.85 crores has been spent on Research projects to supplement Management Action Plan (MAPs) for conservation of wetland

• National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP)

Puskar Lake Rajasthan

• National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Ministry of Environment & Forests, for conservation/ restoration of polluted and degraded lakes.

• As of March 31, 2009, a total of forty projects for conservation of fifty seven lakes have been sanctioned in thirteen States at a sanctioned Cost of Rs. 856.76 crore Conservation works for twelve lakes have been completed. Funding pattern under NLCP is on a 70:30 cost sharing basis between the Central and the State Governments.

2009-2010Centers of

Excellence

• Center for Ecological Sciences, IISc Banglore• Centre’s work on tropical forest structure, dynamics and the influence of climatic factors involves

long-term monitoring of permanent plots in tropical forests of Western Ghats, mainly the Nilgiris and Uttara Kannanda districts.

• Centre have been focusing on the ecology of the invasive species Lantana camara, its response to climatic factors and it’s impact on native plant and animal communities.

• The Centre has completed study on bat diversity in Kudremukh National Park. A total of twenty bat species have been identified to date. Of these, sixteen species belonged to the Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats) and four to the Megachiroptera (fruit-eating bats). Of the forty one species of bats reported so far from the Western Ghats.

• Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore

• Species specific studies on bird that included a study on ‘Ecology and Conservation of the Spot-billed Pelican’ a globally threatened species, in Andhra Pradesh.

• As part of eco-toxicological investigations on birds, a study on Impact of agricultural pesticides on the population status and breeding success of certain fish-eating birds in Tamil Nadu was taken up.

Golden Bush-Robin (Tarsiger chrysaeus) found in

Himalayas and north-east India

• Rajendra K PachauriIn January 2008, Rajendra K Pachauri was awarded the second-highest civilian award in India, the Padma Vibhushan.

Pachauri conceptualized and launched Lighting a Billion Lives Initiative in 2005 to bring electricity to energy starved rural areas of India through solar energy. The initiative has taken solar energy to remote places like Sundarbans, West Bengal and Thar Desert, Rajasthan.

Pachauri headed the post Chairman of the United Nations established Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice-President Al Gore.Rajendra K Pachauri

Reference

Annual Reports of the Ministry

2006-20072007-20082008-20092009-2010

http://www.moef.nic.in/public-information/annual-report