December 2011 Blog Posts (16)

The minerals sector is a key driver for the country’s industrial growth. However, it has brought in its wake severe environmental repercussions and social unrest. One of the greatest challenges, therefore, is how to make mining environmentally and socially acceptable.

Unfortunately, most EIA reports either overlook or poorly interpret the critical issues related to a mining project. There is an urgent need to strengthen capacity of regulators, NGOs, environmental consultants and…

Due to request by many participants who were interested for the month long EIA/SIA training programme to be held from 16th Jan-16th Feb, 2012, we have postponed the programme to June'12 due to harsh weather conditions in the month of January.

Is any report available on the impact of sea disposal of sewage from STPs in and around Mumbai?

NEERI also has carried out an EIA on this. Can anyone help?

I think NEERI has carried out EIA for the sea disposal of sewage from Mumbai sewage treatment plants. Is any report on this impact available?

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Environment Improvement Society (MMR-EIS) invites small project proposals on environment improvement in the rural and urban areas of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region for financial assistance upto…

NOTICE

For Engagement of Project Associate (Lakes and River) purely on a Contractual basis under an ongoing Project, Rejuvenation of Lakes and River at Nagpur funded by MOEF, Govt of India, and Ministry of Environment Govt of Maharashtra project undertaken and run by Project Management Consultant for Nagpur Municipal Corporation,NMC civil lines Nagpur. Engagement is purely on a temporary basis, which may be extended or curtailed depending on the…

This is a very clear question to all the members here.

As Environment professionals, are we clear, what are our responsibilities, duties, vision / mission, and what are we really doing in achieving that.

According to my exposure & experience, in our country, an Environment Professional does following different roles:

1. Gets hired by consultancy services firms, and try to helps out member industries to comply with their legal issues.

2. Gets hired by an…

Dear Sir/Madam,

School of Environmental & Earth Science, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon (M.S.) is organizing a two day National Conference on ‘Environmental Surveillance for Natural Resource Management’ (ESNRM – 2012) on 9th & 10th January, 2012.

Through this conference an attempt will be made to focus on air, water and soil monitoring and innovative processes for sustainable resource management, it is expected that the local environmental issues and status of…

The Department of Environmental Sciences is organizing “National Seminar on Energy Resources, Environmental Impacts and Industrial Waste Management” during the period February 27-28, 2012. In this connection I would like to invite all the interested people to partcipate and contibute their R & D work. For more details contact via E-mail: eeiwm2012@gmail.com or Mobile: 09347894951.

Venue: Department of Environmental Sciences Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati -…

CSE's One month Advanced Training Programme on EIA/SIA  (16th January-16th February,2012)aims at dispersing knowledge about Environment and Social Impact Assessment through sector-specific study and field trips.

Apply for the course, discounts would be considered for applicants.

Refer to the brochure for more details.EIA/SIA.pdf

For more…

Is there any one who is working in EIA consultancy in Kolkata?

One of my junior from Forest Research Institute is searching opportunity for his M.Sc. (Environment Management) dissertation work of four months.

Please reply if anyone is working in Kolkata.

-Ajay Kumar

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State Level Workshop on “Renewable Energy Certificate Mechanism &Price Discovery ″

As a part of the Energy Conservation Week celebration, Mantras Resources, Environment Division, Nashik in association with Core CarbonX Solutions Pvt. Ltd., CDM & REC Advisor,…

dear team please share guidelines to establish mobile phone tower from pollution angle ..
and which documents are required

Dear Team

is there any specific symbols to be used in hazardous waste.

In Bio-medical waste management & handling rules . there are symbols for biological hazardous

pls share is there any standards symbols for hazardous waste @ the national level

Thank you

by

rajesh

Dear Team

Could you pls share me E-books related to Environment .It will be useful for my proposed library @ my office.…