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May 2010 Blog Posts (13)

"National Mission for a Green India", tool for climate adaptation and mitigation - MoEF releases a draft document for consultation.

One of the eight Missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). The mission recognizes that climate change phenomenon will seriously affect and alter the distribution, type and quality of natural resources of the country. The NAPCC addresses the urgent and critical concerns of sustainable development and identifies the close linkage of the economy with its natural resource base, and cautions that climate-sensitive sectors such as forestry may face a major threat because of… Continue

Added by Samraj Sahay on May 24, 2010 at 8:39am — 2 Comments

Draft Regulatory Framework for Conservation of Wetlands

Friday, May 21, 2010

Draft

‘Regulatory Framework for Conservation of Wetlands’

Recognizing the value of…

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Added by Dr Parul Srivastava on May 23, 2010 at 3:46am — No Comments

conservation of Energy

Dear Friends,

A small suggestion from my end.If we can make an earth hour a success in an year then what will happen if we all together voluntarily swithoff 10-15 minutes of power every day during peak hour.and have a candle light dinner with our family members together. as i have observed in my family itself that we eat at different time watching televison.

This may build relation between our family members and also conserve energy.

i am…

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Added by RAGHAVA on May 22, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Dolphin Declared National Aquatic Animal

18th May 2010:

The Ministry of Environment and Forests notified the Ganges River Dolphin as the

National Aquatic Animal today. The River Dolphin inhabits the Ganges-

Brahmaputra-Meghna and Karnaphuli-Sangu river systems of Nepal, India, and

Bangladesh. It is estimated that their total population is around 2,000, and they are

recognized as ‘highly endangered’ in Schedule I of the…

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Added by Dr Parul Srivastava on May 19, 2010 at 1:28am — No Comments

Ganges River Dolphin officially dclared as India's National Aquatic Animal

Ganges River Dolphin was notified as National Aquatic Animal on 18th May, 2010 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. With a population of around 2,000, they are recognized as ‘highly endangered’ in Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act (1972).

In India river water pollution and siltation, accidental entanglement in fishing nets, and poaching for their oil are the major threats to these River Dolphin. In addition, alterations to the rivers in the form of barrages and dams are… Continue

Added by Samraj Sahay on May 19, 2010 at 12:48am — No Comments

Enumeration of tigers through camera trapping method is underway in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

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Added by Dr Parul Srivastava on May 13, 2010 at 2:55am — No Comments

Report on India's GHG Emissions 2007 Released

A National Workshop of the Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCCA) was held today. It was attended by over 82 scientists and chaired by the Minister for Environment & Forests. A Report - India's GHG Emissions 2007 - was released by Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia. India has become the first developing country to publish such updated… Continue

Added by Dr Parul Srivastava on May 12, 2010 at 1:16am — No Comments

India: Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2007

India becomes the first"non-Annex I" or the developing country to release updated report on Greenhouse gas emission for the year 2007. India's emission was 4 times less than USA and China.

In 2007 net GHG emission was 1727.71 million tons of CO2 equivalent (eq) which comprises of the following:

1221.76 million tons of CO2; 20.56 million…

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Added by Samraj Sahay on May 11, 2010 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

MoEF PROPOSES BAN ON TRADE IN PEACOCK FEATHERS

PROPOSED BAN ON TRADE IN PEACOCK FEATHERS

10th May 2010. Delhi

The Ministry of Environment and Forests, in response to numerous requests

from various stakeholders, is in the process of banning the trade of peacock

feathers. It has been brought to the Ministry’s attention that the demand for the

feathers outsrips the supply leading to the rampant poaching and killing of the

birds for the purpose of their…

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Added by Dr Parul Srivastava on May 11, 2010 at 5:17am — No Comments

Regarding rain water harvesting (road side in hilly areas)

Hi Everyone!

I wanted to know if any sort of work has been done or is being done in the field of "Rain water harvesting by collecting the rain water besides the roadside(hilly area specially)"? If anyone is having any detail please let me know.

Regards

Shishir

Added by shishir singh on May 9, 2010 at 9:16am — 3 Comments

Recruitment for planning Jobs - Reg

Wanted young planning professional (preferably male candidates) for a prestigious an MNC company in Delhi for DMIC project in the field of:
(1) Environmental and Social planner/ engineer – 3-4 years of experience (1 post)
(2) Public Health Engineer - 3-5 years of experience (1 post)
(3) Electric Engineer – 3-4 years of experience
Interested candidates are requested to post their C.V to the following mail .id: janhabis@gmail.com , k.pushpanathan@gmail.com

Added by Pushpanathan on May 6, 2010 at 5:47am — 1 Comment

India’s First CDM PoA (Bachat Lamp Yojana) registered April 29, 2010

The Bachat Lamp Yojana (BLY) conceived as CDM Programme of Activity (PoA)

for mass distribution of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) in India has been

registered successfully by the CDM-Executive Board on 29 April 2010. This is the…

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Added by Dr Parul Srivastava on May 3, 2010 at 4:52am — 6 Comments

climate change

Changing weather conditions are one of the major problem of this time, the temperature which was earlier seems to be in June is now in April. Last year the flowering of Rhododendron arboreum takes place in the month of December -January, which was a major topic of concern among environmentalist/civilians of UTTARAKHAND now give some kind… Continue

Added by pankaj panwar on May 2, 2010 at 11:56pm — No Comments