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Knowledge
is Power, focussed at this; the Government of India, established
Environmental Information System (ENVIS) in December 1982, as a plan
programme. Presently the ENVIS network consists of Focal Point at the
Ministry of Environment and Forest and ENVIS Centres setup in
different organisations/establishments in the country in selected
areas of environment. These Centres have been set up in the areas of
pollution control, toxic chemicals, central and offshore ecology,
environmentally sound and appropriate technology, bio-degradation of
wastes and environment management, etc.
The
basic objective of ENVIS is make environment related information
available to the stakeholders through the electronic media. ENVIS has
built up a reasonably good information base in the form of
publications, reports, reprints, bibliographies, abstracts, data bases
etc., as well as numerical data i.e. statistics relating to
environment. The information base/repository is being continuously
strengthened. This involves regular collection, collation and storage
of scientific and technical information on environment and related
areas. The establishment of several ENVIS Centres, located in
different organisations/institutuions in the country in selected areas
of environment, as part of ENVIS Network has considerably assisted in
building up and strengthening of this information base.
To
strengthen ENVIS in disseminating information pertaining to
environment and sustainable development, ENVIS India is in the process
of establishing eighty-five ENVIS Center by involving Organizations,
institutions, Universities and Government departments working in
diverse areas of environment. The Strength of ENVIS programme is the
diversity of its Center and the decentralized mode of operation to
achieve specialized information dissemination to the stakeholders.
(Source- www.envis.nic.in)
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ENVIS's
(Environmental Information System) mission is to provide access to and
enhance the use of environment related information in India as well as
the rest of the world, advancing understanding of different
environment related issues and indirectly serving the needs of public
and private decision making.
ENVIS
is a network that unites around hundred organizations in India, known
as ENVIS Nodes. It is dedicated to providing comprehensive, up-to-date
environmental information and news. ENVIS exists solely to act as an
information broker for environmental information in India.
ENVIS
network offers a mother portal which acts as a platform for inter
nodal interaction. The entire portal has been designed and organized
to provide with easy access to the multitude of environment related
information available with the ENVIS Nodes.
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