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Dear Friends,

The Recent Hudoodh Cyclone of Andhrapradesh damaged the Vizag very badly and at the same time taught us a lesson by giving message that the development should in accordance with the law of the nature.
As a environmental person i think due to cutting of Mada trees(Mangrooves) all along the Coast for various purposes and not following the CRZ rules and Replacing the Mada adavulu (Mangroove Forest) area for Various purposes mainly in the angle of Business purpose.

The Mangroove is the natural gift (wall and protection force for the coasts) by the god. and we as a human beings we should respect and protect this most valued gift of god by name nature. but we are going on destroying nature in the name of Development and industrialization and so on.....by utilizing our miraculous brains for how to over come from the laws and how to bypass for our small tiny business gains.

Yes Development is needed but no the virtue of damaging our natural resources and other water ,air and other limited sources

I request our Center & state governments to implement the laws strictly and take the help of experts and others for effective utilization of our natural resources and sustainable development without damaging the nature.

I request all my friends and respectable elders to share your opinions and give valuable suggestions for the benefit our coasts and India

The recent cyclone damaged not only the infrastructure also the valuable flora,fauna species etc.

can anybody have the data of how much we lost our valuable resources please share and help the mankind.

Thanks and waiting for your good comments

Fasikhan

We are looking for an Energetic and Experienced Senior Sales Representative capable of handling sales in the southern region with 3-6 years experience in Water and Waste Water Treatment plants for immediate appointment at Bangalore. Please mail your CV to careers@prabhuenvirotec.com.

A workshop was conducted on 16th Sep at Tiruvananthapuram to discuss potential spill risks from accidental break up of large oil tankers passing by the coast.  The workshop was jointly hosted by ILDM (Dept of revenue, Govt of Kerala), SWIRE ERS and AlphaMERS.

The workshop discussed the risks, technology for detection, containment, challenges specific to the coastline, the revenue model and such related issues. Prominent experts attending the workshop were Director of International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation, Secretary of Indian Mangrove Society, officials of SWIRE ERS -  a major international player in spill response, MD of AlphaMERS an Indian spill responder, besides senior officials - ACS and Home Secretary Ms.Nivedita Haran, Retired secretary Ministry of Shipping Mr.Mohandas,  Retired VCNS and DG of Coast Guard Vice Admiral.P.J.Jacob attended te event. Representatives of district disaster management authority, oil companies, coast guard, media and other entities interested in the subject also attended the event. 

Though the core subject was oil spills, there were interesting inputs on subjects ranging from Hazardous chemical spills to disaster management preparedness as a whole.

Few important messages that came from the workshop -

There should be a common platform between agencies to share information in case of Hazardous material spills with regards to identification and dangers.

Various agencies must work in good co-ordination in the immediate aftermath of a spill.

The preparation to deal with an incident must start now.

A demo of Drone for oil spill detection formed a highlight of the event. 

Brdgs

Dear Friends, 
Second issue of Ambient Science http://www.caves.res.in/journal/c.htm the journal devoted to cave science, published by “National Cave Research and Protection Organization”, India. is released. The focused articles are:

[*]Species diversity and food-web complexity in the caves of Malaysia 
[*]A Summary of Some Microbes Identified from Different Indian Caves and Their Possible Role in Mineral Formations
[*]Occurrence and Distribution of Cave Dwelling Frogs of Peninsular India
[*]Tracing the Sources of Pollution of Wells and Karst springs Supplying Water to the City of Ragusa, South-Eastern Sicily
[*]First Report of Mesocyclops parentium Holynska, 1997 (Copepoda : Cyclopidae) from Subterranean Water Source of Kerala, India and a Checklist of such Copepods



The journal publishes both, the print version as well as e-version ISSN- 2348 5191(Print version) & ISSN- 2348 8980 (Online). Currently the journal is accepting papers for its next issue. 

http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/specialissue/163005

Dear Colleague

Greetings

You may know that I have started writing posts on my blog at http:// prasadmodak.com

Some of the recent posts are

Environmental Clearance in India – Fast Track or Change of Track?

Many faces of Biodegradability

Think out of the Box

The Mobile Mines

Dwarfs with Tall Shadows

Can you ever be 100% Compliant to Environmental Standards on 24×7 basis?

Would like to invite you to view these posts and contribute. If you get interested, click the follow button so that you will receive the blog updates

Regards and look forward to your participation

Prasad Modak

About CEF

 Chlorophyll Environment Foundation (CEF) is a research, analysis and implementation oriented organization, working towards conservation of environment using sustainable long-term approaches.

CEF believes in advocating the critical role played by environment in human well-being and its significance in every sphere of growth and development. It will try to influence policy and practices on conservation of nature, management of natural resources, and sustainable development.

Inception of CEF

It was founded by some like-minded friends in the March 2014.

Headquartered in Kolkata, CEF plans to expand its root across India raising environment awareness among all and fighting against basic problems that leads to degradation and vulnerability of environment.

CEF aims to work with the youth at its centrality who will be the future citizens to hold the key for a better tomorrow. Hence originated the name Chlorophyll, the most vital plant molecule that helps in its’ sustenance.

We are looking for a Senior level leader capable of handling challenging situations with 5-10 years experience in Water and Waste Water Treatment plants for immediate appointment at Bangalore. Please mail your CV to careers@prabhuenvirotec.com.

The Environmental Professionals work mostly for their clients and employers. Many a times, they have to compromise for getting their salaries/ payments. Environment is taking its own course. It needs tough decisions. There is a crying need for environmental professionals to get united and work for the ENVIRONMENT in a pro-active manner.

World Ozone Day is back !!!

This year the theme is "Ozone Layer Protection: The Mission Goes On". According to UNEP The Montreal protocol has been successful in meeting out the set targets to phase out ODS. Eventually the ozone layer is reviving and is about to recover by the middle of the next century. All this is possible by the sound contributions from all the stakeholders including the policy makers, planners, scientists, environmentalists and of course informed citizens. Hope to see positive news coming from other crucial environmental issues as well.

We are looking for few environmental engineers experienced in Chemical, Oil refining, petrochemical  and other  industries with 5-20 yrs experience for immediate appointment at corporate and at sites. pl mail your CV to udayabhaskar.gullapalli@ril.com.

Position is vacant for 01 JRF at  Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE), Bhuj, Gujarat. The fellowship will be Rs. 12,000/- consolidated per month and the project duration is around 03 - 04 years. The project involves phytoremediation and analysis of several matrices (soil, plant and water). The study also involves field based experiments (near Bangalore, Karnataka) in the later phase of the study.

Student should be well versed with laboratory basic techniques and calculations involved in Environmental Sciences. A good command over English will be an added advantage. Further, fellow should be keen to learn advance analytical techniques ad would be sincere at work. Suitable candidate will be encouraged to register for Ph.D. 

Suitable candidate may immediately contact me at rachnaeia@gmail.com or 09428248622

Dear All,

The new volume (vol-2) of IJENAS is published on the website. Please go through it (http://www.ijenas.com/vol_2.html).

Any kind of suggestions are always welcome.

You can submit your research work for Volume-4 now.

Thanks and regards

Dr. Pulak Das

Editor-in-Chief

IJENAS (www.ijenas.com)

We all talk about global warming, marine pollution, climate issues & biological pollutants from time to time. But, rarely do we see electronic waste issues among the top atmospheric troubles being discussed worldwide. Though the issues we talk or hear about have also not been solved yet. But, the question is, ‘how e-waste affects human life and poses great threat to future generations?’  Are we all aware of this truth?   

While going through an article online (referring to United Nations Environmental Program) I came across the horrendous figure of 40 million metric tons i.e. the supposed amount of e-waste being produced globally every year. 60-80 percent of it is handled by China, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, and the Philippines, while Guiyu (a town in China) is the largest site for e waste recycling in world.

The electronic waste is dismantled in Guiyu to extract metals that are hazardous to human health. A study has found that 80% of its children are affected with the presence of lead in their blood. There are various damages that can lead to a human body like brain hurt, numbness, fertility problems and low growth in children etc.

This is just a small preview of how dangerous e-waste can prove to our environment. The changes that it makes to our surroundings by adding devastating matter to atmosphere tend to damage soil, air, water, animals, humans and everything around us.

My purpose of sharing the hazardous impacts of electronic waste is not to glorify the figures but to spread the word that we need to be equally considerate about its aftereffects like we are doing about other environmental issues.

Technology has become an inseparable part of us, so tossing it away once and for all is not the solution. But, what else? If not this then how the environmental problem can be brought to light and solved at grass-roots level.

Share your views and possible solutions on this issue, so that it can contribute in spreading awareness about current scenario of e-waste in the world. 

Dear Friends,

I need to know whether there re any specific guidelines to dispose rockwool (insulation waste)? If not, what are the best practices followed throughout the industry?

Similarly, what about refractory waste from furnaces? How to dispose it?

Thanks,

Krishna

Dear All,

Can anyone focus and help me for Environment Clearance.....

We are mfg. speciality catalyst and have all relevant permission from pollution control board.
Now we are planning for expansion by introducing 2-3 new reactor within existing premises with new products which is not mentioned in EC,NOC as well CC&A. There is no any additional pollution load due to proposed expansion.

Can anyone help me applicability of EC in this kind of scenario??? also share if have any circular related to exemption in EC criteria...

Dear All

We are going to set up a multi product SEZ. Therefore, need your guidance regarding the environment clearance of the same.

Is their certain specific guidelines for the EC of SEZ area ?? Do we need to take separate EC for each industry or we need to consider the highest impact a red industry to make a consolidated EIA.

Any other details from your side shall be appreciated.

Thanks

Regards

Amit