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During Monitoring of ambient air quality of Varanasi city I have noted that level of SPM was found above the standards given by CPCB most of the times...

What may be the passible causes???

 Dear all,

 One again the human soiety at the door step of Dangerous death?

as the recent sunamy of japan questions us again?is the destructive Nuclear power palnts  are really needed by the human beings? 

now how to solve this  problem of radiation. what are the experts opinion on this i want to now?

 what are the measures taken by the indian govt to protect our n-plants.

in the name of development we (human beings) spoiling & destorying the natural resources and restroying all other fellow spices.

why cant we go for solar & wind energy and all other natural energies.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has assessed a sugar beet plant a $50,400 civil penalty for air quality and storage tank violations. Inspectors also found violations of storage tank requirements. Those included late and missing tank inspections, corrosion on steel tanks and piping, and unreported leaks and spills of beet juice.

Impact of Corrosion on Environment.

The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) has become the first Designated Operational Entity (DOE) in India to be accredited by the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism to validate and certify functions in the sectoral scope of 'Afforestation and Reforestation' (A/R)

for further details refere MoEF/ ICFRE website.

http://www.icfre.org/UserFiles/File/Workshop-Seminar/DOE-CDE-230211.pdf

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-Sudhanshu 

There are millions of animals existing today

But hundreds have gone into extinction

But we know them & see them in movies & museums

There are many animals that are endangered slowly moving towards extinction

The predominant activity being human interference with their habit & habitat

Let us stop this interference with their livelihood and let’s not fight with them

Let’s love them and give them a place to live in their native

Let’s set thing right now because it’s not too late yet.

Hope his school work motivate me to write more

Thanks to my Son Vamsi Krishna & Pallavi Model School

This is a son written for the sake of my son studying UKG as a part of his curricular activity. If anyone can better it it's most welcomed.

Children in the forest gather around
where birds sing songs and nature is undisturbed
During summer, as green as it could be
A place where we can proudly hug the trees.

Hug trees for the fruits & Shade they give,

For giving small animals a place to live
for the priceless gift of oxygen they give to all living beings including us.

Let’s release our greed’s, like a big balloon...
A prayer to reach above the mountains
to citizens of Earth alas we say
Go find a tree love and hug today!

And if a grownup says don’t be a fool!
Or is that what they’re teaching you in school
just read this and simply say
It’s cool to HUG a TREE from time to time!

Children this is how the world can be
Join the boy whose name is simply ME
Lets take our turn to love & hug the trees

Wear Change! Share Change! Sing Change! Bring Change

Raghava

When Warlis (Warlis are tribals that have lived in the Sahyadri mountains in north Maharashtra since time immemorial) need something, they don't go to the supermarket. No, there are no supermarkets where they live. They go to the forest, the bountiful forest. Amazing! Amazing! Everything the Warlis need is available in the forest. Can you believe that??

When they need building materials for the construction of their hut, all they do is chop their way through the green tangled topography. There, they select timbers for the frame structure of their huts. Tell you, they are real pros when it comes to deciding on the best matured trees that will last for generations...

Everything the Warlis use is a product of nature. It is true. If you don't believe me, why not take an inquisitive peek inside the home sweet homes of these amazing forest residents. And here, you are in for a green shock...

From the forest, Warlis also get free food, a wide variety of wild plants that are nutritious, tree-ripened and delicious. But don't be fooled into thinking all free foods from the forest are yummy...

When Warlis want to paint, they don't need to make a dash to Venus Traders for an expansive canvas. The canvas for their art is right at home. It is the wall of their Karvi huts. Guess you anticipated this bit!! Anyway, before they start their pictures, they must give the wall a thorough wash with wet cow dung. No, don't worry; they don't reek of smelly toilets... 

To read more, click  HERE

Lavassa incident if it is to be covered under the EIA Notification, what were local authorities doing till now?

There are a few aspects highlighted

1. lack of communicability between the central, state and local governing bodies.
2. burocracy has failed times without number in the country and this incident will only add one more number.
3. the country in which we have slum clearance boards and the Mumbai City where almost or may be half of the Census count is living in slums - i.e. poor quality of houses as per the WHO standards of housing requirement. Affluent styled housing have come as unwanted thing on its development.
4. Look back in the verbatim of the Notification which literally means that if the Govt itself wants to provide proper housing to poor people needs EC having an individual carpet area of 50 sq.mts. each!! Whereas a house of a rich man can go upto thousands of sq. mts. for a rich man need not have EC!!
5. Anil Ambani's Antilla or whatever is now termed did it have EC / CRZ hurdles?
6. The classification of the activities want more than 20000 sq.mts of housing to be cleared through EC - What about an industrial activity not covered under EC and having more than this threshold value? Is construction activity for industrial project less harmful for industrial projects?
7. The country where housing deficit is a big question, such provisions for clearances have to be removed.

The policymakers have to realize these things and be rational

My roots with nature are so weak that I fail to understand. . .

A lot is being talked about the sustainable environment in Himalayas and its management these days. There is no doubt that it is getting affected. But how do we manage it?

On this point the question mark exists as previous efforts have yielded little and attempts to improve other services, be it infrastructure, agriculture, irrigation, water supply and to large extent man’s greed to make a few quick bucks fast have seriously impacted the environment in Himalayas.

So what is the way out?

It is projects  sustainability so that it runs on its own long after the project is over.

Unfortunately, the word ”sustainability” has become a fad these days. Almost all conservation projects talk about sustainability without knowing how to make conservation projects sustainable in reality.

If we look  at various projects be joint forest management, medicinal plants conservation, biodiversity conservation, cold desert development, pasture land development, social forestry and all other conservation projects, most of them are made to look  sustainable till the funds keep flowing in and once the project gets over and funds dry up, sustainability also dries up as if affected by a severe drought or washed away by a powerful tsunami.

Some conservationists contend that sustainability of the project is time specific and the project had achieved its target when it was running actively & they are not concerned about it  once the project gets over. But is it the power of sustainability or money flow that keeps the project running? Doesn’t sustainability mean long-lasting or is the word directly proportional to money flow?

Alas! What became of the word “sustainability” which was splashed all over the pages when the project proposals were made and highlighted in a big way while submitting the project? Was it then misinterpreted or is it too big a word that anything and everything can hide behind it.

Actually, what all that is needed in the end is a crisp report camouflaging the small achievements as big,  juggling with data and a final report declaring that overall goals of the project have been achieved.

Now is any organization ready to open the can of worms of current sustainability of their previous projects ? Has there been any assessment of the post impact of the project, say after 2-3 years after the project was completed to know whether the sustainability is still there or has fizzled out.

Mostly no, because organizations don’t get money to do assessment of projects long completed. They only get money for new projects also no organization wants to count its failures as it dents their standing & maybe prospectus to get  future  projects also dampens.

So it is time to write  a  new project proposal, splash it with high- falutin words, some fancy ideas which can be made to look innovative but have loose bonding with real goals and sustainability.

Cheers

MoEF's intervention and the order for demolition of the building proves many things:

1. Ineffectiveness of the entire process of EIA / CRZ.
2. Ineffectiveness of the system in which the CRZ / EC and EIA are operational.
3. Looking back at current events particularly in Maharashtra we have three examples where the process has seen troubles Mumbai Airport, Adarsh and Lavassa City. This goes to prove that the procedure has not accounted certain things.
4. It might be harsh to put in words but Maharashtra is either having troubles in implementation or the issues highlighted from other parts of the country are not seen so critically by media.
5. One sided and personalized views of committee and its members.

The other discussion initiated by Dr Modak has also pointed at the same thing.

Dr Modak has been extremely liberal in views. The issues which have been highlighted to us in the recent past point the finger only at one thing - THE FUTILITY OF PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN PROPAGATED. THE ENTIRE PROCESS HAS TO BE REPLACED WITH A SET OF EMPS RELEVANT TO THE ASPECTS.

We see that only Government officials are at the root of the failures in most cases. This is due to the fact that procedures are stipulated in a manner where people who temper these procedures are not traced easily. The entire process of clearance since 2006 has been seen by project proponets as a hurdle and not as a tool owing to the results.

To put an example one PP got say 27 TORs from X consultant (PP may be a PSU), the other PP received 31 TORs from Y consultant (PP may be a SSI) considered that Y had hired cheapest consultant around. Efforts required to comply would be more or less the same.

Then where is the elite class of consultant required when the result is expected to be the same.

Reduction in procedural intricacies can reduce the fatigue to PP. We need to learn lessons on either sides of the process.

Dear all,

 can any body help me out in giving the structure of model EIA for Coal related projects.

(like coal washery, coke oven plants etc)

Thanks & warm regards,

Dear Friends,

              Season’s Greetings!

Please find enclosed the Bi-monthly report on sea turtle andtheir habitat conservation programme of APOWA in Orissa.

We are looking forward your feedback.  

Many thanks and regards,

Bijaya Kumar Kabi

Action for Protection of Wild Animals (APOWA)

Orissa

 E-mail-bijayakabi@apowa.org

Bi-monthly%20report_turtle_APOWA.pdf

Dear all

wish you a succesfull and meaningfull great new year ...2011