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ENVironmental
Information System is a decentralized system
with a network of distributed subject oriented Centers
ensuring integration of national efforts in environmental
information collection, collation, storage, retrieval and
dissemination to all concerned. Presently the ENVIS network
consists of Focal Point at the Ministry of Environment and
Forest and ENVIS Centers setup in different
organizations/establishments in the country in selected areas
of environment. These Centers 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.,
Realizing the importance of Environmental Information,
the Government of India, in December, 1982, established an
Environmental
Information System (ENVIS) as a plan programme. The focus
of ENVIS since inception has been on providing environmental
information to decision makers, policy planners, scientists
and engineers, research workers, etc. all over the
country. Since environment is a broad-ranging,
multi-disciplinary subject, a comprehensive information system
on environment would necessarily involve effective
participation of concerned institutions/ organizations in the
country that are actively engaged in work relating to
different subject areas of environment. ENVIS has, therefore,
developed itself with a network of such participating
institutions/organizations for the programme to be meaningful.
A large number of centers, known as ENVIS Centres, have been
established in the network to cover the broad subject areas of
environment with a Focal Point in the Ministry of Environment
& Forests.
Both the Focal Point as well as the ENVIS Centres have been
assigned various
responsibilities to achieve the
Long-term
& Short-term objectives. For more information on ENVIS
please log onto their website at
http://www.envis.nic.in
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