1.
INTRODUCTION
Realising 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
necessarlly involve effective participation of
concerned institutions/ organisations 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/organisations for
the programme to be meaningful. A large
number of nodes, 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 this
purpose, various services has been
introduced by the Focal Point.
ENVIS due to its comprehensive network
has been designed as the National Focal
Point (NFP) for INFOTERRA, a global
environmental information network of the
United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP). In order to strengthen the
information activities of the NFP, ENVIS
was designated as the Regional Service
Centre (RSC) of INFOTERRA of UNEP in
Environmental Information System
1985 for the South Asia Sub-Region
countries.
ENVIS is a decentralised system with a
network of distributed subject oriented
Centres 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 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 apropriate technology, bio-
degradation of wastes and environment
management, etc.
ENVIS focal point ensures integration of
national efforts in environmental
information collection, collation, storage,
retrieval and dissemination to all concerned
ENVIS - NODES
To strengthen ENVIS in disseminating
information pertaining to environment and
sustainable development, ENVIS India is in
the process of establishing Eighty Five
ENVIS Nodes by involving Organizations,
institutions, Universities and Government
departments working in diverse areas of
environment.
ENVIS India has already established Eighty
One partner nodes, which include Thirty
government departments, Thirty Six
Institutions and Fifteen NGOs. These nodes
are supposed to create websites on specific
environment related subject areas.
The responsibility of the ENVIS Centres and
Nodes are :
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  Establishment of linkages with all selected parameters, and
information sources, and creation of computerisation in important
data bank on selected parameters in application areas of
the subject area assigned.  environment; 
 Identification of information gaps.  o identification of data gaps
 Publish newsletters and Bulletins.  and knowledge gaps in
 Develop library facility and provide specified subject areas and
support to the focal point on the action to fill these gaps; 
subject area. o liasion with relevant
International Information
RESPONSIBILITIES Systems and other national
information systems; 
Both the Focal Point as well as the ENVIS o publication of a quarterly
Centres have been assigned various abstracting journal
responsibilities. The broad responsibilities Paryavaran Abstracts; 
of the Focal Point and ENVIS Centres are as o bringing out various other
under : publications on current
awareness services; 
1. Focal Point : o organising training and
o overall coordination of seminars; 
ENVIS network;  o monitoring and rewiewing of
o identification of ENVIS ENVIS; and 
Centres in specialised areas, o assisting the Scientific
their location in selected Advisory Committee of
institutes/organisations and ENVIS with inputs and
their linkage with the Focal rendering other secretarial
Point;  help.
o farming guidlines and 2. Responsibilities of ENVIS Centres :
uniform desiging procedures o building up a good collection
for ENVIS Centres;  of books, reports and journals
o collection, storage, retrieval in the particular subject area
and dissemination of of environment; 
information on areas in which o establishment of linkages
ENVIS Centres have not with all information sources
been established and in some in the particular subject area
general areas of environment of environment; 
like environmental research, o responding to user queries; 
environmental policy and o establishment of a data bank
management, environmental on some selected parameters
legislation, environmental relating to the subject area; 
impact assessment, etc.; o coordination with the Focal
o responding to user queries Point for supplying relevant,
directly or through the adequate and timely
ENVIS Centres;  information to the users; 
o Establishment of Data Bank o helping the Focal Point in
containing data on some gradually up an inventory of

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 information material environment related
available at the Centre; information;
identification of information o to promote, support and assist
gaps in the specified subject education and personnel
areas and action to fill these training programmes
gaps;  designed to enhance
o bringing out environmental information
newsletters/publications in processing and utilization
their subject area for wide capabilities;
dissemination. o to promote exchange of
information amongst
OBJECTIVES OF ENVIS developing countries.

1. Long-term objectives :
o to build up a repository and
dissemination centre in 3. CLASSIFICATION
Environmental Science and
Engineering; There are 78 ENVIS centres functioning
o to gear up the modern
all over India, they are categorized
technologies of acquisition,
processing, storage, retrieval under 7 broad subject areas, such as
and dissemination of
Ecology and Ecosystem (12), State of
information of environmental
nature; and Environment Report (30), Chemical
o to support and promote
wastes and Toxicology (12), Trade and
research, development and
innovation in environmental Law (5), Media, Environment Education
information technology. and Sustainable Development (4), Flora,
2. Short-term objectives :
o to provide national Fauna and Conservation (10),
environmental information Environment and Energy Management
service relevant to present
needs and capable of (5).
develoment to meet the future
needs of the users,
originators, processors and
disseminators of information;
o to build up storage, retrieval
and dissemination
capabilities with the ultimate
objectives of disseminating
information speedily to the
users;
o to promote, national and
international cooperation and
liasion for exchange of

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 to policy makers but also to people at large.
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It should especially reach out to the weaker
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segments of the populations of developing
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countries like India, for these are the people
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Series2 who suffer most from a loss of nature's
10 services. Information on ecology and
5 ecosystems help in identifying key issues as
0 well as identifying trends, drivers and
potential responses. These would provide
Trade and
Toxicology
Waste and

Conservation
Environment
Environment

Environment
Ecology and
Ecosystems

Chemical

Flora Fauna

and Energy
Education
lessons that would be of great value to the
Status of

Law
Media, decentralized development planning.

2 .Status of Environment & related issues

Fig.1 Shows Subject categorized ENVIS
Centres in India Severe environmental degradation
threatens to undermine the productivity
2.KEY SUBJECT AREAS and economic growth. Against this
backdrop, the challenge for the Indian
The key subject areas are basically the major states is not only to minimize the
issues considered for information gathering environmental degradation but also to
in ENVIS. Each one is explained as below:
structure the economic decision-making
1. Ecology and Ecosystem(E&E): process, keeping in mind the enviro
nmental concerns to make the state's
An ecosystem is a complex set of development sustainable. And a sound
relationships among living resources, decision-making process can only be based
habitats and residents of a region. And on reliable and timely information. Status
Ecology is the scientific study of the of Environment (SoE) provides an analysis
processes influencing the distribution and of the available information. It aims to
abundance of organisms, the interactions provide details on the current status of the
among organisms, and the interactions main environmental issues in the different
between organisms and the transformation states of India. It covers a wide range of
and flux of energy and matter. environment related issues starting from
human settlement, atmosphere, land,
India is blessed with a wide variety of water, biodiversity to ecological
ecosystems. But its ecosystems and ecology sustainable development etc. It provides
are assaulted increasingly. Ecological information on the various human
understanding offer tangible hope for activities that exert pressure on different
addressing extremely complex and
potentially devastating assaults on environmental components. Impact of
local,regional and global ecosystems. And demographic shifts, urban sprawls, growth
this kind of understanding can only be of the poor, changes in trends of industrial,
developed when information on varied commercial, and transport character, urban
ecosystems and ecology reach out not only economic activities, etc. on air, water,

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land, biological environments,
environmental health etc. are studied and
analyzed in the report. The report also
analyzes responses of the society,
examines policies and strategies initiated
under regulatory mechanisms along with
their impacts. Besides, it identifies the
information gaps, and highlights the main
policy issues for decision-makers.
3.Chemicals,Wastes & Toxicology
Hazardous waste / Chemical waste can be
defined as a "solid waste, or combination of
solid wastes, which because of its quantity,
concentration, or chemical, or infectious
characteristics may cause, or significantly
contribute to an increase in mortality or an
increase in serious irreversible, or
incapacitating reversible illness; or pose a
substantial present or potential hazard to
human health or the environment when
improperly treated, stored, transported,
disposed of, or otherwise managed.
The traditional definition of toxicology is
"the science of poisons." A more descriptive
definition of toxicology is "the study of the
adverse effects of chemicals or physical
agents on living organisms". These adverse
effects may occur in many forms, ranging
from immediate death to subtle changes not
realized until months or years later. They
may occur at various levels within the body,
such as an organ, a type of cell, or a specific
biochemical. Knowledge of how toxic
agents damage the body has progressed
along with medical knowledge. It is now
known that various observable changes in
anatomy or body functions actually result
from previously unrecognized changes in
specific biochemicals in the body.
Toxicology provides a sound basis for
formulating measures to protect the health of
workers against toxicants in factories, farms,
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mines, and other occupational environments.
Information on toxicology is valuable in the
protection of public health against hazards
associated with toxic substances in food, air
and water. Toxicology has played and will
continue to play a significant role in the
health and welfare of the world.
Environmental toxicology research includes
hazardous chemical risk assessment,
removal of organic and inorganic pollutants
from water, characterization of industrial
breakdown products, and chemical and
biological degradation of toxic wastes etc.
4. Trade and Law
The concept of free trade allows the markets
to allocate resources to their most efficient
uses, while concept of environmental
protection seeks to manage and maintain the
earth's resources efficiently. Conflicts arise
where the same resources are subject to both
trade efforts to allocate and environmental
efforts to manage and maintain. This
conflict must be reconciled, as both trade
and environment are too important to let
conflicts persist. Yet many
environmentalists still believe that the
economic system, including trade, is the
enemy and many trade and development
experts still believe that the environment is
not a fundamental part of the economy. It is
necessary to reconcile this conflict by
adopting legal measures so as to achieve and
ensure sustainable environmental
development and long-term economic
prosperity. In this regard, it is necessary to
study and review the provisions of already
adopted trade agreements relevant to
environmental concerns, international
environmental agreements and Indian and
other country laws dealing with friction with
those trade provisions. This kind of
information and study helps in developing
an understanding towards environment and
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trade related issues which in turn reduces or
eliminates such friction.
4.Media,Environment Education and
Sustainable Development
Environmental education involves a
multidisciplinary process that focuses on
critical analysis of environmental issues by
gathering information; organizing
information; interpreting information to
draw conclusions and make inferences.
People need to understand that any policy
decisions especially decisions on
environment related issues have profound
influence on their lives and the lives of
future generations. And media plays a
crucial role in educating and making people
environmentally conscious. The mass media
plays a pivotal role in educating and shaping
public opinion as well as influencing the
policy decisions. Common man is the most
effective agent of change. Once the civil
society is familiar with the complex
environmental and development related
issues, it will gain the confidence to act
appropriately leading towards sustainability.
5.Flora,Fauna and Conservation
India is a land of varied flora, fauna and
biodiversity. India is one of the twelve
megadiverse nations of the World. Two of
India's great mountain ranges, the Eastern
Himalayas and the Western Ghats have been
designated among the world's eighteen
'hotspots' of biodiversity. But In the last few
decades we have seen a steady increase in
the extinction rate of flora, fauna etc. all
over world including India and so now,
conservation of biological diversity is of
paramount importance to the survival of
man. Conservation of biological diversity
leads to conservation of essential ecological
diversity to preserve the continuity of food
chains. The genetic diversity of plants and
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animals is preserved. It ensures the
sustainable utilisation of life support
systems on earth. It provides a vast
knowledge of potential use to the scientific
community. A reservoir of wild animals and
plants is preserved, thus enabling them to be
introduced, if need be, in the surrounding
areas. Biological diversity provides
immediate benefits to the society such as
recreation and tourism. Biodiversity
conservation serves as an insurance policy
for the future. 
6.Environment and Energy Management
The word environment depicts a vast area.
The protection of the environment is vital
for Sustainable Human Development.
Relevant factors of environment include
food, waster, energy, natural resources, toxic
substances etc. Energy is one of the most
important factors of environment. Energy
Management is critical to our future
economic prosperity and environmental well
being. Energy is essential for the functioning
of most of the industrialized world as well as
developing and under developed nations.
Yet at the same time energy production and
consumption causes degradation of the
environment of the industrialized world and
it seems that developing countries are also
facing the similar kind of problem. Energy
management is one of the most critical
issues for the future as so much of the world
is dependent upon it. Thus we need to
understand the traditional sources of energy,
their quality, availability and environmental
effects, as well as the potential alternatives
for energy and the effects of these upon the
natural environment and modern industrial
economies. Over the past two hundred years
the use of primary energy sources in
manufacturing or processing has evolved
from simply using locally available
resources, such as waterpower, firewood or
coal. The transition from coal to a
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petroleum-based fuel economy took place
through the twentieth century. With changes
to the oil market in 2000 catching media
attention around the world, there is further
interest in the ongoing transition to
renewable energy sources. Managing energy
is now a basic feature in the global economy
and environment. Fossil fuels in the form of
oil, natural gas and coal comprise
approximately 80% of the world's energy
use. We now face a world where the
environmental impacts of combusting fossil
fuels such as coal and oil are identified as
unsustainable in the long term. The need to
turn to increasing use of sustainable and
renewable energy sources is clearly agreed. 

3.HOW DOES ENVIS WORK?

ENVIS is a decentralized system with a

network of distributed subject oriented
Centres ensuring integration of national Fig.2 Working of ENVIS
efforts in environmental information
collection, collation, storage, retrieval and It is explained as below:
dissemination to all concerned.
1. All the ENVIS nodes are connected
The working of ENVIS is explained with together on the VPN.
following diagram:
2. The ENVIS node interacts with ISBEID

3. ISBEID is the centralized web based

software which is developed to facilitate
ENVIS Centers to collect, collate, maintain
and disseminate the information related to
environment. It has a web interface for data
input by the State ENVIS Centers.

4.The ENVIS Centers than prepare State of

Environment Report based on certain
parameters identified for each center.

5.Also centers form different databases

based on the information gathered from
different resources and make it available to
users.

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6.Finally the action is taken by formulating    User can not do the data entry unless it is
policies by government. authenticated by administrator.

ISBEID 1.3   User Input

The Indian State Level Basic Environment    Responsibility of this component is to

Information Database (ISBEID) has been allow data entry to authenticate user.
developed tofacilitate ENVIS Centres to
collect, collate, maintain and disseminate 1.4   Reporting Component
the information related to environment. It
has a web interface for data input by the User can view the reports based on different
State ENVIS Centres. levels selected, such as categories,
The software would enable State ENVIS state,district,city etc.
Centres to feed data directly into the
database server using web interface through Home page of the ISBEID
ENVIS portal. This will reduce time to put
data online and also make faster and
accurate access to data by the end users.

Data from the Blocks, Districts and Cities

level on the following parameters are fed to
the website : Administrative Profile,
Hazardous Waste, Ecology, Agriculture,
Ground Water, Bio-Diversity, Health,
Climate, Industry, Demography,
Infrastructure, Economics, Institutional
Framework, Environment, Natural
Resources, Energy, Tourism, Forest
Resources, Surface Water, Air Pollution,
Water Pollution, Disaster Management &
Waste Disposal.
2.ENVIS Information & Communication
The Potential end users of this database are Technology (ICT) Support
Ministry of Environment & Forests, ENVIS
Centres, Policy & Decision Makers,  ENVIS is a decentralized computerized
Researchers, NGOs, Urban Planners & the network database system consisting of the
likes. focal point located in the Ministry and a
chain of network partners, known as ENVIS
ISBEID has following main components: Centres located in the potential
organizations/institutions throughout the
 User Authentication country.
 Component User Input
 Reporting Component Presently, the ENVIS network consist of 76
ENVIS centres apart from the ENVIS Focal
1.2   User Authentication Point, out of which, 29 ENVIS Centres are
on State Government Departments dealing

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with the Status of Environment and related
issues of the concerned State Government
and the remaining 47 have been set up on
various environmental disciplines covering
from air pollution, water pollution, noise
pollution, biodiversity, solid waste
management, ecology and ecosystems,
environmental education, NGOs, media and
even environmental parliament, coastal
ecosystem, clean technology, etc
Under this following things are done:
a)Allotment of Private E-Mail Accounts
and Web spaces.
b)Private VPN set up.
How to upload/update one’s ENVIS
Website ?
The webspace for the website has already
been taken/registered on NIC Servers at
NIC-IDC, New Delhi with a URL as
indicated in the table above. So, you just
need to have the VPN facility started on
your premises for uploading/updating your
ENVIS website.
Website hosting platform is Microsoft IIS
together with MS-Access & MS-SQL
Databases.
First configure yourself the Virtual Private
Network (VPN) Connection on one
designated PC for ENVIS Website Updation
in your premises (if it is not done till date. It
is only one-time exercise).
For regular updation of your website, you
just have to connect to NICNET VPN
Server through your VPN Connection. Once
the connection is established, you would be
able to transfer your website contents onto
your website immediately using any FTP
Client Software like CuteFTP etc.
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FTP Server details can be asked from NIC
Technical Person or ENVIS Focal Point
through official ENVIS Email
Account/Address. It will be supplied after
VPN is set-up.
Procedure for setting-up VPN Connection is
as follow:
 Filling-up VPN Digital Certificate
Request Form by I/c ENVIS Centre
and counter-signed by Controlling
Officer and sending it to ENVIS
Focal Point, New Delhi by Speed-
Post. VPN Digital Certificate
Request Form can be asked from
NIC Technical Person by Email.
 After verification of VPN Form,
ENVIS Focal Point would forward it
to NIC.
 NIC Would send the VPN Account
details and Procedure for setting-up
VPN Connection through ENVIS
Email Address to ENVIS Centre
within two or three days of the
receipt of verified Form.
How to use ENVIS E-mailing List ?
ENVIS E-Mailing List is private in nature.
Thus, Only the bonafide members (i.e.,
ENVIS Network Partners) could use ENVIS
Mailing List freely.
Therefore, all ENVIS Centres are requested
to create E-mails from their Official ENVIS
E-Mail A/Cs only, if they intend to send
emails to all other ENVIS Network partners.
How to set-up VPN Connection ?
After getting VPN Account Details through
EMAIL from VPN Support. You have to
complete the following steps:
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1. Logon to VPN Support Website 7. Contact your NIC Coordinator to get FTP
"https://vpnserver.nic.in" to check your VPN Account of the website.
Account and for downloading VPN software
/ procedures.

2. Logon to "http://vpnca.nic.in/certsrv" to ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

enroll for VPN Digital Certificate (DC) FOLLOWED IN ENVIS
Refer section 'Enrollment of Digital
The organizational structure of the ENVIS
Certificate' in the Procedure. Centre is illustrated below:

3. After enrollment send the request ID to

vpnsupport@nic.in for issuing DC from
Official ENVIS Email Account followed-up
by phone to VPN Support.

4. Download and install Cisco VPN Client

software: Logon to VPN Support Website,
select VPN software according to your PC
O.S. and download the software. Refer
section 'Installation of Cisco VPN Client
software Windows/ Linux' in the Procedure.

5. Configure VPN connection: Give the

following entries

i. Connection entry : NIC VPN

4.STUDY OF ENVIS CENTER
ii. Host : vpnserver.nic.in or 164.100.97.89
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iii. Certificate Authentication: select your
Nadu:
current Digital Certificate.
The ENVIS in Tamil Nadu deals with
6. Check VPN Connection: From DOS
subject area: State Of Environment and
prompt check
Related Issues and consists of :
i. Using 'nslookup', check if your website is
I. Indian State Level Basic Environmental
resolved from 164.100.17.3.
Information Database (ISBEID):
ii. Using browser, check if you are able to
ISBEID is web based software made for the
view your site.
efficient management of spatial /no spatial
information on various environment areas

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through interactive maps that are capable of
handling various GIS operations. ISBEID is
a centralized database, which covers 23
environmental modules such as
administrative profile, agriculture, air
pollution, biodiversity, climate,
demography, disaster management, ecology,
economics, energy, environment, forest,
ground and surface water, hazardous waste,
health, industry, infrastructure, institutional
frame work, tourism and waste disposal.
These modules were prepared with GIS
interface in order to have the information up
to district level, taluk/ mandal level. The
ISBEID prepared under ENVIS programme
is exhaustive, reliable and authentic
information in one umbrella and the
availability of data on finger tips can help
decision makers and planners to take
decision by using this software. The ISBEID
is used for the preparation of State of
Environment Report (SoER) of Tamil Nadu.
The SoER is intended to provide
benchmark for future environmental
reporting and also serve as the database for
the policy makers for the preparation of
Environmental management plan. Status of
Environment (SoE) provides an analysis of
the available information. It aims to provide
details on the current status of the main
environmental issues in the different states
of India. It covers a wide range of
environment related issues starting from
human settlement, atmosphere, land, water,
biodiversity to ecological sustainable
development etc. It provides information on
the various human activities that exert
pressure on different environmental
components. Impact of demographic shifts,
urban sprawls, growth of the poor, changes
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in trends of industrial, commercial, and
transport character, urban economic
activities, etc. on air, water, land, biological
environments, environmental health etc. are
studied and analyzed in the report. The
report also analyzes responses of the society,
examines policies and strategies initiated
under regulatory mechanisms along with
their impacts. Besides, it identifies the
information gaps, and highlights the main
policy issues for decision-makers
II. Preparation of web based
Environmental Database:
Envis Centre has prepared a web based
information system on Agriculture, coastal
environment, biodiversity, forest, energy,
pollution, urbanization, industrialization,
water resources and natural disasters.
Adequate links have been provided to the
national and international environmental
resources.
a. Check list database on Biodiversity:
India is a party to the convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD), the main
objectives of the conventions are
conservation of biological diversity;
sustainable use of the components of
biodiversity; Fair and equitable sharing of
benefits arising out of the utilization of
genetic resources. To protect the
biodiversity and also to avail the facilities of
the variable living organisms in Tamil Nadu,
ENVIS Centre has developed a check list
database on algae, fungi, bryophyte, lichens,
pteridophyta, Angiosperms and
Gymnosperms and faunal diversity. This
database will help the researchers to identify
the list of flora and faunal species available
in Tamil Nadu.
b. Coastal Information System:
Tamil Nadu has a coastline of about 1,076
kms, in order to protect the coastal
environment and to regulate development
activities in the coastal areas; Government
of India has issued a Coastal Regulation
Zone Notification (CRZ) in 1991 under
Environment Protection Act. As per this
notification, in coastal areas a) the land area
between Low Tide Line and High Tide Line,
b) 500 meters land area on the landward side
from High Tide Line, c) 100 meters on both
sides of tidal influenced water bodies have
been declared as Coastal Regulation Zone.
In order to protect the coastal zone Envis
centre in collaboration with Institute for
Ocean Management have documented
ecological important coastal areas, pollution
hotspots, coastal biodiversity and identified
Vulnerable areas in Tamil coast (Ramesh,
2008).
III. Environmental Awareness
The Ministry of Environment & Forests,
Government of India has launched the
National Green Corps (NGC) in all Districts
in India. The main objectives of this
programme is to educate children about their
immediate environment and impart
knowledge about the eco-systems, their
inter-dependence and their need for survival,
through visits and demonstrations and to
mobilise youngsters by instilling in them the
spirit of scientific inquiry into
environmental problems and involving them
in the efforts of environmental preservation.
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To create an environmental awareness
among school students in Tamil Nadu,
ENVIS Centre has created a separate
website by networking 8200 eco clubs in
Tamil Nadu. This website includes
information on NGC, Eco club activities,
environmental education resources, eco
technologies and various links have been
provided to national and international
environmental education resources.
To create environmental awareness in a
most effective ways ENVIS centre is
organizing online quiz to the school
students. The objective of the quiz contest is
to inculcate environmental consciousness in
the mind of young children. ENVIS is also
organizing an online web chat with by
inviting experts with the public on important
environmental issues. In order to facilitate
easy access for college students,
Government officials and researchers, the
ENVIS Centre has computerized database
on all the books available using the Autolib
3.2 Software.
IV. Publications
ENVIS Centre has published the first SoER
and Atlas, SoE photo catalogue and SoE
Video of Tamil Nadu using DPSIR (Driving
force – Pressure – State – Impact –
Response) format. The Centre also
published quarterly subject specific news
letter on important environmental issues
such as forest, pollution, water resources,
coastal resources, biodiversity, climate
change desert and desertification, and
environmental education.
VI Web hit statistics:
ENVIS website is used by national and
International users. To find out the success
rate of the website, a real-time web site
traffic tracking software is used to get the
valuable statistics about the ENVIS website
usage. This web Statistics software will
easily track number of people who visit our
website daily, weekly and monthly. This
software will discover which search engines
people use to reach our website and what
keywords they type in the search engine and
also it also analyzes about website visitors
including their countries, browsers,
languages, operating systems, IP addresses
as well as number of repeated visitors. The
ENVIS web statistics results for the year
2008 (January to September) shows that
totally 194, 524 visitors have visited our
ENVIS site, the average visitors per day is 2,
405 . The web hit statistics also revealed that
ENVIS website is used more by the
international users (92.07%) when compare
to the Indian users (7.86%).
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 Centres.
The information is made available in many
useful forms like
magazines,journals,newsletters to the local
people as well as institutions.
ENVIS is a repository of crucial knowledge
which is increasing worldwide
environmental awareness.

5.CONCLUSION

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 Centres. It is dedicated to providing
comprehensive, up-to-date environmental

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