What is the
purpose of this website?
The website enables easy and quick access
to information available in the WWF-ENVIS Centre’s database.
It provides a convenient platform for interface between various
user groups and the WWF-ENVIS Centre, thereby facilitating
easier interaction and exchange of information. In making
available useful information from the Centre’s database
and facilitating interaction with user groups, the site serves
as an important link in the development of an exhaustive,
reliable and authenticated information network.
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What type
of information can be availed from this website?
The wealth of data on environment-related
information exchanged in the Indian Parliament, details of
environmental NGOs in India and print media reports on environment-related
issues.
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What is the
WWF-ENVIS Centre?
The ENVIS Centre 07 at World Wide Fund for
Nature-India (WWF-India) was established on October 27, 1984
under the Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Programme
of the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of
India.
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What are the
activities of WWF-ENVIS Centre?
In keeping with its mandate to serve as a
repository of information on the subject areas of NGOs, the
Parliament and Media, the Centre regularly collects, collates,
develops and disseminates information pertaining to these
three focal areas. Questions and replies by various Ministries
are regularly obtained from the Parliament Secretariat during
the three Sessions of the Parliament every year; print media
reports on environment are classified and collated into different
subject categories; information and activities about NGOs
are regularly tracked, and a newsletter is regularly published
on a quarterly basis. The Centre responds regularly to queries
pertaining to its focal areas by phone and e-mail. Various
queries through personal visits from NGOs and other user groups
are also handled by the Centre.
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What resources
can be obtained from the WWF-ENVIS Centre?
The various publications of the Centre including
the reports and analyses of Parliamentary discussions, directory
of experts in the field of environment, analysis of media
reports and updated and detailed information of environmental
NGOs in the country are accessible in the ENVIS Centre library.
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